Sydney Sooners

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sydney	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	6	10	2
Kentville	2	0	8	0	2	0	1	0	X	13	16	5

Visiting Battery Justin Brewer (L) and Jordon Sampson

Home Battery Codey Shrider (W), Dryden Schofield (6) and Ted Higa

Visiting Highlights Josh Forrest double, 2 singles, rbi, run scored, Cory Christie 2 singles, run scored, Chris Farrow single, 2 sb's, rbi

Home Highlights Colby Turple triple, 2 doubles, single, 4 rbi's, 2 runs scored, Jason Pleasant-Sampson double, single, 2 rbi's, 2 runs scored, Alex Ostrov triple, 2 rbi's, run scored John Ansara 2 singles, rbi, run scored, Teddy Higa 2 singles, rbi, 2 runs scored, Brandon MacKay triple, 2 runs scored David McIntyre single, 2 rbi's

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

Visiting Battery Sheldon MacDonald (W) and Sean Ferguson Home Battery Alex Ostrov (L) and Tyler Fancy

Visiting Highlights Cory Christie 2 singles, run scored, Phil Brown double, sb, run scored, Johnny MacLeod double

Home Highlights Tyler Fancy 2 singles, run scored, Brandon MacKay 2 singles, rbi, Codey Shrider double, Jason Pleasant-Sampson single, rbi

Game Summary: Sooners Eliminate the Wildcats! Kentville opened the scoring in the 2nd inning as Tyler Fancy singled, Codey Shrider doubled then Brandon MacKay singled in a run. Jason Pleasant-Sampson sac-bunted for 2-0 lead. The Sooners cut the lead to 2-1 in the 4th inning following a lead off error, Cory Christie single, Phil Brown sac-bunt, Mike Tobin walk and Justin Brewer rbi ground out. The Cats loaded the bases up in the bottom of 4th inning as Tyler Fancy, Brandon MacKay and Jason Pleasant-Sampson all singled but did not score as 3 runners were stranded. Pitchers, Alex Ostrov (Kentville) and Sheldon MacDonald (Sydney) then controlled things until the 9th inning when the intensity picked up again. Sydney lead off the top of the 9th with a Cory Christie lead off single, Phil Brown doubled, Justin Brewer tied the game with an rbi ground out for a 2-2 game. Johnny MacLeod doubled down the left field line for the go ahead 3-2 run while Justin Brewer was cut down at the plate. In the bottom of the 9th Codey Shrider leadoff and reached on an infield error, however, eventually picked off at first base on a failed Brandon MacKay bunt attempt to advance him. MacKay ended up striking out, with two outs pinch hitter, Dryden Schofield hit a single but the game ended on a Ted Higa ground out to end the game and season for the Cats. Tough luck losing pitcher, Alex Ostrov gave up 3 of the 4 Sydney hits in the final inning. Meanwhile, the Kentville offence sputtered throughout by hitting into 3 double-plays.

 

The Sydney Sooners clinched 1st place despite losing in Kentville as the Dry fell to Truro. Sydney and Kentville are back at it today. Kentville needs to win both and need Dartmouth to beat Truro on Sunday to force a one game playoff in Truro. Dartmouth and Halifax play Tuesday night to determine second and third place for home field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sydney	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	4	8	1
Kentville	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	X	6	11	5

  Visiting Battery Ken Long, Logan Aker (8 - L) and Sean Ferguson

Home Battery Bradley Fuller (Complete Game Win) and Ted Higa

Visiting Highlights Chris Farrow triple, single, rbi and 2 runs scored, Jordon Shepherd 2 singles, rbi and sb, Josh Forrest 2 singles and sb

Home Highlights Jason Pleasant-Sampson triple, single, 2 rbi's, run scored, John Ansara 2 singles, rbi, 2 runs scored, Brandon MacKay 2 singles, run scored, Colby Turple double, run scored, David McIntyre single, 2 rbi's

Game Summary: Wildcats Comeback versus the Sooners! Sydney opened the scoring in the 5th inning as Chris Farrow singled, Johnny MacLean walked then Mike Tobin and Jordon Shepherd singled to each drive in a run for a 2-0 lead. In the 6th inning the Sooners padded their lead to 4-0 following a hit by pitch batter, Chris Farrow triple and throwing error on the play to score two. The Wildcats finally got the bats going in the bottom of the 6th collecting singles by Brandon MacKay, Jason Pleasant-Sampson and Tyler Fancy to break up a no-hit effort by Kenny Long but eventually stranded the bases loaded. In the bottom of the 7th the Wildcats again loaded up the bases with singles by Dryden Schofield, John Ansara and Brandon MacKay again. However, this time they scored three runs on an Alex Ostrov rbi single and David McIntyre 2 run single making the game 4-3 for Sydney. Cats pitcher Bradley Fuller kept battling away on the mound despite a high pitch count keeping his team in the game while finally getting some run support. In the 8th inning the Cats faced relief pitcher Logan Aker, Colby Turple doubled, John Ansara scored him on a single to even the game at 4-4. Teddy Higa walked and Jason Pleasant-Sampson blasted a two-out deep ball into the left center field gap scoring two runs on a stand up triple for what would be the game winning run as Cats win 6-4.  

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Dartmouth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
Truro	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	X	3	4	1

  Winning Pitcher  John Chapman

Losing Pitcher Justin Davies

Visiting Highlights Justin Davies 4 hit complete game Matt Doudelet 2 singles Chris Thibideau 2 singles Justin Stephens single Robert Gillis single Jordan Clyke single

Home Highlights John Chapman 8 hit complete game shutout 6 K's Adam Lombard single double run scored Darson Murphy single Shawn Mullins single RBI Matt Mingo RBI Justin Morton Run scored

Game Summary It was a great pitching performance by both Justin Davies and John Chapman on a cool evening from the TAAC Grounds.  The game was scoreless till the bottom of the 6th.  Adam Lombard doubled. Then John Chapman reached on an error.  Jeff Chisholm struck out for the 2nd out of the inning. Dan Bates walked to load the bases for Matt Mingo. Mingo fouled a few pitches off then walked to score Lombard and the first run of the game.   Shawn Mullin singled pass Matt Doudelet's outstreched glove scoring Chapman to make it 2-0. Truro scored in the 7th on a leadoff walked by  by Justin Morton as he advanced to 2nd and 3rd base on groundouts and then came home on a Davies wild pitch

The Dartmouth Moosehead Dry defeated the Halifax Pelham Canadians 12-0 last night. Dartmouth heads to Truro Friday to take on the Bearcats and the Kentville Wildcats host a three game series with Sydney this weekend starting at 7pm tonight.

 

Halifax Pitching Jor. Pelham (LP), B. Mc Gunnis, C. Ritcey, B. Mckinnon

Dartmouth Pitching J. Mosher (W)

Halifax Hitting B. Devlin 3 singles, P. Gilbert single

Dartmouth Hitting C. Thibideau 2 singles 3 runs RBI, D. Comeau 2 singles RBI, B. Hartley 2 singles RBI, M Doudelet single double 2 RBI, M. Harding double single RBI, J. Stephens single double 2 RBI

Batting Leaders
Name		Team	AB	Runs	Hits	RBI	AVE
Cory Christie		S	68	13	29	20	0.426
Anthony McKinley		D	82	23	33	24	0.402
Devin Mahoney		S	71	23	27	18	0.380
John Chapman		T	78	11	28	13	0.359
Jake Pelham		H	98	21	35	15	0.357
Darson Murphy		T	103	19	36	3	0.350
Chris Head		D	93	20	32	14	0.344
Dan Comeau		D	102	18	34	19	0.333
Jordon Shepherd		S	97	18	32	32	0.330
Jake Sanford		D	88	17	29	15	0.330
Pat Gilbert		H	102	18	31	5	0.304
Matt Doudelet		D	73	12	22	6	0.301
Josh Forrest		S	74	18	22	7	0.297
Jeff Chisholm		T	90	19	26	13	0.289
Min:  PA   76

LEADERS

HITS: Darson Murphy T 36; Jake Pelham H 35; Dan Comeau D 34; Anthony McKinley D 33; Chris Head D 32; Jordon Shepherd S 32.

RUNS: Anthony McKinley D 23; Devin Mahoney S 23; Jake Pelham H 21; David Wallace D 21; Chris Head D 20; Josh Pelham H 20; Darson Murphy T 19; Jeff Chisholm T 19.

RBIs: Jordon Shepherd S 32; Anthony McKinley D 24; Cory Christie S 20; Dan Comeau D 19.

DOUBLES: Anthony McKinley D, Billy Hartley D, Jake Pelham H and Devin Mahoney S: each with 8.

TRIPLES: No leader: several with 1.

HOME RUNS: Jordon Shepherd S 5, Devin Mahoney S 5, Jake Pelham H 4 and Jake Sanford D 3.

SB: Chris Head D 22; Jordon Shepherd S 18; John Chapman T 15; Anthony McKinley D 13; Justin Morton T 12; Chris Farrow S 12.

Pitching Leaders
Name		Team	W	L	ERA
Jeff Reeves		D	5	1	1.38
Jason Mosher		D	4	1	1.76
Brandon Mackinnon		H	4	1	2.91
Jordan Pelham		H	5	2	5.48
Reilly O'Rourke		S	4	2	4.15
John Chapman		T	5	3	2.64
Craig Field		H	5	3	4.01
Bradley Fuller		K	4	3	3.53
Min. 5 decisions

WINS:Jeff Reeves D, Jordan Pelham H, John Chapman T and Craig Field H: each with 5.

Ks: Jason Mosher D 67; Codey Shrider K 64; Jeff Reeves D 60;Devin Mahoney S 57; John Chapman T 53.

ERA: Devin Mahoney S 0.17; Jeff Reeves D 1.38; Jason Mosher D 1.76; Sheldon MacDonald S 2.11; Justin Davies D 2.42; John Chapman T 2.64; Brandon Mackinnon H 2.91.

INNINGS PITCHED: John Chapman T 75;Jason Mosher D 61.1; Brandon Mackinnon H 58.2; Codey Shrider K 56.1;Jason Smith T 60; Devin Mahoney S 53; Jeff Reeves D 52.1; Alex Ostrov K 51.1; Bradley Fuller K 51.

SAVES: Brandon Mackinnon H 3.

The Darmouth Moosehead Dry opened the 2017 National Championships with a 11-1 win over NFLD. Jason Mosher had 10 strikeouts in 6 innings. Anthony McKinley and Dave Wallace drove in three runs a piece to lead the offence.

Game 1 Box Score

In the afternoon the Dry fell to  Mississauga(ON2) 3-0. Jeff Reeves pitched a completed game striking out 8, but the Dry could string any hits together. Anthony Mckinley had 2 of the Dry 5 hits. 

Game 2 Box Score

In Game 3 the Dry lost are hard fought game to the eventual Champions BC by a score of 8-6. 

Game 3 Box Score 

In Game 4 the Dry needed to win and get some help. They did their part with a 8-2 win over 1st place Alberta, but did not get the help they needed as BC beat NFLD. The Dry ended in a tie with Ontario at 2-2 and Ontario advanced because of the head-to-head victory on Friday. 

Game 4 Box Score 

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