Kentville Wildcats

Joel Irvine and Greg West belted two-run homers to lead the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry to a 7-2 win over the Etobicoke Rangers of Ontario in Day 1 action at the Canadian senior championship in Moncton. Dartmouth faces tournament host Moncton Mets on Friday at 2 p.m. At University Field Etobicoke 010 100 0 — 2 5 1 Dartmouth 410 200 x — 7 9 2 John Campbell (LP), Kevin Breitner (6) and Rick Malinowski; Jason Bailey (WP,10 strikeouts) and Nick Best. Etobicoke — Jeff Cullon, double; Dartmouth — Joel Irvine, two-run homer, single; Greg West, two-run homer, single. Scores from all games can be found by clicking on the "Senior Nationals" link on the left-hand side of the page. As results come in, we'll post them there. The tournament website is www.2004seniorbaseballchampionship.ca

The Truro Bearcats moved a full game ahead of the Kentville Wildcats in the race for second place with a victory tonight over the Sackville Beaverbank Physio Chiefs. At TAAC Grounds Sackville 011 000 020 — 4 7 2 Truro 104 020 10x — 9 9 1 Rob Hansen (LP) and Jed Martin; Jeff Chisholm (WP), Mark Stiner (8) and Shawn Fuller, Tony Pittoello (6). Sackville — Rob Hansen, double, single; Paul Humphrey, double; Truro — John Chapman, home run, single; J.P. Wood, double, single, two RBI; Jeff Chisholm, double, single, two RBI.

Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League W L Pct. GB Home Road Mctn Strk Last 5 Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 28 6 .824 - 14-2 14-4 2-1 Won 3 3-2 Kentville Wildcats 16 14 .533 10 6-10 10-4 1-0 Won 1 2-3 Truro Bearcats 16 14 .533 10 10-5 6-9 1-2 Won 6 5-0 Halifax Pelham Canadians 15 18 .455 12.5 7-8 8-10 1-2 Lost 4 1-4 Sackville Beaverbank Physio Chiefs 3 29 .094 24 2-12 1-17 0-3 Lost 21 0-5 League leaders as of Monday, Aug. 23 BATTING (minimum 95 plate appearances) AB R H RBI Avg. Joel Irvine, Dartmouth 146 46 68 33 .466 Ian Lockhart, Kentville 131 40 59 21 .450 Jay Turple, Halifax 108 27 48 35 .444 Mike Lockhart, Kentville 103 20 41 29 .398 Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth 119 26 47 27 .395 Adam Lucas, Halifax 119 26 46 24 .387 Greg West, Dartmouth 131 47 49 40 .374 Jeff Chisholm, Truro 105 22 39 18 .371 Pat MacLeod, Kentville 97 15 36 21 .371 J.P. Wood, Truro 118 24 42 25 .356 Chris Goodie, Dartmouth 117 20 41 24 .350 Bill MacKenzie, Truro 101 22 35 19 .347 Chris Salsman, Kentville 128 35 44 19 .344 Ryan Doucette, Dartmouth 134 28 46 27 .343 Hits - Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 68; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 59; Greg West, Dartmouth, 49; Jay Turple, Halifax, 48; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 47. Runs - Greg West, Dartmouth, 47; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 46; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 40; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 39; Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 38. RBI - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 60; Greg West, Dartmouth, 40; Jay Turple, Halifax, 35; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 33; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 29. Doubles - Jay Turple, Halifax, 17; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 15; Greg West, Dartmouth, 13; Ryan Doucette, Dartmouth, 11; Pat MacLeod, Kentville, 10; Jason Irvine, Dartmouth, 10; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 10. Triples - Bill MacKenzie, Truro, 4; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 3. Home runs - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 14; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 9; Greg West, Dartmouth, 8; Bruce Joshua, Truro, 8; Jay Turple, Halifax, 7; Chris Goodie, Dartmouth, 6. Stolen bases - Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 22; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 14; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 13. PITCHING Winning percentage (minimum 5 decisions) — Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 4-1, .800; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 7-2, .778; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 6-2, .750; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 6-2, .750; Mark Haverstock, Halifax, 4-2, .667. Wins - Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 7; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 6; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 6; Chris Munroe, Halifax, 4; Mark Haverstock, Halifax, 4; Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 4; Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 4; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 4; Craig Higgins, Truro, 4. Earned-run average - Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 2.13; Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 2.43; Colin Jeffery, Truro, 2.70; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 3.37; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 3.62. Innings pitched - Chris Munroe, Halifax, 75.2; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 71.1; Mark Haverstock, Halifax, 68.1; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 67.2; Sheldon MacDonald, Halifax, 59.1. Strikeouts - Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 70; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 67; Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 60; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 59; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 53. Saves - Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 4; Chris Davidson, Kentville, 3; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 3. END

The latest stats update from Burton Russell is in, and can be found by clicking on the "2004 Stats Updates" link on the left-hand side of the page.

Host Halifax Pelham Canadians pounded out 21 hits en route to a win over the Kentville Wildcats tonight. Kentville drops a half-game behind Truro in the race for second. At Wanderers Grounds Kentville 100 200 20x — 5 10 1 Halifax 000 621 06x — 15 21 0 Jeff Bishop (LP), Kevin Daurie (7) and Luke Smith; Mark Haverstock (WP) and Steve Pamenter. Kentville — Ian Mosher, two-run homer; Ian Lockhart, three singles, double; Mike Lockhart, RBI-double; Halifax — Gregor McPherson, single, double, three RBI; Morgan Strang, two doubles, single, two RBI; Jay Turple, four singles.