Senior Baseball Finals Set

Okay, it’s been too long. I get it. I admittedly took a summer hiatus, but I can of no better reason to get back on the blog than with the Nova Scotia Senior League Finals about to get underway.

The first round of the Senior League finished up with the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry sweeping the Halifax Pelham Canadians 3-0 in the best-of-five series while the Kentville Wildcats dispatched the Sydney Sooners 3-1 in the other series.

The Dry and Wildcats will kick-off the finals in Kentville Friday, September 14th @ 7:30 with Game 2 back in Dartmouth Saturday evening at 7:00. Kentville took the regular season series 5-2 over Dartmouth, but that could be decpetive. Five of the seven games were decided by only one run.

Also the NSSBL gave out some hardware

Dartmouth Inches Closer to NSSBL Title

Veteran Jason Bailey just keeps on doing it for the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry. In the fifth game of the NSSBL finals Thursday night at Beazly Field, Bailey allowed just one run on three hits while striking out 11 on the way to the complete game victory.

To show he still had lots left in the tank, Bailey struck out the side in the nineth.

Dartmouth got all the runs they needed in the third. Dan Comeau and Chris Gallivan had back to back singles before Chris Head sacrificed the pair to second and third. After a Matt Thomas groundout, Joel Irvine hit a ground ball to SS Ryan Veinot that went through his legs allowing Comeau and Gallivan to score.

Playoff Picture Set in the NSSBL

The Nova Scotia Senior Baseball League released the schedule for the first round of the playoffs on Monday afternoon.

The Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians finished second in the regular season schedule and will face the Kentville Wildcats. The two will open the playoffs Wednesday night at 7:30 pm at the Halifax Mainland Common.

The Sydney Sooners, who squeaked into the playoffs with a weekend victory over the Truro Bearcats, are rewarded by facing the regular season champion Dartmouth Moosehead Dry. Their series will get underway Saturday afternoon at Beazley Field on Dartmouth.

Here is the full first round schedule:

SERIES A – DARTMOUTH MOOSEHEAD DRY vs. SYDNEY SOONERS

Game 1- Sat., Sept. 17, 3:00 pm
Sydney at Dartmouth, Beazley Field

Game 2- Sat., Sept. 17, 7:00 pm
Sydney at Dartmouth, Beazley Field

Game 3- Sat., Sept. 24, 3:00 pm
Dartmouth at Sydney, Susan McEachern Memorial Ball Park

Game 4 – Sat., Sept. 24, 7:00 pm
Dartmouth at Sydney, Susan McEachern Memorial Ball Park (if necessary)

Game 5 – Sun., Sept. 25, 1:00 pm
Dartmouth at Sydney, Susan McEcahern Memorial Ball Park (if necessary)

Series B – HALIFAX PELHAM MOLSON CANADIANS vs. KENTVILLE WILDCATS

Game 1 – Wed., Sept. 14, 7:30 pm
Kentville at Halifax, Mainland Common

Game 2 – Sat., Sept. 17, 7:00 pm
Halifax at Kentville, Memorial Park

Game 3- Mon., Sept. 19, 7:30 pm
Kentville at Halifax, Mainland Common

Game 4 – Wed., Sept. 21, 7:30pm
Halifax at Kentville, Memorial Park (if necessary)

Game 5 – TO BE DETERMINED (if necessary)

Irvine is NSSBL Player of the Week

Veteran third baseman Joel Irvine of the Dartmouth Moosehead Dry has been selected as the Cleve’s Source for Sports Player of the Week in the NSSBL.

Irvine, last year’s league MVP, led the Dry to two wins last week against the Truro Bearcats and the Kentville Wildcats. After stroking two singles against the Bearcats on Wednesday, he smashed a grand slam and a single on Thursday against the Wildcats.

The power display moved him into the league lead with 35 RBIa and a second place tie in home runs with five. He also played strong defensively.

Others considered for the award were Irvine’s teammate Dan Comeau, Halifax’s Ryan Veinot, the Wildcats’ Curtis Falls, the Sooners’ Justin Brewer, and the Bearcats’ Guy Pellerine.

Haverstock NSSBL Player of the Week

Veteran right-hander Mark Haverstock has been chosen as the Cleve’s Source for Sports Player of the Week in the NSSBL.

Haverstock was the main reason for the Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians picking up two victories in their 3-game series with the Sydney Sooners this past weekend in Sydney. He threw a complete game, 5-hit shutout on Friday evening and then quieted the Sooners’ bats after an eight-run outburst in the seventh inning of the second game, pitching the last two innings. Halifax scored two runs in the nineth to claim a 15-14 win and give Haversotck two dubs in as many days.

With the two victories Haverstock joins Dartmouth Moosehead Dry’s Craig Langille atop the wins column in the league with seven.

Others considered for the award were the Sooners’ Cory Christie and Justin Brewer, the Canadians’ Mark Pelham, Kentville’s Kevin Matheson, and Truro’s Darson Murphy.