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Canada’s Olympic baseball hopes take blow with 5th straight loss to Australia
Summer Sports·Olympic QualifyingCanada’s hopes of advancing at the Premier 12 baseball tournament took a critical blow on Friday. The Canadians dropped their round-robin finale to Australia 3-1, leaving both squads with 1-2 records.Canadians’ fate in Premier 12 tournament to be determined with outcome of Korea vs. CubaCBC Sports · Posted: Nov 08, 2019 12:58 AM…
Summer Sports·Olympic Qualifying
Canada’s hopes of advancing at the Premier 12 baseball tournament took a critical blow on Friday. The Canadians dropped their round-robin finale to Australia 3-1, leaving both squads with 1-2 records.
Canadians’ fate in Premier 12 tournament to be determined with outcome of Korea vs. Cuba
CBC Sports ·
Canada’s hopes of advancing at the Premier 12 baseball tournament took a critical blow on Friday.
The Canadians dropped their round-robin finale to Australia 3-1, leaving both squads with 1-2 records. Korea leads the group at 2-0, with its final game coming against Cuba (1-1).
Canada would be eliminated with a Cuban victory.
Australia and Canada were knotted 1-1 for most of the game, but the Australians pulled ahead with a two-out, two-run triple from clean-up hitter Logan Wade in the eighth inning.
Right-hander Brock Dykxhoorn started for Canada and pitched six innings, allowing just one run on two hits while striking out seven.
Reliever Brandon Marklund pitched a scoreless seventh before returning for the eighth, where he was ultimately charged with a pair of earned runs.
Designated hitter Rene Tosoni drove in Canada’s lone run of the game with a single scoring left fielder Tristan Pompey. Former Blue Jay Michael Saunders finished 0-for-3 with a walk.
The Australians have now won their last five international meetings against Canada.
Canada will need to finish as the top team from the Americas region — which also includes the U.S., Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Cuba — to secure an Olympic berth.
Another qualifier, featuring just teams from the Americas, will be played in March for a second spot in the six-team Olympic tournament in Tokyo next summer.
Korea plays Cuba Friday at 4:40 a.m. ET, in a game which could determine Canada’s fate. Watch all the action live here.
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