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BRADENTON, Florida – A fifth inning rain delay ended up bring the Friendship Series to a premature close as both Canada and the United States settled for a 1-1 tie in game seven of the seven-game series.
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BRADENTON, Florida – A Day after handing the United Sates their first loss of the Friendship Series, the US stormed back to defeat the Junior National Team, 9-0, at Pirate City in the penultimate game of the series.
BRADENTON, Florida –Tyrus Hall (Victoria, BC) drove in two runs on a second inning triple, Joshua Jones (Blainville, QC) added an eighth inning RBI while four Canadian pitchers combined to limit a powerful USA lineup to just two runs and four hits en route to a 3-2 victory in game five of the Friendship Series.
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida – Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, was not friendly to the Junior National Team as the squad fell to the United Sates, 15-1, in game four of the Friendship Series.
SARASOTA, Florida – A solid effort put forth by the Junior National Team fell short as USA benefitted from three home runs to come away with a 6-2 win in game three of the Friendship Series at Ed Smith Stadium.
SARASOTA, Florida – A second inning grand slam highlighted a six run inning for Team USA as they went on to defeat the Junior National Team 10-2 in game two of the Friendship Series at Ed Smith Stadium.
SARASOTA, Florida – A five-run first inning was too much to overcome for the Junior National Team as Team USA took game one of the seven-game series, 14-2 at Ed Smith Stadium.
AJAX – Baseball Canada is pleased to announce the names of 30 athletes selected to represent Canada in a seven-game Friendship Series against the United States’ 18U National Team in Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Bradenton, Florida from September 3-9.