OTTAWA – Round robin play wrapped up Saturday night in both the Junior and Midget National Championship tournaments. The standings have been set and Sunday’s schedule has been confirmed. Winners of the semi-final games will go on to play in the Gold Medal game while the losers will battle for Bronze.
EDMONTON-The Team Canada that fans in Edmonton had grown accustomed to watching over the past week at the 5th IBAF Women’s World Cup was nowhere to be found tonight as the United States handed Canada a lopsided 17-4 semi-final loss.
OTTAWA – The theme for today so far: Score early. In almost every game, the winning team has taken the lead within the first couple of innings and never looked back. We will see if this trend continues within the games later today.
EDMONTON-Canada gave a valiant effort and in the end came up just short in dropping a 9-7 decision to Japan in their final round-robin game at the 5th IBAF Women’s Baseball World Cup.
OTTAWA – Teams are slowly rounding into form and battles are starting to heat up as both tournaments have reached their half way point. Expect to see more of the same on Day 3 when the teams will battle for positions in Sunday’s medal round.
OTTAWA – Today marked the beginning of a busy weekend of baseball ahead in the province of Québec. The Junior tournament kicked off in Trois-Rivières while the Midget tournament began play in Québec City. Here is a recap of the games currently completed on Day 1.
EDMONTON-The Canadian offensive juggernaut continues to roll at the 5th IBAF Women’s World Cup as Canada smashed-out sixteen hits to record their third mercy-rule victory of the tournament with a 12-2 thumping of Cuba.
OTTAWA – Day 1 wrapped up on Thursday night with both hosts being victorious. A total of 10 games were played at the Midget Championship while six games were played at the Junior Championship. Day 2 sees more of the same.
OTTAWA – The province of Québec plays host to two tournaments this weekend when both the Junior National Championships and Midget National Championships get underway. The Junior tournament is being held in Trois-Rivières, while the Midget tournament will be hosted in Québec City.
EDMONTON-Wet and cold conditions did nothing to stop Canada’s hot bats as they used sixteen hits to easily defeat the Netherlands 19-2 in a five inning, mercy-rule shortened game.
