Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians

Darren Doucette, Joel Irvine and Greg West homered for the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry in a 6-2 victory over the Kentville Wildcats tonight at Beazley Field in Game 3 of their best-of-seven semifinal series.

Dartmouth leads 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Friday night in Kentville.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kentville	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	1
Dartmouth	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	x	6	6	0

 

 

 

 

Kentville -- Trevor Wamback (LP) and Luke Smith.

Top hitter -- Jeff Lockhart, three singles.

Dartmouth -- Steve Nelson (WP, eight strikeouts) and Randy Stewart.

Top hitters -- Greg West, two-run homer, single; Darren Doucette, three-run homer, single; Joel Irvine, home run.

Joe MacPherson's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth capped the comeback for the Truro Bearcats in a 6-5 win over the Halifax Pelham Canadians in Game 2 of their best-of-seven semifinal series tonight at the TAAC Grounds in Truro. The series is tied at a game apiece.

Halifax led 5-1 in the fifth inning. Billy MacKenzie's three-run homer pulled Truro to within one, and J.P. Wood tied it on a solo shot in the eighth.

John Chapman picked up the win in relief of starter Craig Higgins. Barrett Bellefontaine took the loss in relief of starter Steve Ivey.

Game 3 goes Thursday at the Mainland Common in Halifax at 7:30 p.m.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Halifax	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	7	3
Truro	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	6	9	2

 

 

 

 

Halifax -- Steve Ivey, Barrett Bellefontaine (LP, 8) and Josh Pelham.

Top hitters -- Adam Lucas, two singles; Jay Turple, two-run homer.

Truro -- Craig Higgins, Brandon Mallaly (7), John Chapman (WP, 9) and Jason Hoyt.

Top hitters -- Billy MacKenzie, home run, two singles, four RBI; J.P. Wood, home run; Joe MacPherson, game-winning RBI-single.

 

Revisions to both semifinal series' schedules have now been completed. Full schedules can be viewed by clicking on the "Calendar" or "Schedules" links on the left-hand side of the page.

Curtis Falls pitched a complete-game five-hitter with seven strikeouts to lead the Kentville Wildcats to a 5-1 victory over the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry in Game 2 of their best-of-seven semifinal series tonight at Memorial Park in Kentville.

Game 3 goes Wednesday at Beazley Field in Dartmouth at 7:30 p.m.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Dartmouth	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Kentville	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	x	5	10	1

 

 

 

 

Dartmouth -- Jason Bailey (LP), Trevor Zwaan (7) and Randy Stewart.

Top hitters -- Chris Head, two singles; Joel Irvine, single, sacrifice fly, RBI.

Kentville -- Curtis Falls (WP, seven strikeouts) and Luke Smith.

Top hitters -- Ian Lockhart, single, triple, two RBI; Ryan Brothers, two singles; Ryan Pearl and Luke Smith, RBI-singles.

Tonight's rescheduled Game 2 between the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry and Kentville Wildcats at Memorial Park in Kentville has been postponed because of wet field conditions.

The game has been rescheduled to Monday, Aug. 31 at 7:30 p.m.

Game 3 in the series will now be played Wednesday, Sept. 2 in Dartmouth at 7:30 p.m., with Game 4 on Friday, Sept. 4 at 7:30 p.m., in Kentville.

Rescheduled dates and times for Games 5-7 will be announced once finalized.