LA GINA/BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic –-- Former National Team player and coach Shawn Bowman (Coquitlam, BC) led his Dominican Summer League Pirates to a 9-7 win this morning to snap the Junior National Team’s four-game winning streak while in the afternoon contest, while the afternoon contest saw the Toronto Blue Jays’ Dominican prospects come away with an 8-3 win.
EL TORO, Dominican Republic –-- Eric Martin (Kitchener, ON) and Cesar Valero (Calgary, AB) each knocked in a pair of runs as the Junior National Team hung on to defeat the Dominican Summer League (DSL) Mariners, 6-5, and keep their perfect record intact through three days of the Dominican Summer League tour at 4-0.
LA GINA/GUERRA, Dominican Republic –-- The annual Dominican Summer League tour has been kind to the Junior National Team thus far as the club swept a doubleheader today to move to 3-0 after two days on the island.
SAN PEDRO DE MACORÍS, Dominican Republic --- TJ Schofield-Sam (Brampton, ON) blasted a two-run homer while Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, ON) and Jack Seward (Port Moody, BC) turned in solid performances on the mound to lead the Junior National Team to a 7-4 win over the Dominican Summer League (DSL) Brewers.
OTTAWA- Reigning Women’s National Team Most Valuable Player Daphnée Gélinas picked up some more hardware on Wednesday evening as she was presented with “International Team Sport Athlete” award at the 46th annual Sport Québec Gala in Montréal.
OTTAWA- Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the names of 26 athletes that have been invited to the Junior National Team’s (U18) annual tour through the Dominican Summer League (DSL) from May 17-25.
OTTAWA- Junior National Team alumnus Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, ON) will make his Major League Baseball debut tonight (7:20PM EDT) when he toes the rubber against the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL--- Theo Millas (Burnaby, BC) tossed three scoreless innings while relievers Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, ON) and Viktor Bergeron (Terrebonne, QC) combined for three scoreless frames on the mound as the Junior National Team ended the extended spring training camp with a 4-3 win over a prospects squad from the Washington Nationals organization.
WEST PALM BEACH, FL--- A solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning pulled the Houston Astros prospects even with the Junior National Team as both squads played to a 5-5 tie in a well-pitched ballgame.