Kentville Wildcats

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Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League Standings: W L Pct. GB Home Road Strk Last 5 Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 14 4 .778 - 8-2 6-2 Lost 1 2-3 Truro Bearcats 12 7 .632 2.5 7-3 5-4 Won 1 3-2 Kentville Wildcats 9 9 .500 5 4-5 5-4 Lost 1 4-1 Halifax Pelham Canadians 8 10 .444 6 6-6 2-4 Lost 1 2-3 x-N.S. Canada Games 3 4 .429 5.5 0-0 3-4 Lost 1 2-3 Sydney Sooners 5 17 .227 11 3-7 2-10 Won 1 3-2 x-ineligible for playoffs. This week’s schedule: Tuesday, July 26 - Halifax at Truro, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27 - Truro at Kentville, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 28 - N.S. Canada Games at Sydney, 6 p.m. Thursday, July 28 - Kentville at Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 29 - N.S. Canada Games at Dartmouth, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 31 - N.S. Canada Games at Kentville, 7 p.m. Sunday, July 31 - Dartmouth at Truro, 7 p.m. League leaders as of Monday, July 25: BATTING (minimum 56 plate appearances) AB R H RBI Avg. Darren Doucette, Dartmouth 72 19 36 32 .500 Craig Higgins, Truro 54 12 26 10 .481 Jeff Chisholm, Truro 77 22 34 39 .442 Adam Lucas, Halifax 70 15 29 19 .414 Mike Lockhart, Kentville 75 17 31 26 .413 Joel Irvine, Dartmouth 71 25 29 25 .408 Ian Lockhart, Kentville 70 21 28 12 .400 Geoff MacLellan, Sydney 79 18 31 12 .392 Robert Gillis, Dartmouth 54 16 21 8 .389 Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth 72 20 27 23 .375 Mike King, Kentville 64 13 22 12 .344 Geoff Dunsworth, Halifax 62 11 21 14 .339 Joe MacPherson, Truro 66 12 22 21 .333 Craig MacDonald, Halifax 66 20 22 10 .333 Ryan Veinot, Halifax 66 18 22 7 .333 Kevin Matheson, Truro 54 11 18 14 .333 Hits - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 36; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 34; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 31; Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 31; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 29; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 29. Runs - Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 25; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 22; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 21; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 20; Craig MacDonald, Halifax, 20. RBI - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 32; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 30; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 26; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 25; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 23. Doubles - Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 12; Craig Higgins, Truro, 8; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 8; J.P. Wood, Truro, 7; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 7. Triples - Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 2; Craig MacDonald, Halifax, 2; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 2; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 2. Home runs - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 11; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 8; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 8; Joe MacPherson, Truro, 4; Luke Smith, Kentville, 4. Stolen bases - Geoff MacLellan, Sydney, 19; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 9; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 8; Chris Head, N.S. Canada Games/Dartmouth, 8; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 6. PITCHING Winning percentage (minimum 3 decisions) — Craig Higgins, Truro, 5-0, 1.000; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 5-0, 1.000; Vince Horsman, Dartmouth, 2-1, .667; Matt MacDonald, N.S. Canada Games, 2-1, .667; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 2-1, .667; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 2-1, .667. Wins - Craig Higgins, Truro, 5; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 5; Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 3. Earned-run average - Vince Horsman, Dartmouth, 0.90; Craig Higgins, Truro, 1.76; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 1.96; Matt MacDonald, N.S. Canada Games, 2.08; Colin Jeffery, Truro, 2.84. Innings pitched - Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 49.2; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 46; Danny McKillop, Sydney, 45; Chris Munroe, Halifax, 43.1; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 43.1. Strikeouts - Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 48; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 45; Craig Higgins, Truro, 44; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 36; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 35; Nial Hughes, Truro, 35. Saves - Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 3; Matt Black, Truro, 3; Chris Munroe, Halifax, 2. END

The Truro Bearcats rallied from a five-run deficit to defeat visiting Halifax Pelham Canadians tonight. At TAAC Grounds Halifax 401 000 200 – 7 7 1 Truro 006 301 00x – 10 9 3 Mark Haverstock (WP), Kris Dewolfe (5), Luis Roberts (8) and Kevin Andrecyk; Craig Higgins (WP), Matt Black (Sv, 9) and Scott Baillie. Halifax – Craig MacDonald, two singles, double; Adam Lucas, two home runs, three RBI; Jay Turple, home run; Truro – Jason Davis, two-run homer; J.P. Wood, three-run double; Craig Higgins, three singles, RBI.

Tonight's game between the Nova Scotia Canada Games team and the Kentville Wildcats at Memorial Park in Kentville has been postponed because of rain. The game has been rescheduled to Sunday, July 31 at 7 p.m. Also, the postponed June 12 game between the Nova Scotia Canada Games team and the Sydney Sooners has been rescheduled to Thursday, July 28 at 6 p.m. at Susan McEachern memorial field in Sydney.

Host Sydney Sooners won two of three games today against the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry. At Susan McEachern memorial field Game 1 Dartmouth 100 400 0 – 5 6 2 Sydney 013 000 2 – 6 7 4 Jamie Vallis (LP) and Nick Best; Darryl MacMullin, Shawn Handrahan (WP, 5) and Adam Shibinette. Dartmouth – Darren Doucette, home run, double; Joel Irvine, three-run homer; Sydney – Jason Snow, game-winning two-run single; Bernie Seymour, three-run homer; Geoff MacLellan, two singles, double. Game 2 Dartmouth 102 211 0 – 7 13 2 Sydney 230 010 0 – 6 8 2 Darren Hiltz (WP), Larry Hood (Sv, 6) and Chris Burns, Nick Best (4); Danny MacKillop (LP), Shawn Handrahan (6) and Matt Denny. Dartmouth – Robert Gillis, home run, two singles; Joel Irvine, three singles, game-winning RBI; Sydney – Jason Snow, home run; Darryl MacMullin, double, single. Game 3 Dartmouth 001 311 11 – 8 10 2 Sydney 005 101 02 – 9 14 3 Larry Hood, Chris Burns (5), Robert Gillis (LP, 7) and Nick Best; Dave McCallum, Shawn Handrahan (7), Adam Shibinette (WP, 7) and Matt Denny. Dartmouth – Joel Irvine, two singles, double; Jamie Vallis, home run, single; Sydney – Richie Walcott, home run, double, single; Bernie Seymour, home run, single; Jason Snow, three singles.