OTTAWA - Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending September 27.
NETTUNO, Italy – Team Canada was officially awarded its bronze medal at the closing ceremonies of the 38th Baseball World Cup, but some Canadians came home with some extra hardware at the conclusion of the tournament.
GROSSETO, Italy – Canada has made history at the 38th Baseball World Cup, capturing the bronze medal, its first medal in the tournament’s history with a 6-2 victory over Puerto Rico.
FLORENCE, Italy – The Canadian offence could not find an answer against Cuban starter Yulieski Gonzalez who held Team Canada to two hits over eight innings as Cuba defeated Canada 5-1 in the third round finale of the 38th Baseball World Cup.
GROSSETO, Italy – Shawn Bowman’s (Port Moody, BC) two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh put Canada on top for the first time in the game, which is where they would stay on route to a 11-5 win over the Netherlands at the 38th Baseball World Cup.
CHIETI, Italy – All three facets of the game continue to shine for Team Canada as they would go on to make easy work of Venezuela with a 9-2 win at the 38th Baseball World Cup.
NETTUNO, Italy – Nick Bucci (Sarnia, ON) threw five no-hit innings and Brett Lawrie (Langley, BC) came up with the big hit in the top of the ninth to lead Canada to a 3-0 win over Puerto Rico in the opening game of the third round of the 38th Baseball World Cup.
PARMA, Italy – Team Canada broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the sixth before the rain came down and the Canadians would end up with a rain shortened 5-3 win over Chinese Taipei to conclude the second round of the 38th Baseball World Cup.
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy – It took a grand slam from Emerson Frostad (Calgary, AB) in the bottom of the seventh to complete a comeback from a 6-3 deficit and avoid an upset with a 16-7 win over Italy at the 38th Baseball World Cup.
GODO, Italy – Team Canada found its offence against the Netherlands Antilles, making short work of the Caribbean squad with a 19-2, six inning win at the 38th Baseball World Cup.