Truro Bearcats

Dartmouth 000 020 092 - 13 17 2 Halifax 000 020 100 - 3 7 2 Chad Sawler (1-0), Jason Bailey (8) and Mark Weeks; Travis MacQuarrie (0-1), Mike Cowan (8) and Ryan Veinot. Dart: Darren Hiltz, Ryan Doucette and Greg West - two single, two RBI each Hfx: Dave Cowan - two singles, two RBI; Jay Turple - RBI single; Brent Cooper - double, single. Keyed by a nine-run eighth inning that included eight straight singles, Dartmouth went on to trounce Halifax 13-3. The win gives the Dry a 2-0 series lead. Truro 001 110 200 - 5 10 4 Kentville 101 000 010 - 3 6 3 Kelly Spencer (1-0) and Jason Hoyt; Jeff Bishop (0-1) and Luke Smith. HR: Tru - Jason Hoyt (1) Tru: Craig Higgins - double, two singles, RBI; Winston Brown - two singels, two RBI; Kevin Matheson - two singles; Jason Hoyt - homerun Kent: Ian Lockhart, Pat MacLeod and Todd Benjamin - RBI singles each. Kelly Spencer threw a complete game, 13 strikeout effort to give the Bearcats a 2-1 lead in the series. The 13 strikeouts have brought Truro pitcher's strikeout total to 45 so far for the series.