Five errors came to haunt Team Canada as they fell to the Australian U18 side, 8-3 and in doing so dropped their fifth game in a row as the Canada/Australia U18 Series continues.
Both teams are using the series to determine their 20 player rosters that will compete in the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, Japan from August 28th – September 6th.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Australia (U18) 8 Canada (U18) 3 - Box Score
Location: Surfers Paradise Baseball Field – Gold Coast, Australia
Weather: 21C, cloudy
Canada U18 Starting Lineup:
1. Royce Ando 2B
2. Cooper Davis CF
3. Adam Hall SS
4. Andrew Yerzy C
5. Demi Orimoloye RF
6. Tristan Pompey LF
7. Isaac Deveaux DH
8. Brad Aldred 1B
9. Kobe Hyland 3B
10. Peter Hutzal DH
Starting Pitcher: RHP Josh Burgmann
HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Aussies used a two-out RBI single to right field in the bottom of the third to plate a run from third base. Right fielder Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, ON) gunned a runner down at home plate, who was trying to score from second, to end the inning. Canadian starter Josh Burgmann (Nanaimo, BC) got into trouble early as a pair of single followed by a walk loaded the bases before he got a 1-2-3 double play ball.
-With one out and Kobe Hyland (Spruce Grove, AB) on first base in the top of the third, Royce Ando (Mississauga, ON) sent a 2-1 pitch over the wall in left for his second home run of the week that put Canada up by a run.
-The Aussies got the run right back in the home half of the third when a run scored from second base on a ball that got by SS Adam Hall (London, ON) that went for an error. A leadoff single followed by a sacrifice bunt had moved the runner into scoring position.
-Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, ON) put Canada back on top in the fourth when he launched a 0-1 offering over the wall in left.
-Just like they did in the third, the Aussies matched Canada’s output in the fourth and added another run to take a 4-3 lead. With the bases loaded a ball up the middle handcuffed Hall that brought in one run before another came in when Burgmann issued a wild pitch.
-After a pair of scoreless frames, the Aussies took advantage of the fifth Canadian error in the seventh that saw a run score on a sacrifice fly to centerfield. An error by third baseman Kobe Hyland allowed the leadoff runner to get aboard before a single and walk issued by reliever Mathieu Deneault-Gauthier (Candiac, QC) loaded the bases.
-Australia put the icing on the cake with three more runs in the eighth. A one out single followed by a pair of two out walks all came around to score on a triple to the gap in right field.
JNT HIGHLIGHTS
-Royce Ando is enjoying a power surge this week as belted his second long ball of the series that put Canada in front, albeit temporarily, in the third inning. Demi Orimoloye, who has six homers with the Arizona Rookie League Brewers this season, collected his first homer of the series with a solo shot in the fourth.
-Starter Josh Burgmann was charged with only one earned run during four and one-third innings of work. The right-hander scattered six hits and three walks, and struck out three batters.
-Prior to the three-run triple in the eighth, reliever Mathieu Deneault-Gauthier turned in two and one-third innings without surrendering an earned run. He gave up three hits and three walks, and fanned two batters.
TEAM LEADERS
Hits: 2, Ando (2/4); Hall (1/3), Orimoloye (1/3), Hutzal (1/3)
Runs: 1, Hyland, Ando, Orimoloye
Doubles: 1, Hall
Home Runs: 1, Ando, Orimoloye
RBIs: 2, Ando; 1, Orimoloye
Strikeouts: 3, Burgmann; 2, Deneault-Gauthier
UP NEXT
Canada and Australia will play game six of the eight game series tomorrow at Surfers Paradise Baseball Field at 1:00pm GMT/11:00pm ET (08/21)…RHP Brady Moxham (Oakville, MB) is expected to start on the mound for Canada…All games of the Canada/Australia U18 series can be seen live by clicking on the following link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mlb-aap
You can also follow the action with live scoring:
Statistics: www.livestats.baseball.com.au/2015/U18Series/confstat.htm
Results: www.livestats.baseball.com.au/2015/U18Series/lgsumm.htm
Live Scoring: www.livestats.baseball.com.au/2015/U18Series/xlive.htm
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