San Juan, Puerto Rico- The schedule of games for the second round of the Pan Am Games/World Cup qualification tournament has been announced. Canada will open the second round on Friday October 8th against the Dominican Republic at 2pm ET in Ponce.
Canada finished in 3rd place in Pool B after winning three games and losing two in the first round of play. Canada will enter round two with a 1-2 won/loss record as they carry over their record against only those teams also advancing to round two.
After the completion of round two, the top seed will face the fourth seed and the second seed will face the third seed in semi-final action scheduled for Tuesday October 12th. Gold and Bronze Medal games will take place on Wednesday October 13th.
The following is Canada’s schedule for round two:
Friday October 8th 12pm ET vs Dominican Republic – Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Ponce
Saturday October 9th 9am ET vs Panama - Hiram Bithorn Stadium in Ponce
Sunday October 10th 2pm ET vs USA – Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan
Monday October 11th 7:30pm ET vs Puerto Rico – Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan
Notes: Nick Bucci (Sarnia, ON) will start for Canada against the Dominican Republic...The top seven teams will qualify for the 2011 Pan Am Games and the top six teams will qualify for the 2011 World Cup…Fans can receive live updates from all of Canada’s games by following Baseball Canada on Twitter…Additional tournament coverage including standings, box scores and stats can be found at: http://premundial2010.prnbt.com/ and http://www.baseballdecuba.com/panamericano2010/index.html
