Truro Bearcats

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.  

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