Truro Bearcats

What a game, what a finish. Kevin Matheson took an 0-2 Trevor Zwaan offering deep for the walk-off homer than would bring the Championship home to Truro for the first time ever to the elation of the over 500 Truro fans on hand. It looked as though Dartmouth were going to force a game seven. The Dry broke up a scoreless tie in the seventh with a pair of runs and plated another in the eighth to take a 3-0 lead. In the bottom of the eighth, highlighted by a Matheson two-run single, Truro stormed back to take a 4-3 edge. Down to their final strike twice with throngs of Truro hopefuls on their feet, Dartmouth managed to put something together that culminated in a Joel Irvine game-tying single. Then in the bottom of the tenth, Matheson brought them to their feet in celebration of their first Senior League crown with his second homer of the finals. Kelly Spencer pikced up the victory going the distance. Dartmouth 000 000 211 0 - 4 8 2 Truro 000 000 040 1 - 5 5 0 Jason Bailey, Trevor Zwaan (2-2)(8) and Mark Weeks; Kelly Spencer (3-1) and Jason Hoyt. HR: Tru - Kevin Matheson (2) Dart: Joel Irvine - two singles, double, RBI; Ryan Doucette - single, RBI; Mark Weeks - two singles, RBI Truro: Kevin Matheson - game-winning home run; two-run single, three RBI; Craig Higgins - single, RBI

Dartmouth showed that their championship aspirations are not dead as their bats came alive while crushing Truro 15-3. A nine-run third, highlighted by a Darren Hiltz grand slam, sealed the game early for the Dry. Chad Sawler went the distance scattering four hits to earn his fourth post-season victory this year. Michael Hughes picked up the loss for the Bearcats. Billy MacKenzie hit his fifth homer of the playoffs in a losing effort. Truro can wrap up the series with a win at home Thursday night. The game starts at 7:30 at the TAAC Grounds. Truro 000 300 0 - 3 4 3 Dartmouth 309 021 x - 15 13 0 Micheal Hughes(0-1), Joe MacPherson (3), Reuben Irons (4) and Jason Hoyt; Chad Sawler (4-0) and Mark Weeks. HRs: Tru - Billy MacKenzie (5) Dart: Darren Hiltz (2) Tru: Billy MacKenzie - two-run homer; Matt Mayo - Sac fly, RBI Dart: Darren Hiltz - grand Slam, two singles, four RBI; Joel Irvine - two singles, RBI; Troy Marmaluk - double, two singles, RBI; Mark Weeks - double, single two RBI

Jason Bailey and Nial Hughes are wrapped up in a pitching duel, before the rains stopped action on Sunday. Neither pitcher had walked a batter until Hughes walked the first two batters of the fifth. Hughes helped his own cause in the inning by picking off the runner at first and getting defensive help when a Dartmouth runner was thrown out trying to take third on a wild pitch. Once the rains cleared, the first batter that Dartmouth's new pitcher Trevor Zwaan faced, Winston Brown, hit a two run blast that gave Truro a lead that they would never relinquish. Brown tallied another when he crossed the plate in the seventh to account for all of Truro's scoring. Kelly Spencer picked up the save. Dartmouth 000 000 001 - 1 5 2 Truro 000 020 10x - 3 6 2 Jason Bailey (0-1), Trevor Zwaan (5) and Mark Weeks; Nial Hughes (4-0), Craig Higgins (7), Kelly Spencer (s,3)(9) and Jason Hoyt. HR: Tru - Winston Brown (1) Dart: Troy Marmaluk - double; Nick Best - RBI double Tru: Nial Hughes - 11 strikeouts; Winston Brown - two-run homer, single; Jason Hoyt - RBI single; Matt Mayo - two singles

Game two of the Finals was suspended in the fourth with the score tied at one Friday night. When the game resumed, Dartmouth quickly picked up two runs and never looked back. Joel Irvine lead the way at the dish for the Dry with a pair of home runs and three RBI, and Chad Sawler and Jim Langer combined to throw six shutout innings in relief to give Dartmouth the 6-1 win. The victory knots the series at one with game two set for tonight in Dartmouth. Last year's game two was suspended by fog in the eighth inning with Truro leading 4-3. The fog that beseiged the province held up play on a Sunday and didn't allow for the completion of the game until the following Thursday. Tonight's probables are Craig Higgins for Truro and Larry Hood for Dartmouth. Dartmouth 001 201 011 - 6 9 1 Truro 001 000 000 - 1 8 1 (completion of rain-suspended game from Sept. 13. Game was suspended in top of the fourth with the score 1-1) Jason Bailey, Chad Sawler (3-0)(4), Jim Langer (s,1)(5) and Mark Weeks; Kelly Spencer (2-1), Jeff Fielding (4) and Jason Hoyt. HRs: Joel Irvine 2 (4), Darren Hiltz (1) Dart: Joel Irvine - two homeruns, three RBI; Darren Hiltz - home run; Mark Weeks - two singles, double Tru: Kevin Matheson - single, triple; Jeff Fielding - single, double

Truro banged out 18 hits and pounded Dartmouth 15-5 to regain the series lead. Kevin Matheson and JP Wood each homered while Shawn Fuller added a double and triple in leading the offensive. Craig Higgins went the distance to pick up the win. The game was shortened to seven innings due to the mercy rule. Greg West accounted for all five of Dartmouth's runs with a grand slam and a solo shot. Truro will take their 2-1 series lead back to Truro Sunday at 2:00. The probables are Nial Hughes for Truro who picked up the win in game one and Jason Bailey who started game 2 but only threw the three innings before the game was suspended by rain. Truro 251 070 0 - 15 18 2 Dartmouth 400 001 0 - 5 6 1 Craig Higgins (1-0) and Jason Hoyt; Larry Hood (0-1) Pete Solnier (2), Darren Hiltz (5) and Mark Weeks. HRs: Tru - Kevin (1)Matheson (1), JP Wood (1) Dart - Greg West 2(2) Tru: Kevin Matheson - two-run homer; Billy MacKenzie - two singles, duble, three RBI; Shawn Fuller - double, triple; JP Wood - single, double, home run, three RBI; Jason Hoyt - two singels, two RBI; Winston Brown - two singles Dart: Greg West - Grand Slam, solo homerun; Ryan Doucette - two singles