OSAKA, Japan- South Korea’s Chungyeon Choi frustrated Canadian hitters for the better part of eight innings and his offence came up with runs at key times as they handed Canada a 6-2 loss on day two of competition at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup.
OSAKA, Japan-In what was nothing short of a complete team effort, Canada earned a 6-2 win over Chinese Taipei to open the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup with a victory over one of the favourites in Group B.
OSAKA, Japan-After an eight-game series against the Australian U-18 National Team on the Gold Coast and two practice days in Osaka, the Junior National Team can now focus on the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup that will get underway on Friday when they take on Chinese Taipei at Nanko Chuo Stadium (12:30pm JST/11:30pm EDT 08/27).
It took eight games, but Canada finally earned a win in the Australia-Canada U-18 Series as they shutout the Aussies, 1-0. The win means that Canada will head to the WBSC U-18 World Cup on a high note after they dropped the first seven games of the series. Canada will open the World Cup on Friday against Chinese Taipei.
OTTAWA – This week’s three Baseball Canada Championships all came to a close on Sunday with 3 gold medals on the line. Semi-final and final games were played in Repentigny, QC, Vaughan, ON and Chatham, NB.
GOLD COAST, Australia- Baseball Canada announced today the 20-player Junior National Team roster that will represent Canada at the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, Japan from August 28-September 6.
Canada came up on the wrong end of both games of a doubleheader as the Australian U-18 side shutout the Canadians, 4-0 in game one before coming from behind to earn a 3-2, walk-off win in game two. Australia is now 7-0 in the eight game series with one game remaining, tomorrow (1:00pm AEST/11:00pm EDT).
OTTAWA – The round-robin wrapped up on Saturday at all three ongoing Baseball Canada Championships. Teams took the field looking to guarantee themselves a spot in the medal round on Sunday.
OTTAWA – With Friday’s games having come to a conclusion, teams are left with Saturday’s action to try and give themselves the best opportunity heading into the medal round. Action resumed at the Senior Men Championship despite same rain delays throughout the day while the 13U National Championship and 15U Championship remained right on schedule.
OTTAWA – Play continued Friday at the three ongoing Baseball Canada Championships. Teams are looking to improve their records in day 2 of the tournaments as playoff games are approaching.
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