OTTAWA – After a successful opening day on Thursday, competition continued on Friday at the five ongoing Baseball Canada Championships with teams looking to move up the standings. Click here to see how the competition stacks up with a day and a half’s worth of games already decided.
Here’s how some of the action unfolded throughout the day so far:
13U Western National Championship
Burnaby (BC1) 7 Oildome (MB2) 4 – Burnaby topped Oildome by a score of 7-4 to improve their tournament record to 2-0. Oildome is now at 1-1
Sherwood Park (AB2) 8 Saskatoon (SK1) 6 – Sherwood Park outscored Saskatoon 8-6 to get their first win of the tournament. They now sport a 1-1 record while Saskatoon is still looking for their first win.
16U Girls Invitational
Ontario 14 British Columbia 4 – Jessica MacPherson (Essex, ON) went 3 for 3 including a 2-RBI double in Ontario’s win. Mia Valcke (St. Mary’s drove in 2 runs for Ontario as well going 2 for 4 including an RBI triple. Starting pitcher Caitlin Tomotsugu (Vaughan, ON) earned the win.
Alberta 20 Newfoundland 5 – Hayley Lalor (Red Deer, AB) earned the win for Alberta allowing 3 runs over 1.2 innings. Alberta’s offense was lead by Paige Hildebrandt (Edmonton, AB) who went 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and Alexis Galloway (Okotoks, AB) who drove in 3 going 1 for 2.
18U Championship
New Brunswick 7 Nova Scotia 4 – Jeremie Arseneau (Dieppe, NB) went 2 for 2 with a 2-run homerun in the 3rd to lead New Brunswick to the victory. Matt Nason (St. John) earned the win allowing 4 runs on 3 hits and 7 walks over 6.1 innings.
Manitoba 10 Saskatchewan 4 – Christian Peters (Winnipeg, MB) and Cody Bartel (Blumenort, MB) drove in 2 runs each in the game. Aaron Pugh (Boissevain, MB) earned the win entering the game in the 5th and shutting down Saskatchewan in his 1 inning on the mound.
PEI 2 Newfoundland 1 – Dawson McCormack (Richmond, PE) outlasted Newfoundland’s Matthew Colbourne (Corner Brook, NL) tossing a complete game allowing only 1 run in the pitcher’s duel. Jay Oram (Summerside, PE) scored the winning run on a passed ball in the bottom of the 7th.
Québec 13 British Columbia 10 – Matthew Majeur (Laval, QC) went 4 for 5 with 4 RBIs and Jonathan Lacroix doubled twice driving in 3 runs to lead Québec to victory. Geoff Ehresman (Vancouver, BC) homered in the loss to Québec.
Alberta 4 Ontario 3 – Zach Rabe (Calgary, AB) struck out 8 over 6 innings on the mound to earn the win for Alberta. Ashton Roy (Okotoks, AB) homered in the bottom of the 2nd to leads his team’s offensive push.
21U Championship
Ontario (ON1) 5 Kentville (NS2) 2 – Noah Pickering (Windsor, ON) allowed 2 runs on only 2 hits over 6 innings on the mound to lead Ontario to victory. Jeff Watkin (Amherstburg, ON) double and tripled in the game driving in 2 runs in the win.
Burnaby (BC1) 10 Saskatchewan 9 – Burnaby edged out Saskatchewan despite allowing 7 runs in the first inning. Their offense was lead by Harrison Brooks (Pilot Bukke, SK) who doubled and drove in 3 runs and Nolan Legien (Regina, SK) who went 2 for 3 with a triple and drove in 2
Québec 2 Ontario (ON2) 1 – Oscar Rodriguez (Montréal, QC) and Matthew Smith (London, ON) both went the distance for their clubs in an excellant pitcher’s duel. Raphael Gladu (Trois-Rivières, QC) drove in the go-ahead run on a double in the top of the 7th.
Kamloops (BC2) 7 Regina 3 – Mike Gilfillan (Kamloops, BC) earned the win for his club allowing 2 runs over 6 innings on the mound. Paul Vogelsang (Regina, SK) went 2 for 3 with a triple in the game, but Kamloops’ 5 run inning in the 4th put Regina in too big of a hole to climb out of.
Senior Women Invitational
British Columbia 6 Québec 21U 5 – Québec 21U scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 7th to tie the game up, but couldn’t match BC’s 3 runs in extra innings. Reliever Heather Healey (Paradise, NL) earned the win for BC. Daniella Matteucci led BC’s offense with a double and a triple driving in 2 runs.
Québec (QC1) 6 Ontario (ON2) 0 – Daphné Gélinas tossed 6.1 shutout innings while striking out 8 to earn the win for Québec. Gélinas also went 2 for 3 at the plate driving in a run to help out the offense.
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