Announcement
The Halifax Pelham Canadians have reached the playoffs at the Canadian senior baseball championship, winning a wild 10-9 game over the Fredericton Royals of New Brunswick this afternoon at the Mainland Common in Halifax.
Halifax finished round-robin play in Pool A with a 3-1 record, and in second place, and will meet the Windsor Stars of Ontario in a quarterfinal game at Beazley Field.
The tournament host Dartmouth Moosehead Dry were eliminated from playoff contention after the Chatham Ironmen (New Brunswick 2) defeated the Windsor Stars of Ontario 2-0 this afternoon at Beazley Field to complete round-robin play in Pool B.
Chatham, Dartmouth and Windsor all finished with 2-2 records. Chatham took second, Windsor was third and Dartmouth fourth in the tie-breaking formula of run differential per inning in games involving the tied teams. Team Quebec (3-1) finished first in Pool B.
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
R |
H |
E |
|
| Fredericton |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
9 |
13 |
4 |
| Halifax |
0 | 0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
2 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
Fredericton -- John Burns, Sherman Yeo (5), Brooks Saunders (LP, 6) and Jody Peterson.
Top hitters -- Jody Peterson, home run, single, four RBI; Chris Sorenson, two singles, two RBI; Jon Pineo, three singles; Jeremy Turgeon, two singles.
Halifax -- Kevin Nichols, Barrett Bellefontaine (3), Perry Deveaux (4), Chris Munroe (7), Steve Ivey (WP, 8) and Ryan Veinot.
Top hitters -- Mark Pelham, three singles, RBI; Brandon Hunter, two-run homer; Jay Turple, two singles, RBI; Shawn Peverill, two singles.
