Canucks fall to Team USA in Super Round
Toronto Mets infielder Daniel Carinci (Pickering, Ont.) slides into third base during the Junior National Team’s 11-2 loss to the U.S. in the Super Round of the COPABE U18 Pan Am Championships on Thursday. Photo Credit: Baseball Canada
Thursday Nov. 29, 2018
U18 World Qualifier: Canada falls to USA
By Adam Morissette
Baseball Canada
CHITRÉ, Panama – USA took advantage of some early Canadian defensive miscues and had 13 hits to hand the Junior National Team an 11-2 loss at the COPABE U18 Pan Am Championships.
The loss puts Canada’s Super Round record at 2-1 with a match-up against host Panama set for Friday and a contest against the Dominican Republic on Saturday before bronze and gold medal games take place on Sunday.
Canada starting pitcher Connor O’Halloran (Mississauga, Ont.) got into trouble early loading the bases on an error, walk and single before a fielder’s choice brought in one run while an error on the play by first baseman Cesar Valero (Calgary, Alta.) scored another. Former Blue Jays LHP Al Leiter was on hand as his son pitches for Team USA.
The Americans used five hits in the second inning including a two-run single and an RBI double off the bat of Riley Greene to score four more runs and chase O’Halloran from the game.
Connor Sparks (Saskatoon, Sask.) took over for O’Halloran and ate up some valuable innings on the mound blanking the Americans for four innings before they scored four times with two out in the sixth including a two-run homer to go up by 10.
Tyler McWillie (Watrous, Sask.) registered four strikeouts working 2 2/3 innings in relief of Sparks.
Offensively, USA starter Avery Short held Canada off the scoreboard for six innings before Denzel Clarke (Pickering, Ont.) reached on a fielder’s choice in the seventh and eventually came around to score on a wild pitch while Dasan Brown (Oakville, Ont.) doubled home Blake Buckle (Milton, Ont.) later in the inning.
UP NEXT: Canada will continue Super Round play tomorrow against host Panama at Rico Cedeño Stadium in Chitré with the first pitch set for 6PM ET … RHP Theo Millas (Burnaby, BC) is scheduled to get the start on the mound … Fans can watch live via the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkBfrnJthOc
Baseball Canada Junior National Team (18U) 2
USA 11
123 456 789 R H E
JNT 000 000 200 -- 2 9 5
USA 240 004 01X -- 11 13 0
BATTING
2018 Canadian Junior National Team (18U)
AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
D Carinci (SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1
B Naylor (3B 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
O Diodati (… 3 0 2 0 1 1 0
C Valero (1B… 3 0 0 1 0 3
T Schofield… 4 0 2 0 0 1 0
D Clarke (CF 4 1 1 0 0 2 2
B Buckle (LF 3 1 1 0 0 2 3
D Brown (RF 4 0 1 1 0 1 4
R Pelletier (C 4 0 1 0 0 0 2
T McWillie… 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals 32 2 9 1 3 9 6
USA
AB R H RBI BB SO LOB
C Abrams (… 4 2 0 0 2 1 1
C Carroll (LF 5 2 1 0 1 1 4
A Volpe (2B… 6 1 2 2 0 2 4
R Greene (D… 4 2 1 2 1 2 3
B Witt Jr (SS 5 1 3 1 0 0 1
T Calihan (1… 4 1 2 0 1 1 3
Y Morales (… 2 0 0 0 0 1 3
P Crow-Ar… 2 1 2 2 0 0 0
D Romo (C 3 1 1 2 1 1 3
D Crews (RF… 5 0 1 0 0 3 2
S Faltine (RF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals 40 11 13 9 7 12 13
2B: B Buckle, D Brown, TB: O Diodati 2, B Buckle 2, D Clarke, D Carinci, D Brown 2, T Schofield-Sam 2, R Pelletier, CS: R Pelletier, HBP: B Buckle, LOB: 6
2B: R Greene, P Crow-Armstrong, HR: D Romo, TB: A Volpe 2, T Calihan 2, B Witt Jr 3, R Greene 2, D Crews, D Romo 4, C Carroll, P Crow-Armstrong 3, CS: D Crews, HBP: Y Morales, SB: A Volpe, LOB: 13
PITCHING
2018 Canadian Junior National Team (18U)
IP H R ER BB SO HR
C O’Halloran 1.2 6 6 4 2 3 0
C Sparks 4.0 6 4 4 2 5 1
T McWillie 2.1 1 1 1 3 4 0
Totals 8.0 13 11 9 7 12 1
USA IP H R ER BB SO HR
A Short 6.1 7 2 2 1 4 0
T Manning 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
T Calihan 2.0 1 0 0 2 4 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 3 9 0
LP: C O’Halloran, P-S: C Sparks 74-43, T McWillie 50-29, C O’Halloran 67-45, WP: C Sparks 2, T McWillie, C O’Halloran, HBP: C Sparks, BF: C Sparks 22, T McWillie 12, C O’Halloran 14
WP: A Short, P-S: T Calihan 35-18, A Short 86-58, T Manning 13-6, WP: A Short, HBP: A Short, BF: T Calihan 8, A Short 25, T Manning 3.