Baseball Canada | Braves Hold Off Juniors

October 12, 2007

Braves Hold Off Juniors

ORLANDO, FL – The Junior National Team could not capitalize on their chances, leaving eight runners on base as they would fall 4-1 to the Atlanta Braves in Fall Instructional League action.

The Canadians registered three hits and five walks off Braves pitching, but the Braves held them to one run on an RBI hit from Carter Bell (Courtenay, BC) which scored Brett Sanders (Etobicoke, ON).

Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC) and Argenis Paz (Toronto, ON) collected the other two hits for the Juniors, going 1-for-4 and 1-for-3 respectively.

Nick Fogarty, (Thornhill, ON), Andrew Ledger (Toronto, ON) and François Lafreniere (St.-Bruno, QC) were the scheduled pitchers for the game, all pitching three innings.

Fogarty allowed two runs on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts in his outing on the mound. Ledger had a solid outing, striking out four batters while giving up one unearned run on two hits and a walk. It was almost an identical outing for Lafreniere, who gave up one unearned run on two hits and one walk with three strikeouts in his three innings on the mound.

The Junior National Team will complete its Fall Instructional League schedule with a game against the Cleveland Indians on Saturday, October 13^th at 1 pm.

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