BOCA CHICA – A back and forth game one saw the Junior National Team and the Tampa Bay Rays play to a 6-6 draw, but the San Francisco Giants chipped away and earned an 8-1 victory over the JNT in game two at the Dominican Summer League Camp.
SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS – A four-run fourth inning by the Texas Rangers created enough of a gap that the Junior National Team could not comeback in a 8-5 game one loss, but a three-run ninth inning salvaged a tie against the Toronto Blue Jays by a score of 5-5.
BOCA CHICA – The Junior National Team continues to find the ways to be successful down in the Dominican with the pitching staff giving a solid performance and some timely hitting from the offence, and the Canadians were able to hold on for a 3-2 win against the Philadelphia Phillies at the Dominican Summer League Camp.
GUANUMA – The Junior National Team were shut down for most of game one against the Seattle Mariners, but were able to capitalize on key errors by the Milwaukee Brewers in game two on route to splitting their doubleheader with the two clubs by a score of 9-1 and 10-8 respectively in the Dominican Summer League Camp.
BOCA CHICA – Mike Ellis (Surrey, BC) threw five shutout innings and the Junior National Team offence produced when it needed to on route to a 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins in their opener of the Dominican Summer League Camp.
OTTAWA – The 2009 season was the first time the small town of Preeceville, Saskatchewan organized some minor baseball in the community over the last 25 years. Now for 2010, the Preeceville Minor Baseball Association has become the eighth local association in the country and the fifth from the prairie province to be “RBI Approved.”
OTTAWA – Baseball Canada has announced its Junior National Team 30-man roster that will be heading down to the Dominican Republic for the squad’s annual Dominican Summer League Camp which will take place from May 19-28.
OTTAWA – Adam Stern has been called up by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Triple-A Nashville Sound of the Pacific Coast League on May 11th.
OTTAWA – In the spirit of friendship, camaraderie and the growth of the game, Baseball Canada has agreed to send two of their top coaches to El Salvador to help train the Central American country’s high performance coaches in what will be a weeklong session.
