Photo: Dan Lines
Ottawa, ON – Six games took place on Saturday with the last 5 round-robin games and a lone quarterfinal match-up. Teams battled it out to guarantee themselves a spot in the medal round on Sunday. Newfoundland and Labrador, British Columbia, Québec and Saskatchewan have all moved on to the semi-finals scheduled for Sunday.
Manitoba 12 PEI 0
Owen Harms (Winnipeg, MB) was dominant on the mound in an impressive 1-hit performance. Harms tossed 5 shutout innings striking out 3 and not walking a single batter. Logan MacDougall (Summerside, PE) picked up the lone hit for PEI while starter Brandon Condon (Kensington, PE) was charged with the loss. Trey Fortin (Winnipeg, MB) and Tristan Peters (Winkler, MB) both went 2 for the 3 with 3 RBIs each.
Saskatchewan 6 Ontario 2
Saskatchewan’s 4-run inning in the bottom of the 3rd proved to be the difference maker in this one. Danny Berg (Saskatoon, SK) singled in a pair to lead the charge as Jaden Hoffmann (Unity, SK) earned the win after holding Ontario to 2 runs on 3 hits over 4.1 innings. Ontario’s starting pitcher Lucas Wepf (Georgetown, ON) was charged with the loss after striking out 1 and allowing 5 hits over 3.1 innings.
British Columbia 5 Alberta 4
The hometown favourite Alberta’s dramatic comeback fell short despite putting up 4 runs in the bottom of the 7th. Cole Jackson (Thorsby, AB) doubled and drove in 3 runs in the losing effort. Jayden Knight’s (Langley, BC) 3-run home run in the top of the 7th proved to be the difference. Starting pitcher Jacob Cross (Abbotsford, BC) was dominant on the mound shutting out the opposition over 5 innings and allowing only 1 hit to earn the win.
Québec 10 Nova Scotia 0
William Sierra (Montreal, QC) put on an impressive performance striking out 8 over 5 shutout innings and giving up only 1 hit as he picked up the win. Marc-Antoine Lebreux (St-Jerome, QC) led the offense going 3 for 4 with a double and driving in 2 runs. Nathan Livingston (Glace Bay, NS) picked up Nova Scotia’s lone hit in the ball game with a double in the 4th while starter Jaden Griffin (Lower Sackville, NS) was charged with the loss allowing 8 runs on 8 hits over 4 innings.
Newfoundland and Labrador 7 New Brunswick 1
Matthew Janes (Mount Pearl, NL) held the opposition to 1 hit in the outing to lead New Brunswick to victory. Janes struck out 3 and walked 6 over 6.1 innings. New Brunswick’s starter Greg Mitchell (Calais, US) was charged with the loss after allowing 4 runs on 6 hits over 2.1 innings. Daniel Hogarth (Conception Bay South, NL) led the charge on offense going 2 for 4 with a double and a triple while driving in 2 runs. John Cribb (St. John’s) contributed as well going 3 for 4 and coming across to score twice.
Québec 12 Ontario 2
Québec punched its ticket to the semifinals after putting up 10 runs over the last two innings. Marc-Antoine Lefebvre (Varennes, QC) went 2 for 4 with a triple and drove in 4 runs to lead the offense. Reliever Conor Angel (Lachine, QC) tossed 3 perfect innings and struck out 4 batters to earn the win for Québec. Justin Doran (Chatham, ON) went 2 for 3 and drove in 2 runs in the losing effort.
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