Dartmouth Moosehead Dry

Truro: John Chapman(L),Josh Fushtey (8) and Nick Best

Halifax: Home Battery : Mark Haverstock (W), Joey Cavadini (9) and Shawn Walsh

Visiting Highlights

Jeff Chisholm: two singles, RBI

Nick Best: two singles

Adam Lombard: two singles

John Chapman: single, RBI

Home Highlights

Shawn Walsh: three singles, 2 RBI

Jake Pelham: three singles, RBI

Pat Gilbert: two singles, RBI

Brandon Devlin: single, RBI

Josh Pelham: single, RBI

Halifax righthander, Mark Haverstock, threw eight solid innings and the Canadians once again used a big inning to grab the semi-final series from the gutsy Truro Bearcats by a score of 9-2 Wednesday night at Mainland Common.  Shawn Walsh lined three singles, knocking in a pair of runs while Jake Pelham also added three singles to drive the Canadians' offense.  Pat Gilbert singled twice and Josh Pelham struck a huge RBI single as Halifax batted around in the eighth inning.  Jeff Chisholm, Nick Best and Adam Lombard singled twice for the Bearcats.  Halifax advances to the NSSBL finals to face the winner of the Dartmouth-Sydney series which concludes this weekend.

2014 NSSBL ALL-STARS and AWARD WINNERS

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: John Chapman T In addition to his batting achievements mentioned earlier, Chapman also placed among the leaders in several pitching categories. He was fifth in winning percentage with a 7-5 record. He was tied for third in wins with 7 and was second in saves with 2.  He was sixth in the ERA department with 2.57 and was seventh-best in Ks with 41.  His 77 innings pitched was second-best in the league. 

Gary MacDonald Memorial Gold Bat and Gold Glove Award for most player of the game selections: John Chapman Truro.    

CATCHER: Matt Denney S Third in batting with a .390 average. Second in RBIs with 28. Tied for third in home runs with 4. Sixth in hits and runs scored with39 and 22 respectively. 

FIRST BASE: Greg West D Tenth in batting with a .327 average. Third in RBIs with 26. 

SECOND BASE: Adam Lucas H Eighth in batting with a.360 average. Leader in doubles with 12. Placed number eight in RBIs with 22.   

THIRD BASE:  John Chapman T League’s batting champion with a .441 average. Tops in RBIs with 31.  Second in hits with 45.  Tied for fifth in doubles with 9.  Sixth in stolen bases with 16.   

SHORTSTOP: Matt Doudelet D Ninth in batting with a .337 average. 

DESIGNATED HITTTER: Darren Doucette D Batting average: 328.   Led the league in home runs with 7.Placed ninth in RBIs with 21.   

LHP: Cameron Marling D The league leader in winning percentage with an 8-0 record. Second in wins with 8 and second in the Ks with 84.  Fifth- best among the ERA leaders with a 2.49 mark.  Third in innings pitched with 76.   

RHP: Matt MacDonald D He posted a second –best winning percentage with a 7-1 record. Tied for third in wins with 7.  Led the loop in Ks with 87.  Tops in the ERA department with a 1.55 mark.  Fifth in innings pitched with 63.2.   

COACH –OF-THE-YEAR:  (TIE) Bob Gillis D and John Chapman T.    Gillis led Dartmouth to a first –place finish with a 22-6 record.  Chapman guided the Bearcats to a second-place finish with a 15-13 mark. 

OUTFIELDERS:  Chris Head D Second in batting with an average of .409.  He was league leader in hits, runs scored and stolen bases with respective numbers of 52, 37 and 27.  Fifth in RBIs with 24. Tied for fifth in doubles with 9.                             

 Jake Pelham H Fifth among batting leaders with a .378 average. Tied for third in doubles with 10. Sixth in RBIs with 23.                             

Mark Phillips D Sixth in batting with a .375 average.  Fourth in hits with 42.  Third in runs scored with 27.  Second in doubles with 11.  Tied for third in home runs with 4. 

The Halifax Pelham Canadians used a big 8th inning to take the lead for the second time in the series. They lead the best of 5 series 2-1. Game 4 goes Wednesday night at Mainland Common.

Halifax: Joey Cavadini, Craig Field (W-5), Jorden Pelham (9) and Shawn Walsh

Truro: Josh Fushtey (L), John Chapman (8), Dan Bates (9) and Nick Best

Visiting Highlights

Ryan Veinot 2 Doubles Single RBI

Brandon Devlin 2 Singles RBI

Adam Lucas 3 Run HR Double

Home Highlights

Guy Pellerine Double, 3 Singles RBI

Adam Lombard Double, 2 Singles

Dan Bates 2 Singles RBI

Sheldon Ryan Double 2 RBIs

John Chapman Double

Game 2 of the best of five semi finals goes Saturday at Beazley Field game time is 1:00. The other series shifts to Halifax as the Pelham Canadians have a 1-0 lead over the Truro Bearcats, first pitch is 1:00pm. 

Paul Doucette(WP)and Matt Denney;

Shawn Tomlinson(LP), Jeff Reeves(6th) and Justin Stephens;

HIGHLIGHTS

DRY--Anthony McKinley two singles;Chris Gallivan single;Matt Harding single;Matt Doudelet single;Dan Comeau single;

SYDNEY--Corey Christie single,sac,2RBI;Justin Brewer single;Ken Long single;Phil Brown single;

The Truro Bearcats tied up their series with Halifax Pelham Canadians with a 5-4 victory.  Guy Pellerine picked up the win on the hill while Mark Haverstock suffered the loss.  

The Sydney Sooners took a 2-0 series lead beating the Dartmouth Moosehead DRY 3-1.  Nate Brewer was the winner for the Sooners and Cam Marling took the loss for the DRY.

Nate Brewer(WP)and Matt Denney

Cam Marling(LP),Jason Mosher(8th)and Justin Stephens, Mark McLeod (9th)

HIGHLIGHTS

DRY--Chris Head three singles,double,RBI;Matt Doudelet two singles;Mark Phillips single;Matt Harding single;

SYDNEY--Corey Christie triple,single,RBI;Chris Farrow single;Rob Biron single,RBI;Phil Brown single,RBI;Jordan Sheppard single

Truro: Guy Pellerine(W), John Chapman (9, S) and Nick Best

Halifax: Mark Haverstock and Shawn Walsh

Truro:

Guy Pellerine: homerun, two singles, two RBI

Darson Murphy: two singles

John Chapman: double, RBI

Nick Best: single, RBI

Home Highlights

Adam Lucas: homerun, three RBI

Pat Gilbert: triple, RBI

Josh Pelham: double,  single

Steve Murphy: double

Shawn Walsh: double