ORLANDO - This game was tightly contested, but the Junior National Team was on the short end of the stick as they fell to the Atlanta Braves in this Fall Instructional League contest by a score of 3-1.
The Juniors were unable to capitalize on their chances as they left 10 runners on base in this game.
Carter Bell (Courtenay, BC) drove in the Canadians only run of the game in his only at-bat of the contest.
Also contributing offensively was Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC) who was 2-for-2 with a walk and Brent Mitchell (Paris, ON) and Skye Irwin (Toronto, ON) also collected a hit apiece.
Stosh Wawrzasek (Langley, BC) was the starting pitcher for the Canadians and he allowed three runs on four hits and two walks with a pair of strikeouts in three innings pitched.
In relief, David Walkling (Nanaimo, BC) threw three quality innings, allowing only one hit and a walk in his outing. The story was virtually the same for Andrew Ledger (Toronto, ON) who gave up only one hit with one strikeout in his three inning outing.
Next up for the Junior National Team on their Fall Instructional League schedule will be the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday, October 10th at 1 pm.
