LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – The Junior National Team was limited to just two hits against a group of prospects from the Washington Nationals organization that used nine hits to come away with a 6-1 victory.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – A five-run bottom of the first inning gave the Atlanta Braves prospects all of the offence they would need as they went on to hand the Junior National Team a 12-1 loss as the extended spring training camp continued today.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – The Atlanta Braves prospects took advantage of a couple of errors in the top of the sixth to plate two runs and they held on to defeat the Junior National Team, 2-1 as the extended spring training camp continued today.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Florida – The Junior National Team opened their extended spring training schedule today at ESPN Wide World of Sports and played to a 2-2 draw against a prospects squad from the Atlanta Braves organization. The juniors opened the scoring with a pair of runs in the top of the first before the Braves pulled even with a run in each of the fourth and fifth innings.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada announced today the names of 31 players invited to the Junior National Team’s Extended Spring Training camp in Lake Buena Vista, Florida at ESPN Wide World of Sports from April 15-23.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, ON) hit the Junior National Team’s first home run of spring training and drove in three runs but it wasn’t enough as the juniors fell to a prospects squad from the Detroit Tigers organization, 9-4.
Box Score - Blue Jays 12 Canada 0
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – One season removed from being a member of the Junior National Team, Calgary native Michael Soroka faced his former mates and tossed two scoreless innings registering a pair of strikeouts as his Braves went on to a 7-0 win over Team Canada at the Walter Fuller Baseball Complex. Last June, the Braves made Soroka the 28th overall selection in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Soroka faced the minimum amount of batters as Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON) reached on error to lead off the bottom of the first only to see Soroka pick him off at first base.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – A Canadian heavy prospects squad from the Toronto Blue Jays organization defeated the Canadian Junior National Team 4-2 as spring training continued this afternoon. In total, eight Canadians played in the game for the Jays
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – The Canadian Junior National Team dropped their first game of spring training earlier today dropping a 6-2 decision to a group of minor league prospects from the Philadelphia Phillies organization.