Kozar, Pare, Szabo, White turn in strong performances at JNT Fall Camp
Great Lake Canadians catcher Rees Kozar (Amherstburg, Ont.) came up with a clutch RBI single for Canada Red in the top of the ninth to lead them to a 7-5 win over Canada Grey at the Junior National Team’s Fall Instructional Camp in Dunedin, Fla., on Monday. Photo: Great Lake Canadians
October 19, 2021
Baseball Canada
The Junior National Team program is in Dunedin, Florida at TD Ballpark (the spring training home of the Toronto Blue Jays) from October 14 to October 23 for the annual Fall Instructional Camp
Thirty-four athletes will be participating in daily practices and intrasquad games with a doubleheader also scheduled against Stetson University on October 19.
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Rees Kozar’s (Amherstburg, Ont.) RBI single in the top of the ninth plated the go-ahead run, breaking a 5-5 tie as Canada Red went on to a 7-5 win over Canada Grey.
Red added an insurance run later in the inning when Jakob Poturnak (Vancouver, B.C.) scampered home on a passed ball while Zak Szabo (Whitby, Ont.) retired the side in the bottom of the inning recording one of his three strikeouts on the afternoon.
Trailing by a run in the third, Red struck for three runs getting RBI singles from Dylan O’Rae (Sarnia, Ont.), Sam White (Aurora, Ont.) and Max Hartman (St. Albert, Alta.).
White knocked in his second run of the game with a single in the fifth before Grey mounted a comeback including a two-run seventh inning with a pair of runs scoring on an error off the bat of Kozar.
Szabo took the win on the mound working four innings without allowing an earned run while Red received a strong performance on the mound from Matteo Pare (LaSalle, Ont.) who allowed just one run over five innings with six strikeouts.