The two-win days puts Alberta in a tie atop the Pool A standings with Ontario, 6-4 winners over Quebec, with identical 2-1 records.
Saskatchewan moved atop Pool B with a 3-0 mark.
The upset of the day came when Manitoba scored seven times in the first, lost the lead in the fourth, went ahead and then staved off a bottom-of-the-seventh rally for a 12-11 win over British Columbia.
But back to the prairie boys and Northcott. Given a 3-0 lead after 2 1/2 innings, Northcott allowed a run in the bottom of the third and held Manitoba scoreless until the bottom of the seventh. Ryan Kennedy retired the final two outs for a 3-2 Alberta win before 300 fans at Athletic Park. With the tying run on third and the winning run on first, Kennedy struck out the final hitter, proving once again a fresh arm is better than a tired arm -- even if the tired one belongs to your son.
Northcott allowed three hits and two runs in his outing, while walking five and striking out six.
Alberta scored in the first when 2B Kerry Boon led off with a walk, stole second, advanced on a ground ball and scored on a ground ball by 1B Jesse Beley.
Two innings later RF Cody Phipps led off with a double and scored on a Boon single. Boon advanced to third and scored on a ground ball by CF Sheldon McDonald. Beley and McDonald each doubled.
Manitoba had two hits and an RBI from 3B Carson McMillan. CF Brandon Lockerby singled in a run, while LF Ian Jansen and RF Drew Ellement, who also swiped two bases, also singled.
Against Quebec, Sheldon McDonald pitched a one hitter, walking one and striking out 13 for his gem in front of 650 fans.
Beley reached on a one-out error and advanced to second on the wild throw in the seventh. With two out, 3B Jesse Sawyer, who also stole two bases, walked and then Dustin Northcott hit his two-run double.
DH Tyler Tamayose, C JR Nicolls and SS Scott Hornstra each singled, while Beley doubled. Sawyer drove in a run.
RF Christian Villeneuve singled in a run for Quebec's only hit.
And in other games ...
Manitoba roared out in front with seven runs on the way to a 12-11 win over B.C. in front of 283 fans at Jefferies Park.
DH Ian Jansen led off the game with a double, Lockerby reached on the error and Ellement walked. After a wild pitch, 3B Carson McMillan walked, C Alexander McKinnon singled in a run. 1B Evan Hardman knocked in a run with a ground ball. After a walk, LF Reid McLeod singled and Jansen followed with a two-run single. Then walks to Lockerby and Ellement forced in a run.
After B.C. rallied to tie the score 8-8, Manitoba scored four times in the sixth as McMillan led off with a single. After an error and a walk, McLeod hit a two-run single to right and Lockerby hit a run-scoring single.
McLeod led the way going 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a double, while Jansen and Ellement each knocked in two runs.
Mike Mutcheson singled, as did Mitch Olson.
B.C. benefitted from a grand slam from DH Kyle Orr in the five-run fourth.
1B Ian MacMaster had two hits and knocked in two B.C. runs, while C Kevin Sawka had two hits CF Chase Larrson singled in a run. 2B Alex White, 2B Cody Springer, RF Shayne Willson each singled.
Drew Peters picked up the win and Josh Loewen gained the save with a scoreless seventh.
Rob Phelan pitched three innings for the win and had two hits, a homer and a double, as he drove in three runs in a 15-3 Prince Edward Island win over Newfoundland.
2B Brandon McInnis doubled in a pair of runs and stole two bases. 3B Jordon Duffy had two hits to score two runs, while SS Tanner Craswell knocked in two as well.
C Grant MacAulay, CF Jared Doyle and RF Alex McIntyre singled in a run, as 1B Luke Carmichael, LF Travis Gaudet, Andrew Burt each singled and Nick Creelman drove in a run.
DH Ian Payne singled in a run, while LF Blair Pennell had two hits for Newfoundland.
3B Cory Hall tripled twice, knocking in three runs as Saskatchewan beat Nova Scotia 12-2. SS Joel Cardinal knocked in three runs, while C Cory Campbell drove in two runs.
Brennan Luffman pitched five innings for the win, allowing two hits and two runs, as he walked five and fanned four.
LF Brennan Peterson had two hits and knocked in a run, while C Tyler Grubb and 1B Andrew Sillers each singled.
SS Dan Comeau had two hits for Nova Scotia and LF John Walker had one.
Ontario handed Quebec its other seventh-inning loss, as the teams were deadlocked at 4-4. RF John Waltenbury started things with a walk and CF Matt McCarney reached on an error. After a sacrifice by Chris Dennis, LF Brian Simone hit a two-run single.
RP Karl Guthrie pitched 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run as he walked three and struck out six.
Simone knocked in three Ontario runs, as Waltenbury had a pair of hits and two RBIs, while McCarney had two hits.
2B Samie Starr, 3B Brian Ivan and SS Kyle Gilligan all singled and knocked in a run.
1B Leslie Williams C Jeff Skelhorne-Gross both had singles.
2B Alexandre Rivard had two hits, as did his double-play partner, SS Maxime Morin.
RF Nicholas Belanger singled twice and drove in a run, while 3B Dany Boivin had a hit and DH Michael Deguire drove in a run.
Nova Scotia walked its way to a wild finish in a 6-5 win over New Brunswick in front of 234 fans. New Brunswick tied the score in the top half as
Willi Stymiest led off with a single, stole second and scampered home on a single by Joel Calhoun for the lead. However, it didn't stand.
1B Chris Denney led off and was hit by a pitch. The pinch runner was thrown out attempting to steal second. Then, RF Mark
Penney was plunked by a pitch. After a fielder's choice erased Penney and LF John Walker was safe at first.
This sounds familiar, but CF Tyler Delaney and C Dan Comeau were each hit by pitches. C Justin Stephens then worked the bases-loaded, game-winning walk.
Comeau pitched 2 2/3 innings, allowing three hits and a run, while striking out a pair.
Walker had two hits, while Delaney, Comeau, Stephens and Penney each singled.
3B Justin McQuade had two hits, including a double and drove in two runs for New Brunswick, while Jay Johnson doubled.
Linescores
123 456 7 R H E
New Brunswick 000 220 1 -- 5 8 3
Nova Scotia 101 210 1 -- 6 6 3
Ben Higgins, Joel Calhoun (4), Jay Johnson (7),
Justin McQuade and Stewart Langille,
Jay Johnson (5), Willi Stymiest (6);
Byron Pearce, Dan Comeau (5) and
Justin Stephens.
W-Comeau, L-Johnson.
123 456 7 R H E
Ontario 003 010 2 -- 6 11 1
Quebec 012 100 0 -- 4 7 3
Sean Mattson, Karl Guthrie (3) and
Jeff Skelhorne-Gross; Nicholas Grenier,
Michael Deguire (5), Pierre Miville-Deschenes (6),
Olivier Cote (6) and Marc-Andre Nadeau.
W-Guthrie, L-Cote.
123 456 7 R H E
Alberta 102 000 0 -- 3 5 2
Manitoba 001 000 1 -- 2 5 0
Dustin Northcott, Ryan Kennedy (7) and JR Nicolls;
Josh Loewen and Kiel Armstrong,
Alexander McKinnon (4).
W-Northcott, L-Loewen. S-Kennedy.
123 456 7 R H E
Saskatchewan 140 240 1 -- 12 10 3
Nova Scotia 100 010 0 -- 2 3 3
Brennan Luffman, Chad Nixey (6) and Cory Campbell,
Tyler Grubb; Ryan Swim, Cory Coutilier (5),
Alex Tufts (6) and Justin Stephens.
W-Luffman, L-Swim.
123 45 R H E
Newfoundland 00 3 00 -- 3 5 2
Prince Edward Island 1(11)2 1x -- 15 11 1
Andrew Lahey, David Carpenter (2), Kale Simms (2),
Ian Payne (2),
Ryan Harnum (3) and A.J. Whiffen; Rob Phelan,
Nick Creelman (4) and Grant MacAulay.
W-Phelan, L-Lahey.
HR-Phelan.
123 456 7 R H E
Manitoba 701 004 0 -- 12 11 2
British Columbia 030 500 3 -- 11 10 4
Mitch Olson, Josh Drews (5), Andrew Williams (6),
Drew Peters (6), Josh Loewen (7) and
Alexander McKinnon, Kevin Armstrong (6);
Mitch Hodge, Ryan Jensen (1), Mark Hardy (6),
Kyle Orr (6) and Kevin Sawka.
W-Peters, L-Hardy. S-Loewen.
HR-Orr.
123 456 7 R H E
Alberta 000 200 2 -- 4 5 2
Quebec 010 100 0 -- 2 1 2
Sheldon McDonald and JR Nicolls; Philippe Aumont,
Mehdi Djebbar (6), Alexandre Gagnon (6),
Michael Deguire (6) and David-Alexandre Bleau.
W-McDonald; L-Aumont.
Pool A: Alberta 2-1, Ontario 2-1,
British Columbia 1-1, Manitoba 1-2, Quebec 1-2.
Pool B: Saskatchewan 3-0, Prince Edward Island 2-1,
Newfoundland 1-1, Nova Scotia 1-2, New Brunswick 0-3.
