Dartmouth Moosehead Dry

Visiting Battery Bradley Fuller(L) and Ted Higa

Home Battery Craig Field Brandon MacKinnon  (6) Jack Berrigan

Visiting Highlights Bolby Turple: three singles, 2 RBI Dryden Schofield: single Ted Higa: single

Home Highlights Josh Pelham: single, 2 RBI Steve Murphy: two singles, RBI Jack Berrigan: triple, single Pat Gilbert: two singles Cam Ritcey: double Brandon Devlin: single Jordan Pelham: single

The fog rolled in around the 6th inning forcing the umpires to call the game in the bottom of the 7th as the Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians came from behind to nip the Kentville Wildcats 4-3 at the Mainland Common.  Josh Pelham, with a single and 2 RBI, and Steve Murphy with a pair of singles and an RBI paced the Canadians while Jack Berrigan stroked a triple and a single.  Pat Gilbert lined two singles and Cam Ritcey chipped in with a double.  Colby Turple powered the Wildcats with three singles and 2 RBI.  Craig Field earned the win with five solid innings while Brandon MacKinnon got the save with two innings of hitless relief.  Bradley Fuller was the hardluck loser.

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; Darson Murphy T 19; Jeff Chisholm T 19; Josh Pelham H 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 , 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;Anthony McKinley D 4; 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.

WINS:Jeff Reeves D and John Chapman T: each 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 2.44; John Chapman T 2.64.

INNINGS PITCHED: John Chapman T 75; Jason Mosher D 61.1; Brandon Mackinnon H 56.2; Codey Shrider K 56.1; Jason Smith T 56; Devin Mahoney S 53; Jeff Reeves D 52.1; Alex Ostrov K 51.1.

SAVES: Brandon Mackinnon H, Brett McGinnis H, Codey Shrider K, Reilly O'Rourke S and Dan Bates T: each with 2.

After starting the season 0-12 the Truro Bearcats have gone on a little roll. The Bearcats defeated Sydney 3-1 Friday to win their third straight game, which moves them 1.5 games up on Kentville for the final playoff spot. Jason Smith picked up the win and Dan Bates had two singles and closed out the game on the mound for the save. Kenny Long got tagged with the loss in relief of Devin Mahoney. Phil Brown and Sean Ferguson had two singles each to lead the Sydney offence. 

The Sooners won game 2 of the series on Saturday by a score of 4-1. No details available at this time.   The Bearcats have a 1 GB lead on Kentville for the fourth and final playoff spot and have two games remaining with Dartmouth (Sept 1 and 3rd). Kentville has 4 games remaining Tuesday in Halifax and host Sydney for a three game series on Labour Day weekend. Sydney needs one win to capture the regular season title. 

 Visiting Battery Aaron Ferguson (LP) Brett McGinnis (8) and Shawn Walsh

Home Battery John Chapman (WP) Complete game and Shawn Mullins  Matt Mingo (3) 

Visiting Highlights Josh Pelham Single RBI Nolan Latham Single RBI Pat Gilbert Single 2 runs scored Jake Pelham Double RBI Sean Walsh Double RBI 

Home Highlights Darson Murphy  Single, Double 2 runs scored John Chapman sac fly, double single  3 RBI Jeff Chisholm Single Double 2 RBI-Eventual Game winning run Adam MacAloney Single run scored

Game Summary Halifax open the scoring in the 1st inning as Pat Gilbert reached on an error.  With two outs Josh Pelham singles in Gilbert.  Truro bounced back in their half of the 1st inning with Darson Murphy scoring on a John Chapman sacrifice fly to tie the game 1-1.  We move to the 5th inning Nolan Latham singled in Brandon Devlin to make it 2-1 Halifax.  Truro tied it in the bottom of the 6th with a doudle from John Chapman scoring Adam MacAloney to tie again at 2 Halifax scored 3 run on 3 hits in the 8th inning. Pat Gilbert singled and scored on a Jake Pelham double.  Josh Pelham walked Jake Pelham would score   on a double by Sean Walsh. Walsh would score on a wild pitch to make 5-2.  Truro put on its hitting pants in the bottom of 8th scoring 4 runs to take  the lead 4 straight hits by Darsmon  Murphy singled, Adam Lombard singled, John Chapman singled and Jeff Chisholm doubled.  Chisholm would score what would be the  winning run on a throwing error by Pat Gilbert. Halifax had a 3 up and 3 down inning and Truro came up with its 2nd straight win vs  Halifax at home 

Visiting Battery Devin Mahoney Reilly O'Rourke (10,L) and Sean Ferguson, Chris Farrow (10)

Home Battery Brandon MacKinnon Craig Field (9, W) and Greg MacKinnon 

Visiting Highlights Devin Mahoney: two singles, 2 RBI Jonny MacLeod: two singles, 2 RBI Josh Forrest: three singles, RBI Jordan Shepherd: two singles

Home Highlights Jake Pelham: three singles, RBI Mark Pelham: two singles Josh Pelham: two singles Steve Murphy:single, double

In one of the most exciting games of the season, the Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians and the Sydney Sooners hooked up in a seesaw affair that went deep into extra innings before Halifax squeaked out a 7-6 win.  Southpaws, Brandon MacKinnon and Devin Mahoney locked horns and delivered fine performances as MacKinnon fired 8 complete with Mahoney throwing 9.  Tied at three in the 11th inning, Sydney pushed a pair across only to see Halifax do the same sending it to the 12th.  Josh Forrest led off with a single and scored on a single from Jonny MacLeod.  Pat Gilbert started the winning rally with a single, was sacrificed to 2nd by Mark Pelham before scoring on a single by Jake Pelham.  Josh Pelham singled his brother to second before a Shawn Walsh single loaded the bases.  A groundout by Steve Murphy forced Jake at the plate before Josh scored the winning run courtesy of a wild pitch from Reilly O'Rpourke.  Craig Field earned the win with 4 innings of relief.  

Visiting Battery Sheldon MacDonald(W) Garrett Nicholson (9) and Jordan Sampson

Home Battery Jordan Pelham (L), Brett McGinnis (7) and Greg MacKinnon Jack Berrigan (7) 

Visiting Highlights Devin Mahoney: two homers, double, 5 RBI Chris Farrow: double, single Kenny Long: two singles

Home Highlights Shawn Walsh: three singles Josh Pelham: two singles, RBI Mark Pelham: triple, double Aaron Ferguson: double, single Steve Murphy: two singles

Devin Mahoney slugged a pair of homers and doubled helping the Sooners earn a split in the nightcap, 9-3.  Mahoney blasted a three-run job in the 4th before adding a two-run smash in the 6th.  Chris Farrow and Kenny Long had a pair of singles each to help the cause.  Shawn Walsh with three singles, Mark Pelham with a triple and a double, Aaron Ferguson with a double and single led Halifax.  Sheldon MacDonald earned the win while Jordan Pelham suffered the loss. 

 Visiting Battery Jeff Reeves, Liam Logan (7), Justin Davies (8 - L) and Justin Stephens

Home Battery Colby Turple, Dryden Schofield (6 - W) and Ted Higa

Visiting Highlights Dan Comeau double, single run scored, Anthony McKinley double, single and rbi, Chris Head 2 singles, 2 sb's and run scored, Matt Doudelet 2 singles, rbi and run scored.

Home Highlights Ted Higa 3 singles, rbi and 2 runs scored, John Ansara single, 2 rbi's (game winning hit and rbi), Tyler Fancy single, rbi

Game Summary: Wildcats Walk Off versus the Dry! Dartmouth opened the scoring in the 1st inning as Anthony McKinley doubled to drive in Dan Comeau to lead 1-0. Kentville answered back with 3 runs in the bottom of 1st inning to lead 3-1. Wildcats played some small balll in the 2nd inning to increase their lead to 4-1. The Dry added a run in the 5th and 6th innings to close the gap to 4-3. In the 9th, Chris Head walked, stole 2nd and 3rd before scoring on the throwing error made by the Kentville catcher during the steal of 3rd base to tie the game at 4-4. During the bottom of the 9th, Ted Higa got hit by a pitch then David McIntyre was walked with one out already completed. The Dry made their way to 2 outs in the bottom of 9th. With Higa at 3rd base and McIntyre at 2nd base the outfielders crept in to catch any soft flares or short liners. John Ansara smashed a game winning hit just over the head of center fielder Chris Head in a soggy outfield to walk off the Cats with a 5-4 win.