Kentville Wildcats

The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry and Sydney Sooners locked up playoff berths today, joining the Kentville Wildcats in the postseason picture. • Geoff MacLellan hit a three-run homer and Richie Walcott added a solo shot in a four-run eighth inning to lift Sydney past the Halifax Pelham Canadians 6-3. The Sooners are in the playoffs for the first time since the 2000 season. At Susan McEachern Memorial Field Halifax 100 020 000 -- 3 6 1 Sydney 100 000 14x -- 6 10 1 Perry Deveaux, Mark Haverstock (LP, 7) and Shawn Walsh; Matt Denny (WP) and Troy Ferguson. Halifax -- Mark Pelham, home run, single; Adam Lucas, two singles; Sydney -- Geoff MacLellan, three-run homer, single; Richie Walcott, home run, single; Cory Christie, two singles, double. • The Wildcats pounded out 20 hits in a 13-4 victory over the Truro Bearcats. Truro remains one game ahead of Halifax in the race for the fourth and final playoff spot. At Memorial Park Truro 100 201 000 -- 4 8 1 Kentville 641 001 10x -- 13 20 0 Colin Jeffrey (LP), Matt Black (2), Iain LaPointe (7) and Jason Hoyt; Tim Clayton (WP) and Ian Mosher. Truro -- Craig Higgins, single, double; Joe MacPherson, home run, double, single, two RBI; Kentville -- Mike Lockhart, two doubles, two singles, two RBI; Jeff Lockhart, double, two singles, RBI; Curtis Falls, single, double, RBI; Matt Pearl, three singles, two RBI; Ian Lockhart, two singles, RBI; Mark Foley, three-run homer; Mike King, single, double; Les Berry, two singles, RBI. • The Dry handed the Fredericton Royals their only interleague loss this season, 13-3 in seven innings. It was also the final interleague game between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick this season. New Brunswick won the series 14-10. At Beazley Field Fredericton 020 010 0xx -- 3 7 0 Dartmouth 112 500 4xx -- 13 11 0 Dan Murphy (LP), Greg Hallihan (4), Brooks Saunders (7) and Jody Peterson; Steve Nelson (WP) and Nick Best, Randy Stewart (6). Fredericton -- Dave Barr, RBI-double; Dartmouth -- Ryan Doucette, single, double, grand-slam, five RBI; Darren Hiltz, two home runs, three RBI; Kenny Miller, home run; Robert Gillis, three-run homer.