TORONTO-Day 1 of Tournament 12 saw over 200 participants take part in a scouting combine to show off their skills in front of numerous talent evaluators both from professional and college baseball.
On Day 2 it was time to play some baseball as a total of six games were played at Rogers Centre, home of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Here is a complete recap of the day’s action.
Atlantic (Grey) 2 Ontario (Black) 0
JP Stevenson tossed five shutout innings with nine strikeouts and Andrew Case didn’t allow a hit, while striking out six in two innings of work as Atlantic Grey earned a 2-0 win over Ontario Black. Colby Turple drilled a single to centerfield in the second inning that got by the fielder rolling all the way to the wall which allowed him to round the bases and score on the error. Turple figured in the scoring again in the fourth when his double to left field allowed Cody Schrider to score. Tyler Dobie had the lone hit for Ontario Black.
Ontario (Maroon) 4 Alberta (Red) 2
Royce Ando singled with one out in the sixth, stole second and third base where he would score the eventual game winning run when the catcher’s throw ended up in left field as Ontario Maroon came up with a 4-2 win over Alberta Red. Robert Byckowski hit two ground-rule doubles and stole two bases, while Tyler Whitbread tossed two scoreless innings with two strikeouts to pick-up the win. Alberta’s Tanner Kirwer was 2-for-2 with a run scored and three stolen bases in the loss.
Ontario (Green) 6 BC (Orange) 1
Zach Pop gave Ontario Green four solid innings on the mound and Braden Johnston and Gareth Morgan each drove in two runs as Ontario Green Defeated BC Orange 6-1. Johnston’s double in the third scored two before BC replied with a run in the fourth when Mitch Robinson scored from third base on an RBI groundout off the bat of Dylan Yeager. Robinson had doubled off the wall in left field to lead-off the inning. Ontario added a run in the fifth before scoring three in the sixth to jump ahead 6-1.
Futures (Navy) 1 Prairies (Brown) 0
Quinn Rydland’s RBI single in the sixth broke a scoreless tie and also gave the Futures their first hit of the ballgame as they went onto a 1-0 victory over the Prairies. Both teams combined for only four hits as pitching was the story of the game. Ben Onyshko allowed only one walk in four innings of work and struck out nine for the Prairies, while Liam Munshi was equally impressive for the Futures tossing three innings giving up only two hits and a walk with six strikeouts. Daniel Marquez had four strikeouts in two innings for the Futures, while Hunter Spoljaric earned the win tossing two scoreless innings with three strikeouts.
Québec (Blue) 13 Ontario (Green) 2
Québec Blue scored six runs in the fifth and added another six in the seventh inning as they went onto a convincing 13-2 win over Ontario Green. Québec took advantage of 14 walks given up by Ontario pitcher’s and smacked out eight hits en route to victory. Simon Auger went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI’s, while Jerome Duchesneau added a double and two RBI’s. Québec received solid pitching from Pat Lalonde who tossed three scoreless innings and struck out three. Ontario’s Ian Wilson had two of his team’s three hits and teammate JD Williams had two walks and stole three bases.
Québec (White) 3 Ontario (Maroon) 1
LP Pelletier’s two-run single in the top of the fifth proved to be the difference as Québec White handed Ontario Maroon a 3-1 loss. Robert Byckowski continued an impressive day at the plate as he hit the tournament’s first home run with a solo blast that cleared the fence in centerfield to tie the game at one in the fourth. Québec’s Jason Tarapasky threw three scoreless innings and struck out three, while Ontario starter Matthew Ianni did not allow a hit in three scoreless innings of work to go along with four strikeouts.
Notes: Six more games are scheduled for tomorrow as round-robin action continues. All games can be followed live courtesy of MLB Gameday. The live scoring link, schedule, rosters, and tournament rules are available at bluejays.com/t12
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