Deveaux, Ando go deep, Aussies upend Canada on walk-off HR
U-18 Pre World Cup: Solo homer gives Aussies walk-off win
August 19, 2015
By Adam Morissette
Baseball Canada
A lead off homer in the bottom of the ninth broke a 5-5 tie and gave Australia a 6-5 win as they picked up their third win of the eight-game Australia-Canada U18 Series with five games still to play.
Both teams will use the series to determine their 20 player rosters that will compete in the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, Japan from August 28th – September 6th.
GAME INFORMATION
Score: Australia (U18) 6 Canada (U18) 5 - Box Score
Location: Surfers Paradise Baseball Field – Gold Coast, Australia
Weather: 23C, clouds breaking
Canada U18 Starting Lineup:
1. Adam Hall – SS
2. Kobe Hyland – 3B
3. Demi Orimoloye – DH
4. Andrew Yerzy - C
5. Tristan Pompey – LF
6. Isaac Deveaux - DH
7. Luke Van Rycheghem – 1B
8. Royce Ando – 2B
9. Cooper Davis - CF
10. JF Garon – RF
Starting Pitcher: RHP Will McAffer
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Isaac Deveaux (Montréal, QC) drilled a 2-0 fastball over the wall in left-centre with two out in the top of the second to give Canada a 1-0 lead.
- It didn’t take long for Australia to answer back as they pushed across a run in the home half of the second. A one-out single and stolen base, scored on a single to right with two out off of Canadian starter Will McAffer (North Vancouver, BC).
- Canada retook the lead with a pair of runs in the third. Royce Ando (Mississauga, Ont.) led off the frame with a bunt single that saw him advance to second on the play after a throwing error. With Ando on third and two out, Adam Hall (London, Ont.) dropped a double into right field and he scored when Kobe Hyland (Spruce Grove, Alta.) lined a single to right.
-The Canadian offence continued to roll in the fourth as Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) led off the frame with a double to left and scored one batter later on a double down the right field line off the bat of Tristan Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.).
- Canadian reliever Tyler Whitbread (Camlachie, Ont.) issued a walk and single to start the bottom of the sixth before he gave up a home run on a 2-1 pitch to centre that pulled the Aussies even. They were not done there as a walk, bunt and wild pitch was followed a by a single, that got through the right side with the infielders pulled in, that gave the Aussies a one run advantage.
- Royce Ando led off the seventh inning with a homer that landed over the fence in left field to tie the score.
- With reliever Vincent Beauregard (Laval, Que.) on the mound, a 2-2 pitch was hit over the wall in left field to give Australia a walk-off, 6-5 win.
JNT HIGHLIGHTS
- Canadian starter Will McAffer turned in a solid four-inning performance on the mound as he gave up just one run on two hits and two walks, while he struck out six batters.
- Reliever Tyler Whitbread escaped trouble in the seventh as he got a strikeout and fly-out to right to leave the bases loaded.
- Canada received a pair of home runs from Isaac Deveaux and Royce Ando. Both were solo blasts.
TEAM LEADERS
Hits: 2, Ando (2/4); 1, Hall (1/3), Hyland (1/4), Orimoloye (1/3), Pompey (1/3), Deveaux (1/3), Davis (1/3)
Runs: 2, Ando; 1, Hall, Orimoloye, Deveaux
Doubles: 1, Hall, Orimoloye, Pompey
Home Runs: 1, Deveaux, Ando
RBIs: 1, Hall, Hyland, Pompey, Deveaux, Ando
Stolen Bases: 1, Orimoloye, Garon
Strikeouts: 6, McAffer; 5, Whitbread
UP NEXT
Canada and Australia will play game four of the eight game series tomorrow at Surfers Paradise Baseball Field at 12:30pm GMT/10:30pm ET (08/19) … RHP Michael Brettell (Fonthill, ON) is expected to start on the mound for Canada … All games of the Canada/Australia U18 series can be seen live
CANADA U18
Player ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb so sb cs sh sf hbp ibb fly gnd gdp po a e lob
HALL,Adam ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
HYLAND,Kobe 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2
ORIMOLOYE,Demi dh 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
YERZY,Andrew c 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 11 0 0 0
POMPEY,Tristan lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
DEVEAUX,Isaac dh 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HUTZAL,Peter ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
VanRYCHEGHEM,Luke 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0 3
ANDO,Royce 2b 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1
DAVIS,Cooper cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
GARON,Jean JF rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0
McAFFER,Will p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WHITBREAD,Tyler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
BEAUREGARD,Vincent p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 8 5 3 0 2 4 9 2 2 1 0 0 0 8 8 0 24 4 0 6
Pitcher ip h r er bb so wp hp bk sh sf ci 2b 3b hr ab bf fly gnd np
McAFFER,Will 4.0 2 1 1 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 16 3 3 76
WHITBREAD,Tyler 4.0 5 4 4 5 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 16 22 5 2 92
BEAUREGARD,Vincent L 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 6
AUSTRALIA U18
Player ab r h rbi 2b 3b hr bb so sb cs sh sf hbp ibb fly gnd gdp po a e lob
PERCIVAL,James cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
WILLIAMS,Jess ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PICKARD,Mason cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
RAWLINSON,Joshua dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
HOLDING,Mitch c 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 0 0
KING,Tristan c 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
McCALLUM,James 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 1
FREW,Dean 2b 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0
TSUI,Ben rf 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
NEUNBORN,Mitchell 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3
CALLIL,George ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0
KIFT,Ryan lf 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
INGLIS,Bradley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
BEATTIE,Matthew p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
ENCIONDO,Jack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MacDONALD,Lachlan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 8 6 1 0 2 7 11 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 5 0 27 11 2 9
Pitcher ip h r er bb so wp hp bk sh sf ci 2b 3b hr ab bf fly gnd np
INGLIS,Bradley 3.0 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 12 4 3 40
BEATTIE,Matthew 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 10 1 3 34
ENCIONDO,Jack 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 1 1 21
MacDONALD,Lachlan W 3.0 1 1 1 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 11 2 1 51