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Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League
W L Pct. GB Home Road Mctn Strk Last 5
Dartmouth Moosehead Dry 26 6 .813 - 13-2 13-4 2-1 Won 1 3-2
Kentville Wildcats 15 13 .536 9 6-10 9-3 1-0 Lost 2 3-2
Halifax Pelham Canadians 15 14 .517 9.5 7-5 8-9 1-1 Won 1 4-1
Truro Bearcats 13 14 .481 10.5 8-5 5-9 0-2 Won 3 4-1
Sackville Beaverbank Physio Chiefs 3 28 .097 22.5 2-11 1-17 0-3 Lost 20 0-5
League leaders as of Monday, Aug. 16
BATTING (minimum 93 plate appearances)
AB R H RBI Avg.
Joel Irvine, Dartmouth 138 43 64 30 .464
Ian Lockhart, Kentville 122 39 56 17 .459
Mike Lockhart, Kentville 92 20 39 27 .424
Jay Turple, Halifax 120 27 48 32 .400
Ryan Veinot, Halifax 117 41 46 12 .393
Brent Cooper, Halifax 94 16 36 22 .383
Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth 108 26 41 24 .380
Greg West, Dartmouth 121 44 45 38 .372
Pat MacLeod, Kentville 97 15 36 21 .371
Jeff Chisholm, Truro 101 21 35 16 .347
Craig MacDonald, Sackville 102 18 35 9 .343
Robert Gillis, Dartmouth 123 37 42 9 .341
Bill MacKenzie, Truro 97 21 33 17 .340
Chris Goodie, Dartmouth 107 17 36 23 .336
Chris Salsman, Kentville 119 31 40 18 .336
Hits - Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 64; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 56; Jay Turple, Halifax, 48; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 46; Greg West, Dartmouth, 45; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 42; Adam Lucas, Halifax, 42.
Runs - Greg West, Dartmouth, 44; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 43; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 41; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 39; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 37.
RBI - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 59; Greg West, Dartmouth, 38; Jay Turple, Halifax, 32; Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 30; Mike Lockhart, Kentville, 27.
Doubles - Jay Turple, Halifax, 15; Ian Lockhart, Kentville, 13; Greg West, Dartmouth, 12; Ryan Doucette, Dartmouth, 11; Pat MacLeod, Kentville, 10; Jason Irvine, Dartmouth, 10.
Triples - Bill MacKenzie, Truro, 3; Ryan Doucette, Dartmouth, 2.
Home runs - Darren Doucette, Dartmouth, 14; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 9; Greg West, Dartmouth, 8; Bruce Joshua, Truro, 8; Jay Turple, Halifax, 7; Chris Goodie, Dartmouth, 6.
Stolen bases - Joel Irvine, Dartmouth, 18; Ryan Veinot, Halifax, 14; Robert Gillis, Dartmouth, 13; Joey Gaudet, Sackville, 10.
PITCHING
Winning percentage (minimum 5 decisions) — Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 4-1, .800; Mark Haverstock, Halifax, 4-1, .800; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 7-2, .778; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 6-2, .750; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 5-2, .714.
Wins - Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 7; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 6; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 5; Chris Munroe, Halifax, 4; Mark Haverstock, Halifax, 4; Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 4; Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 4; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 4.
Earned-run average - Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 2.13; Colin Jeffery, Truro, 2.70; Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 2.73; Jamie Vallis, Dartmouth, 3.50; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 3.62.
Innings pitched - Chris Munroe, Halifax, 71.2; Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 67.2; Mark Haverstock, Halifax, 64.1; Kevin Nichols, Kentville, 59; Sheldon MacDonald, Halifax, 54.1.
Strikeouts - Trevor Zwaan, Dartmouth, 70; Jason Bailey, Dartmouth, 62; Tim Clayton, Kentville, 53; Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 52; Craig Higgins, Truro, 51.
Saves - Mike Alexander, Dartmouth, 3; Chris Davidson, Kentville, 3; Jeff Chisholm, Truro, 2; Kevin Daurie, Kentville, 2; Pete Sonier, Dartmouth, 2; Andrew MacIntosh, Halifax, 2.
END
Tonight's game between host Halifax Pelham Canadians and the Truro Bearcats has been postponed because of heavy rain in Halifax this morning, which prompted the city to close the Wanderers Grounds for the day.
The game has been rescheduled to Friday, Aug. 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Other rescheduled games are as follows:
Wednesday, Aug. 25 - Sackville at Truro, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 31 - Truro at Kentville, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 1 - Dartmouth at Truro, 7:30 p.m.
*** Sept. 4, 5 or 6 - Kentville at Moncton (2), TBA
*** These games are tentative pending Moncton's schedule in the New Brunswick senior league playoffs, and will not be played if they have no impact on the final Nova Scotia league standings.
The latest stats are in courtesy of Burton Russell, and can be viewed by clicking on the "2004 stats updates" link on the left-hand side of the page.
The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry and Truro Bearcats recorded victories tonight.
At Beazley Field
Sackville 010 010 000 — 2 5 1
Dartmouth 101 410 11x — 9 10 1
Mike Magis (LP), Paul Humphrey (8) and Terry Dunbrack; Darren Hiltz (WP), Mike Alexander (7) and Nick Best.
Sackville — Doug Pickrem, double, single, RBI; John Fifield, two singles; Dartmouth — Jamie Vallis, home run, single, two RBI; Greg West, single, home run, three RBI; Joel Irvine, two singles, two RBI; Jason Irvine, double, single; Ryan Doucette, single, home run.
At Memorial Park
Truro 201 000 112 — 7 9 2
Kentville 000 001 004 — 5 9 4
Colin Jeffery (WP), Matt Black (7) and Matt Mayo; Tim Clayton (LP), Jeff Bishop (9) and Ian Mosher.
Truro — Shawn Fuller, two-run single; Joe MacPherson, two-run single; Kentville — Chris Salsman, two singles; Marshall Bevin, double, single; Mike Lockhart, grand-slam, single; Mike King, two singles.
The Halifax Pelham Canadians needed 11 innings to get by host Kentville Wildcats tonight.
At Memorial Park
Halifax 110 100 101 03 - 8 15 4
Kentville 000 130 100 00 - 5 14 2
Mark Haverstock, Chris Munroe (6), Andrew MacIntosh (WP,10) and Tom Baker; Chris Davidson, Kevin Daurie (LP,7) and Mike Murray.
Halifax — Ryan Veinot, triple, three singles, RBI; Jay Turple, home run, double, two singles, three RBI; Adam Lucas, home run, two singles, three RBI; Kentville — Mike Lockhart, double, single, two RBI; Ian Lockhart, three singles; Ian Mosher, two singles, RBI.
