Announcement
Sydney Sooners take two out of three games against Halifax Pelham Canadians
The Sydney Sooners pleased a large hometown crowd on Friday night with a 4-2 victory over the Halifax Pelham Canadians. The Friday night home opening game featured a complete game from Justin Brewer who only allowed four hits. The Sooners found their bats late in the eighth inning with three runs that proved to be too much for the Halifax squad.
On Saturday morning at the Susan Maceachern Ballpark in the first game of the double header between the Sooners and Canadians, the Sooners found their offense early in the first and never looked back as they pounded the Canadians 13-3 after seven innings of play.
The Sydney team couldn't pull off a series win in the third game on Saturday afternoon as the Halifax Pelham Canadians took a 2-1 victory with the winning run for the Canadians coming in the top of the ninth inning. The Halifax Pelham Canadians will return home to face the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry on Tuesday night. The Sydney Sooners take to the road to play the Truro Bearcats in a 3 game series that starts Friday Night.
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Game 1 Box Score -- Friday, May 31st, 2013, 7:00pm Susan Maceachern Ballpark
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Canadians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | NA | NA | |
| Sooners | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 4 | NA | NA |
Winning Pitcher: Justin Brewer, Complete Game 4 hitter.
Losing Pitcher: Craig Fields, Sonny Newman (8)
Four hits in the 8th scored 3 runs for Sydney.
Sydney Hitters: Jordon Shepherd, Double, single; Cory Christie: 2 singles; Chris Farrow, RBI Double.
Halifax Hitters: Stephen Murphy, double.
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Game 2 Box Score -- Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 12:00pm Susan Maceachern Ballpark
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Canadians | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 | NA | NA | |
| Sooners | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | X | X | X | 13 | NA | NA |
Winning Pitcher: Aaron Gouthro; Relief in 6th Jake MacDonald. Combined for 4 hitter.
Losing Pitcher: Brandon MacKinnon, Sonny Newman (1), Pat Gilbert (6), Lee Pelham (6)
Sydney Hitters: Jordon Shepherd: HR, Sean Ferguson: HR, Cory Christie: Double.
Halifax Hitters: 4 scattered singles.
------------Game 3 Box Score -- Saturday, June 1st, 2013, 3:00pm Susan Maceachern Ballpark
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||
| Canadians | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | NA | NA | |
| Sooners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | NA | NA |
Winning Pitcher; Mark Haverstock; Complete Game 5 Hitter
Losing Pitcher: Paul Doucette; 7 hitter.
Halifax Hitters: Jake Pelham, Brendan Devlin, Shawn Walsh: 2 singles apiece.
Sydney Hitters: Jordon Shepherd; Double and Single.
Paul Davies sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth scored Jake Pelham with the winning run.
