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Despite making four errors, the Dry managed to top Kentville thanks to a three-run rally in the eighth.
Darren Doucette hit his second homer of the playoffs and 16th of the year.
Dartmouth 201 001 030 - 7 9 4
Kentville 200 020 000 - 4 7 0
Alex Sabean, Joel Fuller (0-1)(6), Matt Pearl (8) and Luke Smith; Jason Bailey (1-0) and Mark Weeks. HR: Dart - Darren Doucette (2)
Trevor Zwaan continued the fine pitching performance that he displayed in helping Dartmouth earn a silver medal at nattionals throwing eight strong innings as the Dry went on to down Kentville 8-2
Dartmouth's 14-hit attack was lead by Darren Doucette who had a pair of singles, Greg West with three singles and by Joel Irvine and Ryan Doucette who each added a double and single.
Kevin Miller and Todd Benjamin each had three singles to account for all of the Wildcats' hits
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Dartmouth 021 220 01x - 8 14 3
Kevin Nichols (0-1), Kevin Daurie (6) and Luke Smith; Trevor Zwaan (1-0), Jim Langer (9) and Mark Weeks. HR: Dart - Darren Doucette (1)
Through the regular season, Truro and Halifax split their series with six close games. The first two games of their playoffs are showing the same evenly matched effort.
Jeff Fielding allowed only five hits and two walks while pitching the shutout. Mark Stiner went the distance for Halifax in picking up the loss.
The Bearcats squandered a few scoring chances early loading the bases in the first and second with one out, and stranding two more in the third only to come up empty.
Truro scored the games only runs in the fourth inning when George Chapman scored from second on a Kevin Matheson two-out single that just eluded Blues' first baseman Brent Cooper. Craig Higgins scored the second run of the inning on the same play when right-fielder Ian Bowers throw to the plate found the Bearcats' dugout.
Mark Stiner, who allowed nine walks, had to pitch his way out of trouble through most of the game. Jeff Fielding only had to face 32 batters in the game.
Halifax 000 000 000 - 0 5 3
Truro 000 200 000 - 2 5 1
Mark Stiner (0-1) and Craig Cooper, Kevin Andrecyk (4); Jeff Fielding (1-0) and Jason Hoyt.
Batting (min.89 PA) AB R H RBI Ave
Darren Doucette, Dart 91 31 41 50 .451
Jamie Vallis, Sac 99 24 40 30 .404
Richie Walcott, Syd 141 31 57 29 .404
Kevin Miller, Kent 145 29 57 29 .393
Geoff MacLellan, Syd 143 34 56 18 .392
Jay Turple, Hfx 116 34 57 38 .388
Cory Christie, Syd 81 19 31 5 .383
Craig Higgins, Tru 126 25 48 25 .381
Russ Grant, Yar 123 26 46 10 .374
Shawn Fuller, Tru 126 32 47 22 .373
Luke Smith, Kent 94 22 35 28 .372
Dave MacMullin, Syd 132 32 49 41 .371
Dave Cowan, Hfx 139 38 51 26 .367
Craig Cooper, Hfx 136 31 49 43 .360
Scott Jeffery, Yar 115 15 41 21 .357
Pat MacLeod, Kent 140 46 50 41 .357
Andrew Williams, Yar 111 21 39 16 .351
Mark Wolfe, Hfx 92 15 32 16 .348
Mark Weeks, Dart 116 31 40 11 .345
Ryan Veinot, Hfx 122 42 42 29 .344
Chris Salsman, Kent 128 38 44 17 .344
Adam Lucas, Sac 121 22 41 13 .339
Todd Benjamin, Kent 127 24 43 26 .339
Hits
Kevin Miller, Kent 57
Jay Turple, Hfx 57
Richie Walcott, Syd 57
Geoff MacLellan, Syd 56
Dave Cowan, Hfx 51
Richie Walcott, Syd 51
Pat MacLeod, Kent 50
Craig Cooper, Hfx 49
Dave MacMullin, Syd 49
Craig Higgins, Tru 48
Ian Lockhart, Kent 47
Shawn Fuller, Tru 47
Runs
Pat MacLeod, Kent 46
Ryan Veinot, Hfx 42
Chris Salsman, Kent 38
Dave Cowan, Hfx 38
Ian Lockhart, Kent 37
Joel Irvine, Dart 34
Jay Turple, Hfx 34
Geoff MacLellan, Syd 34
RBI
Darren Doucette, Dart 50
Craig Cooper, Hfx 43
Pat MacLeod, Kent 41
Dave MacMullin, Syd 41
Jay Turple, Hfx 38
Joel Irvine, Dart 36
Kevin Miller, Kent 33
Greg West, Dart 30
Ian Lockhart, Kent 31
Jamie Vallis, Sac 30
Doubles
Craig Cooper, Hfx 15
Kevin Miller, Kent 13
Richie Walcott, Syd 14
Joel Irvine, Dart 12
Billy MacKenzie, Tru 12
Jamie Vallis, Sac 11
Craig Higgins, Tru 12
Jay Turple, Hfx 10
Ryan Veinot, Hfx 10
Curtis Falls, Yar 10
Triples
Dave Cowan, Hfx 3
Ryan Veinot, Hfx 3
Julien Dease, Yar 3
Pat MacLeod, Kent 3
Homeruns
Darren Doucette, Dar 14
Dave MacMullin, Syd 12
Pat MacLeod, Kent 6
Jamie Vallis, Sac 5
Luke Smith, Kent 5
Craig Cooper, Hfx 4
Greg West, Kent 4
Andrew Williams, Yar 4
Curtis Falls, Yar 4
Todd Benjamin, Kent 4
Stolen Bases
Joel Irvine, Dart 21
Pat MacLeod, Kent 17
Craig Higgins, Tru 15
Shawn Fuller, Tru 15
Chris Salsman, Kent 14
Ryan Veinot, Hfx 13
Andrew Williams, Yar 12
Jamie Vallis, Sac 11
Dave Cowan, Hfx 10
Pitching (min. 6 dec.) W L Pct ERA
Jason Bailey, Dart 7 2 .778 3.38
Craig Higgins, Tru 7 2 .778 2.93
Sheldon MacDonald 10 3 .769 3.83
Alex Sabean, Kent 5 2 .714 3.47
Jeff Bishop, Kent 5 2 .714 4.85
Shawn Wilson, Syd 7 3 .700 4.04
Kevin Nichols, Kent 4 2 .667 3.53
Mark Stiner, Hfx 7 4 .636 5.78
Wins
Sheldon MacDonald, Hfx 10
Jason Bailey, Dart 7
Mark Stiner, Hfx 7
Craig Higgins, Tru 7
Shawn Wilson, Syd 7
Pat MacIntyre, Tru 6
Strikeouts
Shawn Wilson, Syd 110
Craig Higgins, Tru 83
Sheldon MacDonald, Hfx 70
Jason Bailey, Dart 59
Colin Jeffery, Yar 54
Jamie Vallis, Sac 52
Saves
Curtis Falls, Yar 4
Craig Higgins, Tru 3
Rob Hansen, Sac 2
Craig MacDonald, Hfx 2
Mike Alexander, Dart 2
ERA (min. 30 inn.)
Craig Higgins, Tru 2.85
Christopher Levine, Tru 3.07
Jevon Titus, Yar 3.27
Jason Bailey, Dart 3.38
Alex Sabean, Kent 3.47
Curtis Falls, Yar 3.52
Kevin Nichols, Kent 3.53
Innings Pitched
Sheldon MacDonald, Hfx 101
Adam Doiron, Sac 86.1
Mark Stiner, Hfx 84.1
Shawn Wilson, Syd 78
Chad Sawlor, Dart 76
Colin Jeffery, Yar 75
Craig Higgins, Tru 72.2
Jason Bailey, Dart 72
Travis MacQuarrie, Syd 71
Jamie Vallis, Sac 66.1
Kevin Nichols, Kent 66.1
Jeff Bsihop, Kent 66
Craig Higgins brought his 'A' game to Halifax. Truro's right-hander who had a no-hitter against Dartmouth a couple weeks ago, carried a two-hitter through eight innings and pitched out of a jam in the nineth to give Truro the win of the series opener.
With the score tied 2-2 in the top of the nineth, Truro loaded the bases. Pat MacIntyre batting in place of Kevin Matheson, who had been ejected from the game in the bottom of the seventh, dropped a surprise bunt to squeeze the go ahead run across the plate. Craig MacDonald came in to relieve Sheldon MacDonald, who had scattered 6 hits through eight, and gave up a two-run double to Shawn Fuller to spot Truro to a 5-2 lead.
Halifax loaded the bases in their half of the nineth. Mark Wolfe hit a deep fly to right centre that was tracked down by right-fielder John Smith before he crashed into the fence to take away an extra base hit from the Blue's designated-hitter. The fly was good enough to score a run but that was all that Halifax would manage.
Shawn Fuller was a homerun shy of the cycle while driving in three runs.
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Halifax 010 001 001 - 3 4 0
Higgins (1-0) and Jason Hoyt; Sheldon MacDonald (0-1), Craig MacDonald (9) and Craig Cooper.