Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians

The Truro Bearcats jumped out to an 11-0 lead and held on to beat visiting Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 11-8 tonight. At TAAC Grounds Dartmouth 000 060 011 -- 8 12 1 Truro 323 300 00x -- 11 10 1 Terry Forbes (LP), Pete Sonier (4) and Nick Best; Jeff Chisholm (WP), John Chapman (6) and Jason Hoyt. Dartmouth -- Darren Doucette, grand-slam, single; Truro -- Jason Hoyt, single, double, home run, five RBI; Paul Davie, three-run homer. The Kentville Wildcats and Halifax Pelham Canadians were postponed tonight because of poor field conditions at the Mainland Common. When a make-up date has been confirmed, it will be posted on this site.

Today's interleague games (Fredericton at Dartmouth, 2 p.m.; Fredericton at Kentville, 7:30 p.m.) have been postponed because of rain. When make-up dates have been confirmed, they will be posted on this site. At Truro, Craig Higgins capped a monster weekend for the host Bearcats in a 7-1 win over the Sydney Sooners. Higgins was 4-for-5 with a grand-slam at the plate, and tossed a complete-game five-hitter with six strikeouts. In the three-game series, Higgins was 11-for-14 with a pair of home runs and 11 RBI. At TAAC Grounds Sydney 000 000 010 — 1 5 1 Truro 201 000 04x — 7 14 0 Adam Shibinette (LP), Danny McKillop (6) and Matt Denny; Craig Higgins (WP) and Kevin Matheson. Sydney — Geoff MacLellan, three singles, RBI; Truro — Craig Higgins, two singles, double, grand-slam; J.P. Wood, double, two singles, RBI; Jeff Chisholm, two doubles, RBI.

The Kentville Wildcats split a pair of interleague contests today in New Brunswick, beating the Chatham Ironmen 5-2 in an afternoon game before falling 4-2 to the Moncton Mets in the nightcap. At Chatham, N.B. Kentville 500 000 0 -- 5 6 0 Chatham 000 100 1 -- 2 6 2 Curtis Falls (WP) and Luke Smith; Jason Dickson (LP) and Jon Saunders. Kentville -- Mike Lockhart and Tim Clayton, two-run homers; Ian Lockhart, two singles, double; Chatham -- Tyson Waye, home run. At Moncton Kentville 001 000 1 -- 2 5 0 Moncton 004 000 x -- 4 5 2 Kevin Nichols (LP) and Luke Smith; Derek Wilson (WP) and Mike Ivey. Kentville -- Jeff Lockhart, two singles; Moncton -- Jody Cole, grand-slam. The Sydney Sooners and Truro Bearcats halved the first two games of a three-game weekend set in Truro today. At TAAC Grounds Game 1 Sydney 010 000 000 -- 1 4 1 Truro 010 000 02x -- 3 8 3 Paul Doucette (LP) and Matt Denny; Colin Jeffery (WP) and Scott Baillie. Sydney -- Bernie Seymour, RBI; Truro -- Joe MacPherson, double, home run, two RBI; Craig Higgins, three singles. Game 2 Sydney 201 101 503 -- 13 16 1 Truro 040 103 400 -- 12 14 1 Thomas Silver (WP) and Matt Denny; Mark Stiner, Iain LaPointe (7), Joe MacPherson (LP, 7), Jeff Chisholm (8) and Scott Baillie. Sydney -- Geoff MacLellan, two-run double; Paul Doucette, three-run double; Troy Ferguson, two singles, two RBI; Truro -- Craig Higgins, double, home run, seven RBI.

The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry completed a home-and-home sweep of the Sackville Chiefs with a 14-6 victory tonight. At Beazley Field Sackville 006 000 000 -- 6 5 3 Dartmouth 310 041 50x -- 14 15 3 Kris Dewolfe (LP), Craig Henman (7), Rob Hansen (8) and Chris Burns; Steve Nelson (WP), Trevor Zwaan (7), Matt McDonald (9) and Nick Best. Sackville -- Rob Hansen, RBI-single; Dartmouth -- Darren Doucette, double, single, two RBI; Chris Head, two singles, RBI; Chris Goodie, two singles; Darren Hiltz, two singles; Ryan Doucette, double, single; Jason Bailey, double, triple, RBI.

Chris Goodie was a one-man wrecking crew for the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry tonight, going 4-for-5 with eight RBI in a 19-4 victory over the Sackville Chiefs. At Weir Field Dartmouth 150 120 316 — 19 22 2 Sackville 000 003 010 — 4 7 3 Jason Bailey (WP), Pete Sonier (Sv, 7) and Nick Best; Jason Plotsky (LP), Craig Spinney (5) and Logan Daly. Dartmouth — Darren Doucette, grand-slam, double, five RBI; Chris Goodie, home run, three singles, eight RBI; Sackville — Darrell McLellan, three singles, three RBI.