Kentville Wildcats

Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League Standings: W L Pct. GB Home Road Strk Last 5 Kentville Wildcats 19 9 .679 -- 9-3 10-6 Lost 1 2-3 Sydney Sooners 18 10 .643 1 9-5 9-5 Won 1 4-1 Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 15 9 .625 2 6-5 9-4 Won 2 3-2 Truro Bearcats 12 15 .444 6.5 8-7 4-8 Lost 2 2-3 Halifax Pelham Canadians 8 14 .364 8 6-4 2-10 Lost 1 2-3 Sackville Chiefs 5 24 .172 14.5 4-11 1-13 Lost 9 0-5 This week’s schedule: Tuesday, Aug. 8 -- Sackville at Halifax, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8 -- Kentville at Truro, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9 -- Dartmouth at Sackville, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10 -- Halifax at Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m. ** Friday, Aug. 11 -- Sackville at Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m. ** Saturday, Aug. 12 -- Fredericton at Kentville, 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 -- Halifax at Sydney (2), 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 12 -- Dartmouth at Truro, 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13 -- Halifax at Sydney, 1 p.m. ** Sunday, Aug. 13 -- Fredericton at Dartmouth, 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 13 -- Truro at Kentville, 4 p.m. ** Make-up game. League leaders as of Monday, Aug. 7: BATTING (minimum 82 plate appearances) AB R H RBI Avg. Craig Higgins, Truro 101 23 50 32 .495 Ryan Veinot, Halifax 74 26 32 14 .432 Ian Lockhart, Kentville 103 30 44 7 .427 Geoff MacLellan, Sydney 112 17 44 18 .393 Joe MacPherson, Truro 105 22 41 25 .390 Steve Simmons, Sydney 98 24 38 14 .388 Ryan Brothers, Kentville 86 17 33 15 .384 Mike Lockhart, Kentville 94 31 36 22 .383 Beau Chaisson, Sydney 115 23 42 15 .365 Cory Christie, Sydney 107 18 37 9 .346 Curtis Falls, Kentville 86 13 29 25 .337 Jeff Lockhart, Kentville 89 22 30 16 .337 Darren Doucette, Dartmouth 75 21 25 32 .333 Chris Goodie, Dartmouth 87 10 29 17 .333 Mark Foley, Kentville 70 16 23 9 .329 Hits - Craig Higgins, Truro, 50; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 44; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 44; Beau Chaisson, Sydney, 42; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 41. Runs - Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 31; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 30; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 26; Chris Head, Dartmouth, 26; Steve Simmons, Sydney, 24; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 24; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 24. RBI - Craig Higgins, Truro, 32; Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 32; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 25; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 25; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 22; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 22. Doubles - Craig Higgins, Truro, 9; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 9; Cory Christie, Sydney, 7; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 7; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 7; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 7; J.P. Wood, Truro, 7; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 7. Triples - Ryan Brothers, Kentville, 2; Geoff Dunsworth, Halifax, 2; Mark Foley, Kentville, 2. Home runs - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 9; Craig Higgins, Truro, 7; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 6; Jay Turple, Halifax, 5. Stolen bases - Chris Head, Dartmouth, 20; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 17; Ryan Brothers, Kentville, 14; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 11; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 10. PITCHING Winning percentage (minimum 4 decisions) — Mike Sponagle, Kentville, 4-0, 1.000; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 5-1, .833; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 4-1, .800; Adam Shibinette, Sydney, 3-1, .750; Paul Doucette, Sydney, 3-1, .750. Wins - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 7; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 6; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 5; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 5; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 4; Mike Sponagle, Kentville, 4. Earned-run average - Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 1.39; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 1.84; Mike Sponagle, Kentville, 2.01; Curtis Falls, Kentville, 2.20; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 2.30. Innings pitched - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 76; Kris Dewolfe, Sackville, 71.2; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 63.2; Craig Higgins, Truro, 61; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 53.2. Strikeouts - Thomas Silver, Sydney, 73; Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 60; Craig Higgins, Truro, 60; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 44; Matt McDonald, Dartmouth, 43. Saves - Steve Nelson, Dartmouth, 2; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 2; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 2; Paul Doucette, Sydney, 2; Matt McDonald, Dartmouth, 2. END

The Sydney Sooners moved to within a game of the first-place Kentville Wildcats with a 4-0 win in Kentville this afternoon. At Memorial Park Sydney 031 000 000 -- 4 11 0 Kentville 000 000 000 -- 0 7 0 Matt Denny (WP) and Troy Ferguson; Curtis Falls (LP) and Ian Mosher. Sydney -- Jason Snow, three singles; Steve Simmons, three singles; Beau Chaisson, three singles, two RBI; Kentville -- Ian Lockhart, double, single; Ian Mosher, double, single.

The Fredericton Royals improved to 4-0 in interleague action with a 12-2 victory over visiting Truro Bearcats this afternoon. The Bearcats then dropped an 8-0 decision to the Saint John Alpines in the nightcap. The results mean New Brunswick will win the season series in interleague play with Nova Scotia. New Brunswick holds a 13-9 lead with two games left. At Royals Field Truro 100 100 0 -- 2 6 4 Fredericton 407 010 x -- 12 16 0 Matt Black (LP), John Chapman (3) and Scott Baillie; Josh Collins (WP), Greg Hallihan (6) and Matt Stewart. Truro -- J.P. Wood, two singles, RBI; Fredericton -- John Pineo, grand-slam; Jody Peterson, three-run homer; Chris Sorensen, home run; Phil Merrill, double, two singles. At Memorial Field Truro 000 000 0 -- 0 3 1 Saint John 141 200 x -- 8 9 0 Craig Higgins (LP), George Chapman (5) and Matt Black; Sherman Yeo (WP, 11 strikeouts) and Matt Beckwith. Truro -- Craig Higgins, double, single; Saint John -- Mike King, home run, single, three RBI; Neil Jeffrey, two singles, two RBI; Matt Beckwith, two singles; Ron Barton, home run. The Sydney Sooners and Kentville Wildcats split a doubleheader in a battle of the league's top two teams today. At Memorial Park Game 1 Sydney 004 010 016 -- 12 17 2 Kentville 001 001 003 -- 5 9 3 Danny MacKillop (WP), Tim Burns (9) and Matt Denny; Kevin Nichols (LP), Shawn Marshall (9), Kevin Daurie (9) and Ian Mosher. Sydney -- Beau Chaisson, three singles; Troy Ferguson, double, single; Cory Christie, three singles; Kentville -- Curtis Falls, home run, double, two singles; Mark Foley, home run. Game 2 Sydney 101 001 040 -- 7 13 4 Kentville 301 601 02x -- 13 14 2 Thomas Silver (LP), Adam Shibinette (4) and Charlie Nash, Derek Aucoin (5); Mike Sponagle (WP), Chris Ferguson (8), Jamie Joice (8) and Kevin Benjamin. Sydney -- Geoff MacLellan, two singles, double, two RBI; Steve Simmons, single, double, RBI; Beau Chaisson, two singles; Kentville -- Mike King, three singles; Curtis Falls, two singles, double, three RBI; Matt Pearl, single, double, three RBI; Mike Lockhart, single, double, two RBI.

Tonight's game between the Halifax Pelham Canadians and Dartmouth Moosehead Dry at Beazley Field has been postponed because of rain. When a make-up date has been confirmed, it will be posted on this site.

Darren Doucette and Jason Archibald had two-run homers to lift the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry to a win over the first-place Kentville Wildcats tonight. At Beazley Field Kentville 000 000 002 -- 2 9 1 Dartmouth 200 001 20x -- 5 8 1 Tim Clayton (LP), Jamie Joice (7) and Luke Smith, Ian Mosher (6); Jason Bailey (WP), Matt McDonald (Sv, 9) and Nick Best. Kentville -- Ian Lockhart, three singles, RBI; Curtis Falls, double, single; Les Berry, two singles, RBI; Dartmouth -- Darren Doucette, two-run homer, single; Jason Archibald, two-run homer.