Kentville Wildcats

The Truro Bearcats took a 3-2 lead in their best-of-seven series with the Kentville Wildcats tonight with a 9-3 victory. Kentville hosts Game 6 on Saturday. The home team has won every game so far in this series. At TAAC Grounds Kentville 101 100 000 - 3 12 1 Truro 630 000 00x - 9 13 1 Tim Clayton (LP), Kevin Daurie (2) and Luke Smith; Jeff Chisholm (WP, 12 strikeouts) and Matt Mayo. Kentville — Jeff Lockhart, three singles; Ian Lockhart, single, double, RBI; Todd Benjamin, two singles, RBI; Truro — J.P. Wood, two-run homer, single; Shawn Fuller, three-run homer; Kevin Matheson, two doubles, single.

The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry wrapped up their semifinal series with the Halifax Pelham Canadians tonight, posting a 9-1 victory to take the best-of-seven series in five games. Dartmouth lost the opener 5-2, but outscored Halifax 39-11 over the next four games. At Beazley Field Halifax 000 000 001 — 1 4 4 Dartmouth 002 000 70x — 9 12 0 Trevor Zwaan (WP) and Nick Best; Mark Haverstock (LP), Ryan Veinot (7) and Gregor McPherson. Halifax — Gregor McPherson, RBI-single; Dartmouth — Darren Doucette, two singles, two RBI; Greg West, double, single; Ryan Doucette, two singles, RBI; Chris Goodie, two-run double.

The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry moved within one win of the final tonight, beating Halifax Pelham Canadians 9-3 to take a 3-1 series lead, while the Kentville Wildcats evened their series with the Truro Bearcats at 2-2, winning a 2-1 nailbiter. At Wanderers Grounds Dartmouth 010 010 430 — 9 10 0 Halifax 011 100 000 — 3 11 1 Jamie Vallis (WP) and Nick Best; Sheldon MacDonald (LP), John Biggar (7) and Gregor McPherson. Dartmouth — Darren Doucette, single, three-run homer; Jason Irvine, single, double, three RBI; Greg West, four singles; Halifax — Ian Bower, single, double, RBI; Jay Turple, two singles, RBI. At Memorial Park Truro 000 000 001 — 1 7 4 Kentville 000 002 00x — 2 6 0 Kevin Nichols (WP) and Luke Smith; Kelly Spencer (LP), Matt Black (8) and Matt Mayo. Truro — J.P. Wood, two singles; Kentville — Chris Salsman, RBI-single; Ryan Pearl, two singles, RBI.

Home teams continued to rule the day in the Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League postseason, with the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry and Truro Bearcats posting victories tonight to take 2-1 leads in their best-of-seven series. Six games have been played so far in the playoffs, and the road team has yet to win. At Beazley Field Halifax 004 021 000 - 7 7 4 Dartmouth 023 241 00x - 11 14 2 Chris Munroe (LP), Jay Turple (5) and Gregor McPherson; Mike Alexander (WP), Kenny Miller (7) and Nick Best. Halifax - Ryan Veinot, two-run homer; Gregor McPherson, two-run homer; Ian Bower, home run; Dartmouth - Joel Irvine, grand-slam, solo homer, single; Nick Best, double, single, two RBI; Darren Doucette, home run; Jamie Vallis, Chris Goodie, Ryan Doucette and Jason Irvine, two singles apiece. At TAAC Grounds Kentville 100 011 000 - 3 7 1 Truro 000 312 00x - 6 4 0 Jeff Bishop (LP) and Luke Smith; Craig Higgins (WP), Jeff Chisholm (Sv,9) and Kevin Matheson, Matt Mayo (9). Kentville - Ian Lockhart, home run, single; Todd Benjamin, home run, single; Truro - Kevin Matheson, home run, single.

The Kentville Wildcats and Truro Bearcats are tied 1-1 in their semifinal series after Kentville posted a 5-2 win this afternoon. At Memorial Park Truro 000 010 010 — 2 7 1 Kentville 002 000 21x — 5 8 0 Colin Jeffrey (LP), Matt Black (8) and Matt Mayo; Tim Clayton (WP) and Luke Smith. Truro — Craig Higgins, two singles; Kevin Matheson, RBI-double; Kentville — Mike Lockhart, two singles, RBI; Todd Benjamin, home run; Ian Lockhart, RBI-double. Changes to the schedule for this series have been confirmed, and can be found by clicking on the "Schedules" or "Calendar" links on the left-hand side of the page.