Panama City, Panama- Shawn Hill (Mississauga, ON) tossed five scoreless innings and for the second consecutive day Jimmy Van Ostrand (Richmond, BC) and Cole Armstrong (Surrey, BC) came up with clutch hits as Canada defeated Japan 3-1 at the 39th IBAF World Cup. The win puts Canada’s record at 2-0, good for first place in Pool A standings.
Panama City, Panama-It couldn’t have been scripted much better as Canada cruised to a 9-1 victory over Puerto Rico to open the 39th IBAF World Cup. Canada smashed-out eleven hits including homeruns from Jimmy Van Ostrand (Richmond, BC) and Cole Armstrong (Surrey, BC), while receiving stellar pitching and defence en route to victory.
Panama City, Panama-After three exhibition games against the United States and one day of practice in Panama City, Team Canada will open the 39th IBAF Baseball World Cup against Puerto Rico tomorrow at 2pm CT. Canada is coming off their best finish ever at the World Cup as they come into this year’s event as the defending Bronze Medalists. Canada defeated Puerto Rico 6-2 in 2009 when the event was held in Italy and other parts of Europe.
IBAF Press Release
OTTAWA-As many as five Canadians will be participating MLB Postseason play which begins on Friday to determine a World Series winner.
Cary, North Carolina- Team USA defeated Canada 3-1 in game two of exhibition play as both clubs prepare for the IBAF World Cup October 2-15 in Panama and the Pan Am Games October 19-26 in Lagos de Mareno, Mexico.
Cary, North Carolina-Team Canada began their exhibition schedule in preparation for the IBAF Baseball World Cup and Pan Am Games with a 1-1 tie against Team USA in a seven inning contest.
OTTAWA-Baseball Canada announced today the names of 24 players who will participate in the Junior National Team’s World Junior Qualification Camp in Boca Raton and Miami, Florida November 9-16.
OTTAWA- Former National Team player Luke Carlin (Aylmer, QC) celebrated a Triple-A National Championship for the second year in a row with the Columbus Clippers (Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) last night.
