August 23, 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 23 – CANADA GREY 9, CANADA RED 3 (BOX SCORE)

Jacob Miller (Oshawa, Ont.) drove in three runs while Caleb Clark (Orillia, Ont.) and Reece Usselman (Langley, BC) combined to allow just one earned run over 8 1/3 innings to lead Canada Grey to a 9-3 win over Canada Red.

Miller’s single in the first led to Nate Ochoa (Burlington, Ont.) scoring the game’s first run before a Miller double in the third cashed in another run as Grey built a 6-0 lead after three innings.

Clark lasted 4 2/3 innings on the mound without giving up an earned run where he scattered two hits and three walks to go along with three strikeouts while Usselman tossed 3 2/3 innings with one run on four hits and three walks and three strikeouts.

Cameron Gurney (Scotland, Ont.) kept his hot bat going with a 3-for-4 game at the plate including a double and two runs scored.

Robin Villeneuve (Gatineau, Que.) turned in a solid performance for Red with two scoreless innings of work on the mound with two strikeouts while smacking a pair of doubles at the plate with one RBI.