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Dry defeat Wildcats, close in on first
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry defeated host Kentville Wildcats 3-1 tonight at Memorial Park in Kentville.
Dartmouth can clinch first place with a victory Thursday night at home to the Truro Bearcats.
Kentville concludes its regular season with an 11-13 record and will finish in fourth place.
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Dartmouth -- Steve Nelson (WP), Craig Langille (Sv, 8) and Gregor McPherson.
Top hitters -- Darren Doucette, single, double; Joel Irvine, two singles, RBI.
Kentville -- Curtis Falls (LP) and Jeff Lockhart.
Top hitters -- Mike Lockhart, two singles; Ryan Brothers, RBI-single.
Dartmouth scores twice in ninth to edge Truro
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry scored twice in the top of the ninth inning to snap a 4-4 tie and defeat host Truro Bearcats 6-4 tonight at the TAAC Grounds in Truro.
Dartmouth is now 1.5 games ahead of second-place Halifax. Truro can now finish no higher than second.
Darren Doucette homered twice for the winners. Joe MacPherson, Guy Pellerine and J.P. Wood had two hits apiece for the Bearcats. Trevor Zwaan was the winning pitcher. John Chapman took the loss.
The Bearcats donated gate receipts from tonight's game, totalling $456, for breast cancer research.
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Dartmouth -- Jeff Reeves, Trevor Zwaan (WP, 7) and Randy Stewart.
Top hitters -- Darren Doucette, two home runs, three RBI; Greg West, three singles, two RBI.
Truro -- Craig Higgins, Brandon Mallally (7), John Chapman (LP, 9) and Jason Hoyt.
Top hitters -- Joe MacPherson, double, single, RBI; J.P. Wood and Guy Pellerine, two singles.
The field has been finalized for the 2009 Canadian senior baseball championship which begins in 10 days in Dartmouth and Halifax.
The
tournament will feature the host Dartmouth Moosehead Dry, national champion in 1998 and 2004. Nova Scotia is being represented by the Halifax
Pelham Canadians, the reigning provincial champion.
Other
Atlantic teams include the St. John’s WINMAR Capitals from
Newfoundland and Labrador, and two New Brunswick entrees -- the Fredericton Royals,
the 2008 New Brunswick champions, and the 2008 runner-up Chatham
Ironmen.
Quebec is represented by Team Quebec, while the Windsor Stars will represent Ontario. Rounding
out the championship contenders are Manitoba’s Brandon Marlins, the
Fort Saskatchewan Athletics from Alberta, and the Trail, B.C., Orioles.
A full schedule is available on the "Senior Nationals" section of the website. The tournament website is www.seniorbaseball09.ca.
Dry move into top spot; Wildcats win twice
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry moved into first place with a pair of 3-2 decisions today over the host Halifax Pelham Canadians on Harold Pelham Day at the Mainland Common, the second game lasting 11 innings.
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| Dartmouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Halifax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Dartmouth -- Matt McDonald (WP, 12 strikeouts) and Gregor McPherson, Randy Stewart (8)
Top hitters -- Matt Thomas, two singles; Chris Sperdakes, RBI-single; Joel Irvine, RBI-double, RBI-sacrifice fly.
Halifax -- Barrett Bellefontaine (LP) and Shawn Walsh.
Top hitters -- Ryan Veinot, two singles; Jay Turple and Shawn Peverill, RBI-singles.
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| Dartmouth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Halifax | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 |
Dartmouth -- Jason Bailey (WP), Craig Langille (Sv, 11) and Randy Stewart.
Top hitter -- Dan Comeau, three singles, game-winning RBI.
Halifax -- Pat MacInnis, Chris Munroe (LP, 9), Perry Deveaux (11) and Ryan Veinot.
Top hitters -- Ryan Veinot, double, single; Brandon Hunter, two singles; Josh Pelham, triple, two singles; Chris Gallivan, two singles, RBI.
At Sydney, the Kentville Wildcats bounced back from a loss Friday night with two victories today against the host Sooners at Susan McEachern Memorial Field. Scores were 10-0 in Game 1, and 16-6 in Game 2.
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| Kentville | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | x | x | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Kentville -- Kevin Nichols (WP) and Jeff Lockhart.
Top hitters -- Jeff Lockhart, double, two singles; Mike Lockhart, double, single; Ian Lockhart, two singles.
Sydney -- Paul Doucette (LP) and Matt Denney.
Top hitter -- Matt Denney, two singles.
| Game 2 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kentville | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 16 | 13 | 1 |
| Sydney | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | x | 6 | 8 | 5 |
Kentville -- Shawn Marshall (WP), Kevin Daurie (6) and Ian Mosher.
Top hitters -- Mike Lockhart, three-run homer, two singles; Shawn Marshall, three singles.
Sydney -- Nick Shaw (LP), Geoff MacLellan (2), Nolan Latham (6) and Matt Denney.
Top hitters -- Geoff MacLellan, two-run homer, single; Chris Denny, double, single.
