Dionne, Evans, Kozar have three-hit games for juniors at Fall camp
Jimmy Dionne (Saint-Augustin de Desmaures, Que.), above, went 3-for-4 with two doubles and drove in two runs to lead Canada Grey to a 10-4 win over Canada Red. Photo: Noah Goldberg/Baseball Canada
October 21, 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.
OCT. 21 | Canada GREY 10, Canada RED 4
Jimmy Dionne (Saint-Augustin de Desmaures, Que.) went 3-for-4 with two doubles and drove in two runs to lead Canada Grey to a 10-4 win over Canada Red.
Both teams had 12 hits apiece with Dylan O’Rae (Sarnia, Ont.), Jack Wheatley (Calgary, Alta.), Max Hartman (St. Albert, Alta.) and Ty Hamilton (Orleans, Ont.) collecting two hits each for Grey while Red received three-hit efforts from Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) and Rees Kozar (Amherstburg, Ont.) with Jakob Poturnak (Vancouver, B.C.) going 2-for-5.
Reece Usselman (Langley, B.C.) was on the mound for four runs although just one of them was earned as he went four innings allowing seven hits and two walks while striking out three batters.
Grey received solid outings from Elliot Cadieux-Lanoue (St-Pie, Que.) and Jack Pineau (Thunder Bay, Ont.) who combined to throw nine innings allowing just three earned runs with six strikeouts total.