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Dartmouth clinches top spot, Sydney out of playoff contention
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry secured the regular-season pennant and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a doubleheader sweep of the Sydney Sooners this afternoon at Susan McEachern Memorial Field in Sydney.
Dartmouth won 12-2 in seven innings in Game 1, and 8-5 in Game 2.
The losses eliminate Sydney from the playoff picture and clinch the fourth and final playoff berth for the Truro Bearcats.
| Game 1 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 0 |
3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | x | x | 12 | 8 | 1 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | 2 |
5 | 3 |
Dartmouth -- Craig Langille (WP) and Randy Stewart.
Top hitters -- Darren Hiltz, home run; Joel Irvine, double; Darren Doucette, two singles.
Sydney -- Nick Shaw (LP), Geoff MacLellan (5) and Darrell Jennex.
Top hitters -- Jason Snow, double, single; Dave Denny, two singles.
| Game 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Dartmouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 |
| Sydney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 |
Dartmouth -- Matt McDonald, Darren Hiltz (WP,3) and Chris Burns.
Top hitters -- Darren Doucette, home run, two singles, four RBI; Chris Goodie, home run.
Sydney -- Jason Snow (LP) and Darrell Jennex.
Top hitters -- Beau Chaisson, home run; Geoff MacLellan, double, single; Dave Denny, double, single; Chris Denney, three singles.
The Truro Bearcats swept host Kentville Wildcats this afternoon at Memorial Park to leapfrog past the Wildcats into third place.
| Game 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Truro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 2 |
| Kentville | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Truro -- Craig Higgins (WP), Anthony Pitoello (9) and Jason Hoyt.
Top hitters -- Billy MacKenzie, single, triple, two home runs, three RBI; Iain LaPointe, two-run homer; Jason Davis, three singles, double, RBI.
Kentville -- Kevin Nichols (LP), Kevin Daurie (6), Taylor Welsh (8) and Kevin Benjamin.
Top hitter -- Ian Lockhart, three singles.
| Game 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H |
E |
| Truro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| Kentville | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
Truro -- Matt Black, Jeff Fielding (7), John Chapman (WP,9) and Jason Hoyt.
Top hitters -- Billy MacKenzie, two singles, home run, three RBI; Jason Hoyt, home run, single; Joe MacPherson, home run, single; J.P. Wood, two doubles.
Kentville -- Corey Kent, Pete Sonier (LP,7) and Luke Smith.
Top hitters -- Kevin Benjamin, three singles, RBI; Ryan Brothers, single, triple, two RBI; Ryan Pearl, single, double, RBI; Luke Smith, single, double, RBI.
Today's doubleheader between the Sydney Sooners and Dartmouth Moosehead Dry has been postponed because of rain.
The teams have scheduled a make-up doubleheader for Sunday, July 27 at 11 a.m.
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry took advantage of some miscues by the Sydney Sooners en route to a 12-1 victory in their three-game weekend series opener tonight at Susan McEachern Memorial Field.
Sydney's loss means the Kentville Wildcats clinch a playoff berth.
| |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Dartmouth | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | x | x | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| Sydney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | x | 1 | 4 | 6 |
Dartmouth -- Steve Nelson (WP) and Randy Stewart.
Top hitters -- Chris Head, double, single, two RBI; Craig MacDonald, double, single, RBI; Chris Burns, double, three RBI.
Sydney -- Travis MacQuarrie (LP), Geoff MacLellan (6) and Matt Denney.
Top hitter -- Beau Chaisson, single, triple.
The Halifax Pelham Canadians defeated host Truro Bearcats 9-5 tonight at the TAAC Grounds in a make-up game from June 17.
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