Truro Bearcats

A four run fifth highlighted by two Halifax errors gave Dartmouth a 7-2 lead that they would hold to take the series 4-3 and gain a berth into this year's finals. Halifax had taken a 2-0 lead in the first when Jay Turple connected for a two-run blast. Ryan Veinot had reached base on a single, and although Trevor Zwaan (1-1) had caught him leaning, Veinot was able to elude Darren Doucette with some nifty base running to remain on base for the Turple homerun. The Dry answered in the second when Ryan Doucette plated a pair with a single. Dartmouth took the lead in the third on an RBI double by Greg West. In the fifth Dartmouth loaded the bases with one out. Darren Hiltz hit a ground ball to Halifax first baseman Jay Turple who came home with the ball to force out Darren Doucette. Catcher Gregor McPherson fired back to first to attempt a completion of the 3-2-3 double play, but the ball glanced off Hiltz to allow the Dry's fourth run to score. Ryan Doucette drove in another with an RBI single to make the score 5-2. Sheldon MacDonald came in to relieve Canadians' starter Chris Munroe (1-1). Jason Irvine ripped a single to right-fielder Ian Bower who could not come up with the short-hop as Dartmouth scored two more. Halifax got one more back with a Dave Cowan homer in the sixth and brought the score to 7-5 thanks to a pair of Dry errors in the seventh. Adam Lucas scored on a Turple groundout and Veinot came around to score when Chris Goode committed an error on a Gregor McPherson ground ball. Halifax started to mount a two-out comeback in the eighth. After singles by Bower and Otto Gorveatt put runners at first and third, Darren Doucette robbed Adam Lucas of a base hit with a diving snag at first to end the threat. Joel Irvine brought home the Dry's eighth run with a sac fly in the eighth. Halifax had a shot in the nineth. After one out singles by Turple, McPherson and pinch hitter Jeff Dunsworth, Dave Cowan lifted what should have been a routine sac fly to Darren Hiltz in right who dropped the ball. The error ended up being of no consequence as Zwaan bared down to strikeout Cory Christie and to induce a Bower ground ball to Ryan Doucette at short who forced Cowan out at second. The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry are making their annual return to the NSSBL Finals. For the third year in a row, their opponents will be the Truro Maple Leaf Foods Bearcats.

Halifax	2	0	0		0	0	1		2	0	1	-	6	11	2
Dartmouth	0	2	1		0	4	0		0	1	x	-	8	10	4

Chris Munroe (1-1), Sheldon MacDonald (5) and Gregor McPherson; Trevor Zwaan (1-1) and Joel Irvine. HRs: Halifax - Jay Turple (2), Dave Cowan (1) Halifax: Adam Lucas - two singles; Ryan Veinot - two singles; Jay Turple - homerun, single, 3 RBI; Dave Cowan - homerun, sac fly, two RBI Dartmouth: Greg West - two doubles, single, RBI; Ryan Doucette - three singles, three RBI