Dartmouth Moosehead Dry

All 5 teams are returning playing a 28 game schedule. The Defending Champion Sydney Sooners will open the season on the road next weekend in Kentville May 16 at 3pm for a three game series. The Truro Bearcats home opener will be May 19 as they host the Halifax Pelham Canadians. The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry will kick off their season May 23 as they welcome the Sooners.

Due to the weather forecast for tomorrow and the already wet field conditions. Game 6 will start at 4:00pm at Beazley Field in Dartmouth.  If Halifax wins Game 7 will be at 6:30 pm tonight.

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The Sydney Sooners have won back to back NSSBL titles.

Visiting Battery: Paul Doucette(W) and Matt Denney

Home Battery: Mark Haverstock(L), Craig Field (9) and Shawn Walsh

Visiting Highlights

Josh Forrest: homerun, double, three RBI

Jordon Shepherd: single, RBI

Phil Brown: single, RBI

Cory Christie: two singles

Ken Long: two singles

Chris Farrow: single

Home Highlights

Shawn Walsh: double, 2 RBI

Jake Pelham: single, 2 RBI

Brandon Devlin: double, two singles

Shawn Peverill: two singles

Josh Pelham: two singles

Pat Gilbert: single

Adam Lucas: single

Ryan Veinot: single

Paul Davie: single

The scrappy Sydney Sooners were held in check by veteran Halifax chucker, Mark Haverstock, on six hits through seven innings.  But after retiring the first two men in the top of the eighth inning, outfielder Jordon Shepherd dumped a bunt down the third baseline.  Catcher Matt Denney worked Haverstock for a base on balls before outfielder Phil Brown scored Shepherd with a single.  Designated hitter, Josh Forrest then connected for an opposite-field three-run homer to give the Sooners their first lead of the game and the final margin of victory as they came from behind to defeat a solid Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians squad by a final score of 5-4.  The game was switched to Beazley Field since Mainland Common was not playable due to wet grounds and began some two hours after the scheduled first pitch.  Halifax struck first in the second inning as Adam Lucas and Josh Pelham rode home on a two-run double from Shawn Walsh.  Sydney cut the lead in half in the third inning as Ken Long scored on an infield groundout by Shepherd.  The Canadians scored two more in the fifth inning as Pat Gilbert, who was hit by a pitch and Brandon Devlin, who had doubled, were driven home by a Jake Pelham single.  Those were the only runs allowed by righthander Paul Doucette, though Halifax left the bases loaded in the seventh and eighth innings.  Doucette, who won three games in the series, was named playoff MVP and the Sooners, with their back to back championship, earned the right to represent the NSSBL next year at the Baseball Canada Senior Mens Championship to be held in Chatham, NB.

Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians took a 2-1 game lead in the best of seven NSSBL Championship Final when they defeated the Sydney Sooners 5-2 Friday night at the Susan McEachern Memorial Ball Park in Sydney. Halifax was held to only seven hits but bunched four of them in the three run fifth inning, which was the difference in the final score. Both teams go at it again on Saturday in Sydney with a doubleheader (games 4 and 5 of the series) at 1:00 and 5:30.

Winning Pitcher: Halifax's Mark Haverstock; Catcher: Shawn Walsh

Losing Pitcher: Sydney's Anthony Ianetti, Logan Aker (7) Catcher Matt Denney

Halifax Hitters: Shawn Walsh: 3 singles,1 RBI

                       Shawn Peverill: 2 singles, 1 RBI

                       Paul Davie: 1 single, 2 RBI

                       Josh Pelham: 1 single

Sydney Hitters: Kenny Long: 2 singles

                       Jordon Shepherd: 2 singles, RBI

                       Jeff MacKinnon: solo Home Run, RBI, 2 runs scored

                       Cory Christie, Phil Brown, Justin Brewer; each with a single.