Kentville Wildcats

Jason Bailey pitched a complete-game five-hitter, and the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry scored all their runs with two out in the fourth inning en route to a 4-0 victory over Quebec this afternoon at the Canadian senior baseball championship in Brandon, Man. Dartmouth's late game last night against the Brandon Marlins was rained out, and rescheduled to 11 a.m. Atlantic time on Friday. Quebec 000 000 0 -- 0 5 2 Dartmouth 000 200 x -- 4 9 0 Danny Prata (LP), Rudy Vanderwalk (5), Jean-Patrick Mailhot (6) and Nicolas Matte; Jason Bailey (WP) and Nick Best. Dartmouth -- Ryan Veinot, two singles, RBI; Craig Higgins, two singles; Chris Head, two singles.

All make-up games have now been rescheduled, with the regular season expected to end Sept. 3. Click on the "Schedules" or "Calendar" links on the left-hand side of the page to view the remaining games.

League statistician Burton Russell has checked in with the latest leaders, which can be viewed by clicking on the "2006 Stats Updates" link on the left-hand side of the page.

Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League Standings: W L Pct. GB Home Road Strk Last 5 x-Kentville Wildcats 22 11 .667 -- 12-5 10-6 Lost 1 3-2 x-Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 20 11 .645 1 9-6 11-5 Lost 1 3-2 x-Sydney Sooners 19 15 .559 3.5 10-7 9-8 Lost 3 1-4 Truro Bearcats 14 17 .452 7 9-8 5-9 Won 1 2-3 Halifax Pelham Canadians 13 16 .448 7 9-5 4-11 Won 3 4-1 Sackville Chiefs 5 27 .156 17 4-12 1-15 Lost 12 0-5 x -- clinched playoff berth. This week’s schedule: Tuesday, Aug. 22 -- Kentville at Halifax, 7:30 p.m. ** League on hiatus while Dartmouth is at the Canadian senior championship in Brandon, Man., Aug. 24-27. League leaders as of Monday, Aug. 21: BATTING (minimum 98 plate appearances) AB R H RBI Avg. Craig Higgins, Truro 113 28 55 34 .487 Ian Lockhart, Kentville 130 38 57 11 .438 Geoff MacLellan, Sydney 130 21 54 23 .415 Ryan Veinot, Halifax 94 30 39 19 .415 Steve Simmons, Sydney 110 27 43 16 .391 Joe MacPherson, Truro 118 24 46 29 .390 Mike Lockhart, Kentville 111 36 43 25 .387 Ryan Brothers, Kentville 93 17 36 16 .387 Cory Christie, Sydney 126 22 48 11 .381 Curtis Falls, Kentville 101 17 36 29 .356 Mark Pelham, Halifax 99 24 34 16 .343 Beau Chaisson, Sydney 137 25 47 17 .343 Chris Goodie, Dartmouth 117 19 40 27 .342 Darren Doucette, Dartmouth 98 25 33 36 .337 Jeff Lockhart, Kentville 109 28 36 21 .330 Hits - Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 57; Craig Higgins, Truro, 55; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 54; Cory Christie, Sydney, 48; Beau Chaisson, Sydney, 47. Runs - Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 38; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 36; Chris Head, Dartmouth, 35; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 33; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 30. RBI - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 36; Craig Higgins, Truro, 34; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 29; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 29; Chris Goodie, Dartmouth, 27. Doubles - Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 12; Cory Christie, Sydney, 10; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 10; Craig Higgins, Truro, 10; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 9; Mark Pelham, Halifax, 9. Triples - Ryan Brothers, Kentville, 3; Geoff Dunsworth, Halifax, 2; Mark Foley, Kentville, 2. Home runs - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 11; Craig Higgins, Truro, 8; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 7; Jay Turple, Halifax, 6; Richie Walcott, Sydney, 5; Beau Chaisson, Sydney, 5. Stolen bases - Chris Head, Dartmouth, 25; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 24; Ryan Brothers, Kentville, 14; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 14; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 12; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 12. PITCHING Winning percentage (minimum 5 decisions) — Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 6-1, .857; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 4-1, .800; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 5-2, .714; Thomas Silver, Sydney, 7-3, .700; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 7-3, .700. Wins - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 7; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 7; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 6; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 5; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 5. Earned-run average - Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 1.69; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 1.78; Mike Sponagle, Kentville, 2.01; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 2.33; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 2.42. Innings pitched - Kris DeWolfe, Sackville, 79.2; Thomas Silver, Sydney, 76; Craig Higgins, Truro, 72; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 71.2; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 70.2. Strikeouts - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 73; Craig Higgins, Truro, 69; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 67; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 64; Paul Doucette, Sydney, 55. Saves - Matt McDonald, Dartmouth, 3; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 3. END

The Kentville Wildcats scored 11 times in the fourth inning en route to a 15-3 victory over host Halifax Pelham Canadians tonight. Kentville finishes with a 23-11 record, and will wind up first unless Dartmouth wins all three of its remaining games. Halifax falls a half-game behind Truro in the battle for the fourth and final playoff berth. The league is on hiatus while Dartmouth is at the Canadian senior championship Thursday through Sunday in Brandon, Man., and will resume play on Tuesday, Aug. 29. At Mainland North Common Kentville 310 (11)00 0xx -- 15 14 1 Halifax 200   010 0xx --    3 11 1 Tim Clayton (WP) and Ian Mosher; Andrew MacIntosh (LP), Pat MacInnis (4) and Shawn Walsh, Brent Cooper (4) Kentville -- Ryan Brothers, home run, two singles, three RBI; Mark Foley, home run, single, three RBI; Mike Lockhart, single, double, two RBI; Curtis Falls, two singles, three RBI; Halifax -- Adam Lucas, four singles; Craig MacDonald, single, double.