Oh Canada

Team Canada (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Dunedin, Fla.– The Canadian Jr. National team and the Toronto Blue Jays squared off today for some spring training action at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium.

The major league club pounded out 18 hits and scored 17 runs (seven in the second inning) while the juniors only plated three runs on five hits.   The Blue Jays Roeman Fields was three for five with three runs scored and four RBI.  RA Dickey was the winning pitcher by going five innings giving up two runs on four hits.

Roeman Fields homers in the 6th inning off Canadian National pitcher Vincent Beauregard (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

RA Dickey (left) and Russell Martin after five complete innings (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Dalton Pompey (right) gets to spend some time with Canadian Junior National player and brother, Tristan Pompey (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre (left) and Blue Jays catcher Russell Martim meet with the media during the Blue Jays/Team Canada game in Dunedin to publicize the upcoming game against the Reds in Montreal April 3rd and 4th. The mayor has a deep interest in sports as he was the former Canadian Minister of Sports. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Two young gentlemen from St. Johns, NB get an autograph from fellow Canadian Jeff Francis today. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

Toronto native Marcus Knecht hit a sacrifice fly to right in the eight as the Toronto Blue Jays (SS) beat the Canadian National Junior Team 17-3 today. (EDDIE MICHELS PHOTO)

CANADA JR (3) AT TORONTO (17)

 CANADA JR        AB  R  H BI  TORONTO          AB  R  H BI
 Gordon cf         3  0  0  0  Pompey cf         4  1  1  0 
 Hyland ss         3  1  1  1  Knecht lf         0  1  0  1 
 Orimoloye rf      4  0  0  0  Kawasaki 3b       3  1  2  2 
 Naylor 1b         4  1  1  0  Nay ph-3b         3  0  0  0 
 Pompey lf         4  0  0  1  Martin c          3  1  1  1 
 Yerzy c           1  0  1  0  Murphy ph-c       3  1  2  3 
 Shred c           1  0  0  0  Hague 1b          4  0  2  1 
 Komonosky c       1  0  0  0  Atkinson pr-1b    1  1  1  0 
 Garon dh          2  0  1  1  Colabello dh      3  1  1  1 
 Deveaux ph-dh     2  0  0  0  Reeves ph-dh      0  0  0  0 
 Hutzal 3b         3  0  0  0  Izturis ss        3  2  2  0 
 Ando 2b           3  1  1  0  Diaz ph-ss        1  0  0  1 
                               Travis 2b         3  2  1  2 
                               Berti ph-2b       2  0  1  0 
                               Alford rf-cf      2  3  1  0 
                               Fields lf-rf      5  3  3  4 
 TOTALS           31  3  5  3  TOTALS           40 17 18 16

 CANADA JR                 000 200 010 --  3
 TORONTO                   070 051 31x -- 17

 E--Hyland 3. DP--CANADA JR 1. LOB--CANADA JR 4, 
 TORONTO 7. 2B--Izturis, Travis, Fields, Pompey, 
 Hague, Yerzy. HR--Fields 1 (1) (off Beauregard), 
 Murphy 1 (1) (off McAffer). SB--Kawasaki 1 (1). 
 SF--Diaz, Knecht, Colabello, Hyland.
                                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR
  CANADA JR
 Soroka (L,0-1)                     2   6   7   1   1   2   0
 Beauregard                         3   5   5   4   2   1   1
 McAffer                            2   5   4   4   2   2   1
 Freure                             1   2   1   1   0   0   0
  TORONTO
 Dickey (W,1-0)                     5   4   2   2   1   1   0
 Francis                            1   0   0   0   0   2   0
 López                              1   0   0   0   0   1   0
 Albers                             1   1   1   1   0   1   0
 Tepera                             1   0   0   0   0   2   0

 WP--Albers, Beauregard. HBP--Gordon by Albers. 
 PB--Martin 2, Shred. SO--: Naylor 2, Deveaux 2, 
 Pompey, Ando, Komonosky. TOR: Hague, Pompey, 
 Fields, Alford, Berti. BB--: Yerzy. TOR: Alford 3,
 Reeves, Knecht. T--2:36. A--1,668.