SARASOTA, Florida – The Junior National Team held their own on the defensive side of the ball getting some solid pitching a defence but couldn’t manufacture much on the offensive side as the Baltimore Orioles prospects earned a 3-0 win.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Baltimore Orioles 3 Canada (U-18) 0
Location: Orioles Minor League Complex – Sarasota, Florida
Weather: 24 degrees Celsius, Sunny
Canada 18U Starting Lineup:
1. Cooper Davis - CF
2. Adam Hall – 3B
3. Noah Naylor - DH
4. Clayton Keyes - RF
5. Michael Stovman – 1B
6. Jason Willow – EH
7. Edouard Julien – 2B
8. Archer Brookman - C
9. Dondrae Bremner – SS
10. Rhys Cratty – LF
11. Damiano Palmegiani - EH
Starting Pitcher: RHP Ben Abram
HOW IT HAPPENED
-It didn’t take the Orioles long to get on the scoreboard as a lead off homer that cleared the wall in left-centre gave them an early 1-0 lead after one inning.
-A lead off double to start the third came around to score after a passed ball followed by an RBI single to centre, with the infield drawn in, to put the Orioles up by two.
-After pitching two scoreless innings to start his three-inning outing, Harley Gollert (Toronto, ON) allowed a lead off double in the sixth that came around to score on an RBI single to right.
JNT HIGHLIGHTS
-Harley Gollert turned in a solid performance on the mound tossing two scoreless frames before giving up a run in the sixth. He struck out four batters.
-After starting the seventh inning with a walk and single, followed by a wild pitch to put runners on second and third, reliever Austin Brown (Powell River, BC) retired six batters in a row over two scoreless innings. Brown registered two strikeouts.
-Leadoff batter Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON) reached base in all four of his plate appearances including a bunt single, base hit to left, walk and reached on an error with two out in the ninth. He also added a stolen base to his stat line.
-Junior National Team alums Travis Seabrooke (Peterborough, ON) and Chris Shaw (Winnipeg, MB), both prospects in the Orioles organization, visited with coaches prior to the game. Seabrooke and Shaw helped Canada win a silver medal in 2012 at the IBAF 18U Baseball World Cup.
-Orioles big leaguers Ubaldo Jimenez, Zach Britton and Seth Smith were playing in a minor league game on an adjacent field.
-JNT guest coach Tim Nelson was a 1998 draft selection of the Orioles and spent two seasons in their minor league system
TEAM LEADERS
Hits: 2, Davis; 1, Stovman, Julien, Palmegiani, Willow
Stolen Bases: 1, Davis, Hall
Strikeouts: 4, Gollert; 3, Abram; 2, Brown
UP NEXT
The Junior National Team will return to the Walter Fuller Complex in St. Petersburg tomorrow to take on a visiting prospects squad from the Detroit Tigers organization with the first pitch set for 1pm ET…RHP Conor Angel (Lachine, QC) will start on the mound for Canada…Listen live to all of the action on radiostpete.com!
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