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Host Kentville Wildcats took both games of a doubleheader from the Sydney Sooners, making their return to the NSSBL after a three-year absence.
At Memorial Park
Game 1
Sydney 100 010 0xx – 2 8 6
Kentville 052 1(11)0 xxx – 19 19 1
Adam Shibinette (LP), Mark Brown (5), Sandy Sparrow (6) and Charlie Nash; Tim Clayton (WP), Jeff Lockhart (7) and Luke Smith, Ian Mosher (6).
Sydney – Darryl McMullin, single, double; Richie Walcott, two singles; Kentville – Ian Lockhart, double, two singles, four RBI; Luke Smith, three-run homer, double, two singles, four RBI; Ryan Pearl, two home runs, single, four RBI; Mike Lockhart, home run, single, two RBI.
Game 2
Sydney 002 000 000 – 2 6 2
Kentville 014 001 01x – 7 11 2
Danny McKillop (LP), Dave MacCallum (5) and Matt Denny; Jeff Lockhart, Ryan Brothers (WP, 2), Jeff Bishop (7), Curtis Falls (9) and Ian Mosher.
Sydney – Paul Doucette, double; Kentville – Mike Lockhart, triple, double, three RBI; Ian Lockhart, single, double; Mike King, two singles, RBI.
Former major-league pitcher Vince Horsman threw three innings in his debut for the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry tonight, allowing one hit while striking out five in his team's 9-1 victory over visiting Truro Bearcats.
At Beazley Field
Truro 000 000 001 – 1 9 3
Dartmouth 401 001 12x – 9 12 1
Mark Stiner (LP), Jason Davis (6), Joe MacPherson (8) and Scott Baillie, Brian Kennedy (8); Vince Horsman, Trevor Zwaan (WP, 4), Darren Hiltz (9) and Nick Best, Randy Stewart (9).
Truro – Jeff Chisholm, two doubles, RBI; Jason Davis, two singles; Dartmouth – Greg West, Darren Doucette, Jamie Vallis and Chris Goodie, two singles and an RBI apiece.
Defending Nova Scotia and Canadian senior baseball champion Dartmouth Moosehead Dry posted a convincing victory over host Kentville Wildcats in the season-opener for both clubs tonight.
At Memorial Park
Dartmouth 012 303 035 – 16 15 5
Kentville 011 030 000 – 5 10 5
Jason Bailey (WP); Kevin Nichols (LP).
Dartmouth – Darren Doucette, home run, seven RBI; Kentville – Luke Smith, home run; Ian Lockhart, single, double.
Host Truro Bearcats scored seven times in the eighth inning en route to a victory over the Nova Scotia Canada Games team to kick off the 2005 NSSBL season.
At TAAC Grounds
N.S. Canada Games 002 000 000 – 2 5 1
Truro 101 100 07x – 10 12 0
Brian Garvey (LP); Craig Higgins (WP), Jeff Chisholm (6) and Scott Baillie.
N.S. Canada Games – Chris Head, single, triple; Truro – Jeff Chisholm, single, triple, three-run homer, five RBI; Craig Higgins, two-run homer; J.P. Wood, home run, single.
Tonight's game between the Halifax Pelham Canadians and Kentville Wildcats at the Mainland North Common in Halifax has been postponed. Halifax Regional Municipality has closed all its fields until Friday because of recent wet weather in the area. When a make-up date has been confirmed, it will be posted on this site.