Truro Bearcats

Ryan Doucette's two-out two-run double in the bottom of the ninth capped Dartmouth's miraculous seven-run comeback and gave the Dry their ninth senior league title in the past twelve years. With Truro ahead 13-7 going into the bottom of the ninth Ryan Doucette led off the inning by being hit by a pitch. He came around to score on Joel Irvine's bases-loaded walk. Brad Miller drove in two runs with a one-out single. Down to their final out, trailing 13-10, Dartmouth had a bit of luck that was reminiscent of their playoffs against Truro last year where Jason Irvine reached on an error by Kevin Matheson with two outs in the seventh and Clinton Thomas reached on a bad hop RBI single. That set the stage for Ryan Doucette to drive in the tying and go ahead runs with a double and the Dry to a come from behind 4-2 victory. With two outs, Joel Irvine scored when a Jason Bailey hard-hit grounder jumped over Shawn Fuller's glove at first base. Mark Weeks hit a ground ball to Kevin Matheson which looked to end the game, until Matheson double-clutched the ball allowing Weeks to beat out the throw. This brought Ryan Doucette to the plate for the second time in the inning with the game winning double. Jason Bailey went the distance to pick up his fourth win of the playoffs and second of the finals, while Jeff Fielding also went the distance taking the loss. Billy MacKenzie led the way at the plate for Truro and looked to be the game star with two doubles, a homerun and six RBI before the fateful ninth. Craig Higgins also had a double and three singles. Truro 205 001 014 - 13 14 1 Dartmouth 402 000 017 - 14 12 6 Jeff Fielding (1-2) and John Saunders; Jason Bailey (4-0) and Mark Weeks. HRs: Tru - Billy MacKenzie (1) Dart - Mark Weeks (1), Greg West (2) Joel Irvine (1)