HAVANA, Cuba – A five run first inning was too much to overcome for the Junior National Team who fell by a score of 6-3 to Cuba. The juniors brought the tying run to the plate in the top of the ninth and it was Tyler Duncan (Sooke, BC) who had three hits on the day, but he bounced into a fielder’s choice to end the game.
HAVANA, Cuba – The Junior National Team dropped their fourth game in a row in the nine-game Cuba Summer Series and are still in search of their first win after a 9-1 loss to the Cuban U-18 National Team. The game featured just seven hits with Cuba accounting for five of them, and saw neither team collect a hit from the fourth through seventh innings. Walks were the story for Canada as Cuba benefitted from 12 free passes including six in the fifth that saw Cuba score four runs without recording a hit.
HAVANA, Cuba – The Junior National Team let one slip away and came out on the wrong end of a 3-2 score as Cuba swept a morning/afternoon doubleheader and now hold a 3-0 record in the nine-game Cuba Summer Series. In the morning, the juniors led 5-2 after six thanks to home runs from Adam Hall (London, ON) and Noah Naylor (Mississauga, ON) in a five-run third, but allowed Cuba to jump back into he game as they scored six in the seventh. The juniors rallied but came up short in an 8-7 final.
HAVANA, Cuba – A close ballgame turned into a one-sided win for Cuba as they scored seven runs in the eighth inning to go on to an 11-2 win over the Junior National Team to win the first game of the nine-game Cuba Summer Series at Estadio Latinoamericano.
BARRIE-The Intercounty Baseball League All-Stars used a pair of two run homers and struck out 11 Junior National Team batters as the came away with a 6-4 win this afternoon at Coates Stadium.
OTTAWA- A pair of Junior National Team alumni were named to the “World Roster” for the annual SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, which will be played on
OTTAWA-Baseball Canada announced today the names of 24 players that will travel to Havana, Cuba for an nine-game exhibition series against the Cuban U-18 National Team from July 5 - 11.
OTTAWA- Former National Team Coach and longtime Canadian baseball scout Wayne Norton will be formally inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame tomorrow, on the grounds of the hall in St. Marys, Ontario.
OTTAWA- The Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft resumed today with rounds three through ten that saw seven Canadians taken. After Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, ON) and Andrew Yerzy (Toronto, ON) were selected on day one, a total of nine Canadians have now been drafted with rounds 11-40 slated for the third and final day tomorrow (Noon ET).
