*Please note, the spring training notebook will be updated daily at the link below:https://www.baseball.ca/notebook-junior-national-team-spring-training
Notebook: Junior National Team Spring Training
WEST PALM BEACH, Florida – The Junior National Team program is currently holding a spring training camp at Ballpark of the Palm Beaches, the spring training home of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals.
The squad is holding daily workouts and playing a twelve game schedule including six games against prospect squads from the Astros’ and Nationals’ organizations
[/uploads/files/BaseballCanada2022JuniorNationalTeam18U_vs_BaseballCanada2022JuniorNationalTeamGREY18U_Apr_13_2022.pdf]APRIL 13 | Canada RED 8, Canada Grey 1
Reece Usselman (Langley, BC) tossed three no hit innings and Sam Shaw (Victoria, BC) put an exclamation point on for his side with a late home run to lead Canada Red to an 8-1 win over Canada Grey on day one of Junior National Team spring training.
Usselman was on the mound for one run, although unearned, and struck out four batters on 39 pitches as Canada Red built a 4-1 lead after three innings.
Jack Pineau (Thunder Bay, ON) and Kaleb Thomas (Hagersville, ON) both tossed three scoreless innings allowing two hits with Pineau fanning one batter while Thomas recorded five strikeouts.
Shaw, Cameron Chee-Aloy (Toronto, ON) and Joshua Jones (Blainville, QC) had two hits each as Canada Red recorded ten hits while Ty Hamilton (Orleans, ON) had two hits including a double for Canada Grey.
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