Zibin, Chee-Aloy, Daoust, Spoljaric shine in Team Red win at JNT camp

Ontario Terriers’ Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, Ont.) (right) belted a home run for the Red squad at the Junior National Team training camp in Ajax, Ont., on Sunday. Presenting the trophy was the most handsome scout on hand … Matt Higginson (Grimsby, Ont.) of the Oakland A’s. File photo.

August 29, 2021

Baseball Canada

AJAX, Ontario – After nearly 18 months of inactivity because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Junior National Team program has resumed in-person baseball activities with a Training Camp at the Ajax Sportsplex, site of the 2015 Pan Am Games.

Thirty-eight athletes are in camp with fourteen inter-squad games scheduled from August 19-September 1 at 1:30PM each day.

Following camp, a roster will be selected from training camp participants to play in a seven-game friendship series against the United States’ 18U squad in Florida.

August 29 – CANADA RED 9, CANADA GREY 4 (BOX SCORE)

Jacob Zibin (Langley, BC), Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, Ont.) and Louka Daoust (Repentigny, Que.) all homered while Turner Spoljaric (Lisle, Ont.) tossed 4 1/3 strong innings on the mound to lead Canada Red to a 9-4 victory over Canada Grey.

Zibin hit a solo shot in the fifth as Red built a 6-1 lead while Chee-Aloy and Daoust hit back-to-back homers in the ninth.

Grey took a 1-0 lead in the first before Grey responded with three runs in the home half of the frame highlighted by a Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) RBI double.

Ty Hamilton (Orleans, Ont.) had a pair of hits, one RBI and two stolen bases for a Grey squad that stole eight bases on the afternoon in the loss.

Matthew Grabmann (Dartmouth, N.S.) was a bright spot on the mound for Grey working three scoreless innings without allowing a hit while striking out two.