OTTAWA-For many, August means the final month of summer, perhaps a return to school or work not looming off in the distance. But for Baseball Canada, the month of August means National Championships and we have 11 of them, scattered across the country that will surely bring top quality competition to the communities that act as hosts.
OTTAWA-It was this time last year that our Women’s National Team program were a part of history, not only competing in the first ever women’s baseball competition at a major multi-sport games, but capturing a silver medal after coming up short against the United States in the gold medal game.
OTTAWA-If there was any doubt it is all but erased now.
OTTAWA-It’s hard to believe that a year has passed since Pete Orr raced around the bases to score with winning run on a botched pick off play as Canada defeated the United States, 7-6, to claim the gold medal on home soil at the Pan Am Games.
OTTAWA-Adam Hall’s summer travel schedule just got busier.
HAVANA, Cuba – A three run first inning and a six run seventh were more than enough runs as Cuba rolled to a 12-2 victory in the finale of the nine-game Cuba Summer Series.
HAVANA, Cuba – A bases clearing triple with two out in the top of the sixth proved to be the difference as Cuba earned their seventh win of the Cuba Summer Series with a 6-2 win this morning over the Junior National Team.
HAVANA, Cuba – After a comeback that just fell short in the ninth inning this morning that saw the Junior National Team drop a 9-8 decision to Cuba, the Canadian boys brought their bats to the second half of the double dip as they exploded for seven runs in the second inning and held on for a 9-6 victory to hand Cuba their first loos of the Cuba Summer Series.
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.