Kentville Wildcats

The postponed Aug. 8 game between the Halifax Pelham Canadians and host Kentville Wildcats at Memorial Park has been rescheduled to Saturday, Aug. 14 at 7 p.m. The Wildcats will be honouring NSSBL statistician Burton Russell at that game. Burton will throw out the ceremonial first pitch and sign copies of his latest book, "Baseball Memories."

Visiting Kentville Wildcats moved closer to locking up second place in the regular season with a victory over first-place Dartmouth Moosehead Dry tonight. At Beazley Field Kentville 000 020 101 — 4 8 0 Dartmouth 001 010 001 — 3 9 2 Kevin Nichols (WP), Chris Davidson (Sv,9) and Ian Mosher; Trevor Zwaan (LP) and Nick Best. Kentville — Mike Lockhart, two singles, double; Ryan Pearl, two singles, RBI; Todd Benjamin, two singles, RBI; Dartmouth — Joel Irvine, three singles, RBI; Darren Doucette, RBI-single; Greg West, RBI-double.

The Kentville Wildcats and Truro Bearcats picked up victories as the jockeying for playoff positions continued tonight. At TAAC Grounds Halifax 100 001 012 - 5 10 2 Truro 340 010 00x - 8 13 0 Sheldon MacDonald (LP), Andrew MacIntosh (3) and Tom Baker; Kelly Spencer (WP), Mark Stiner (7), Matt Black (9) and Matt Mayo. Halifax — Ryan Veinot, two singles, double; Adam Lucas, three singles; Truro — Matt Mayo, single, double, two-run homer; Shawn Fuller, two singles, double; Kevin Matheson, single, double; J.P. Wood, two singles; Bill MacKenzie, two singles. At Weir Field Kentville 000 100 020 7 - 10 17 2 Sackville 010 100 010 0 - 3 5 2 Jeff Bishop, Tim Clayton (WP,9) and Mike Murray; Kris Dewolfe (LP), John Fifield (10) and Terry Dunbrack. Kentville — Todd Benjamin, four singles, three RBI; Chris Salsman, two doubles, three RBI; Ian Lockhart, double, two singles; Mike Murray, two singles, RBI; Sackville — Mike Magis, two singles, RBI; Ryan Conrad, RBI-single.

The latest weekly stats from Burton Russell have arrived, and can be viewed by clicking on the "2004 Stats Updates" link on the left-hand side of the page.

The Truro Bearcats wrapped up the fourth and final playoff berth with a win over visiting Sackville Beaverbank Physio Chiefs tonight, and host Halifax Pelham Canadians moved closer to second place with a victory against league-leading Dartmouth Moosehead Dry. Dartmouth's Darren Doucette belted his 14th home run of the season in the loss, and is now three dingers shy of Richie Mann's 27-year-old record. At TAAC Grounds Sackville 320 000 000 - 5 10 5 Truro 210 050 03x - 11 15 3 Rob Hansen (LP), Mike Magis (6) and Terry Dunbrack; Colin Jeffery (WP), Fabian Shipley (9) and Kevin Matheson. Sackville - Mike Magis, single, double, four RBI; Rob Hansen, two singles, RBI; Truro - Kevin Matheson, home run, three singles, three RBI; John Chapman, double, single; Jeff Chisholm, double, single; Craig Higgins, double, single. At Wanderers Grounds Dartmouth 201 010 200 - 6 11 1 Halifax 000 520 00x - 7 16 0 Darren Hiltz (LP), Mike Alexander (7) and Nick Best; Chris Munroe (WP), Andrew MacIntosh (7) and Gregor McPherson. Dartmouth - Joel Irvine, three singles, three RBI; Darren Doucette, two-run homer; Robert Gillis, single, double; Halifax - Brent Cooper, two singles, double, two RBI; Ryan Veinot, single, double, two RBI; Jay Turple, single, double, two RBI.