Poturnak homers twice at juniors Fall camp
North Shore Twins’ Jakob Poturnak (Vancouver, B.C.) belted a pair of home runs including a game-tying, two run shot in the top of the ninth as Canada Red earned a 6-6 tie with Canada Grey on the final day of the Junior National Team’s Fall Instructional League Camp in Dunedin, Fla. Photo: Noah Goldberg/Baseball Canada
October 23, 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. 23 | Canada RED 6, Canada GREY 6
Jakob Poturnak (Vancouver, B.C.) belted a pair of home runs including a game-tying, two run shot in the top of the ninth as Canada Red earned a 6-6 tie with Canada Grey on the final day of the Fall Instructional League Camp.
With his Red side leading by two in the third, Poturnak smacked a 3-2 offering over the centre field wall for his first homer of the game while his ninth inning long ball also left the yard in centre.
Ty Doucette (Dartmouth, N.S.) and Matt Evans (Tillsonburg, Ont.) had two-hit days for Red while Ty Hamilton (Orleans, Ont.) and Dylan O’Rae (Sarnia, Ont.) had two hits apiece for Grey with Hamilton driving in three runs.
Zak Szabo (Whitby, Ont.) turned in a strong effort on the mound for Red tossing five innings of one run ball with seven strikeouts.