GAME INFORMATION
Event: Fall Instructional League
Score: Houston Astros 10 Canada (U18) 1
Location: ESPN Wide World of Sports – Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Canada U18 Starting Lineup:
1. Cooper Davis - CF
2. Adam Hall – DH
3. Noah Naylor – 3B
4. Andrew Yerzy - C
5. Isaac Deveaux – LF
6. Jason Willow - SS
7. Tyler Duncan - RF
8. Dondrae Bremner – 2B
9. Soren Graversen – 1B
10. Steven Moretto – DH
11. Edouard Julien – 2B
Starting Pitcher: RHP Mathieu Deneault-Gauthier
HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Astros got on the board in the top of the first using a one out single followed by a double with two out to go up, 1-0.
-In the fourth, a solo home run and three straight singles put the Astros up by three.
-The juniors got things gong in the fourth as Edouard Julien (Québec, QC) singled and moved to third after a pair of wild pitched before Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON) lifted a fly ball to the outfield that allowed Julien to tag and score.
-After scoring a run in the fifth on an RBI single, the Astros went up 6-1 in the sixth on back-to-back RBI singles.
-They put the game away in the seventh with four runs including a two run single.
JNT HIGHLIGHTS
-After giving up a run in the first, JNT starter Mathieu Deneault-Gauthier (Candiac, QC) settled in tossing two scoreless innings. He allowed two hits and fanned one over three innings of work.
-The juniors managed four hits on the afternoon coming from Dondrae Bremner (Toronto, ON), Soren Graversen (Calgary, AB), Julien and Luke Van Rycheghem (Kent Bridge, ON).
.TEAM LEADERS
Hits: 1, Bremner, Graversen, Julien, Van Rycheghem
Runs: 1, Julien
RBI: 1, Davis
Strikeouts: 3, Shoemaker; 1, Deneault-Gauthier, Sierra
UP NEXT
The juniors will wrap-up the Fall Instructional League camp tomorrow at ESPN Wide World of Sports (10am ET) when they take on prospects from the Washington Nationals organization.