Auckland, New Zealand – Canada Remains Unbeaten with Win over South Africa at 2022 WBSC Men’s World Cup
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November 27th, 2022
Auckland, New Zealand – The Canadian Men’s National Team remains unbeaten after defeating South Africa 11-0 in five innings at the WBSC World Cup in New Zealand. Ty Sebastian (Brussels, Ont.) fired a no-hitter, while the offence produced 11 runs on nine hits in the run rule win.
Canada opened the scoring in the top of the first inning when Quinten Bruce (Grand Valley, Ont.) tripled to the left field corner and scored on a wild pitch. Sebastian walked a batter and struck out three in the bottom of the first before Canada put up four runs in the second. Colin Walsh (Petty Harbour, N.L.) started the inning with a solo homerun to left, followed by a single by Cory Jones (Leduc, Alta.) who later scored on an error. Shane Boland (St. John’s, N.L.) and Justin Laskowski (Warman, Sask.) each added run-scoring singles to make the score 5-0.
Sebastian struck out the side again in the bottom of the second, with Canada adding two more runs on an RBI double to the right-center field gap by Ryan Boland (St. John’s, N.L.) and a throwing error by the pitcher. Canada put the game away by scoring four runs in the top of the fifth, loading the bases with three walks before Laskowski delivered a two-run double to right followed by a two-run single to left by Derek Mayson (North Vancouver, B.C.). Sebastian closed out the game with a ground out and two more strikeouts in the bottom of the fifth.
Box Score: Canada 11 vs. South Africa 0
Sebastian issued only two walks and struck out 12 batters in his five-inning no-hitter. Laskowski drove in three runs with a double and a single, Walsh delivered a homerun, Mayson singled twice and had two runs batted in, and Ryan Boland added an RBI double. Bruce contributed with a triple with Shane Boland and Jones each adding a single.
Canada (3-0) will face Australia (2-0) at 1:30pm NZDT Tuesday (7:30pm EST on Monday). Streaming is available at gametime.sport, with live scoring available on the World Cup website.
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