Aug. 3rd, 2019

LIMA 2019: Canada to play for Pan Am Games gold medal

By Adam Morissette

Baseball Canada

LIMA, Peru – Canada’s men’s team will get an opportunity to win a third consecutive Pan Am Games gold medal Sunday night (7 p.m. ET) at the Del Triunfo Baseball Field against Puerto Rico.

The spot in the championship contest was confirmed following Canada’s 10-0, mercy rule win over Nicaragua highlighted by Phillippe Aumont’s (Gatineau, Que.) brilliant seven-inning outing along with home runs from Tristan Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) and Jonathan Malo (Joliette, Que.).

“We needed to win this game to set ourselves up for tomorrow and were able to accomplish that today,” said manager Ernie Whitt. “Phillippe was outstanding for us and really set the tone for us early on.”

With the exception of back-to-back hits to start the fourth inning, Aumont retired 21 of 23 batters faced and struck out three in a brilliant performance.

“I prepared well and was focused,” explained Aumont of his performance. “We scored early which helped and I got more comfortable out there pitching with a bigger lead as the game went along.”

Pompey’s solo homer to centre in the first gave Canada an early lead before the offence put up three more runs in the second frame with Rene Tosoni (Port Coquitlam, BC), Wes Darvill (Langley, BC) and Malo all driving in runs.

Malo’s solo blast in the fourth put Canada in front by five before Eric Wood (Oshawa, Ont.) came to plate in the seventh with Canada up 9-0 and singled to right field to score the 10th run that invoked the mercy rule.

Canada will now get a chance to avenge Friday’s loss to Puerto Rico coming in the gold medal game.

“It should be fun, our guys will be ready,” added Whitt. “We’ve got such great chemistry on this team with a group that plays hard for one another.”

Canada’s run of success at the Pan Am Games began with Whitt’s first stint as manager of the national team in 1999 with a bronze medal win in Winnipeg followed by gold medal wins over the United States in 2011 (Guadalajara) and 2015 (Toronto).

UP NEXT: Sunday’s gold medal contest against Puerto Rico at the Del Triunfo Baseball Field in Lima is set for a 7 p.m. E.T.

To stay up-to-date with Canada’s men’s baseball team in Lima be sure to follow @baseballcanada on Twitter.

To follow the Pan Am Games baseball competition including standings, box scores and statistics, please visit the Official Lima 2019 website.

Box score

Innings 123 456 7 R H E

Nicaragua 000 000 0 -- 0 2 0

Canada 130 101 4 -- 10 12 0

Canada

Name Position AB R H RBI BB SO PO A E

RENAUD AUMONT Phillippe P

DARVILL Wesley William SS 5 1 2 2 1 4

POMPEY Tristan RF 3 1 1 2 2 1

WOOD Eric Elliott 3B 3 2 2 1 3

PANAS Connor Andrew LF 4 1

LENNERTON Jordan Michael 1B 4 1 1

CROUSE Michael Ray CF 4 1 1 1 2

PROCYSHEN Jordan C 3 2 1 1 1 3

MALO Jonathan 2B 3 3 2 2 1 4

TOSONI Rene DH 2 2 2 1 1

Totals 31 10 12 7 6 4 21 11

Nicaragua

Name Position AB R H RBI BB SO PO A E

GARCIA Elvin P

GUTIERREZ Elias P 1

TELLEZ Junior P

BERMUDEZ Jimmi P

VALLE Norlando CF 3 1 1

BENARD Isaac LF 3 1 3

CASTRO Ofilio 2B 2 1 1 1

MARTINEZ Marvin 2B 1 1

VASQUEZ Wuilliams 1B 2 1 4

CALDERON Jilton 1B 1 2

MONTIEL Edgard 3B 3 1

ROBLES Javier RF 2 2

CAMPBELL Darrel DH 2 1

ESTRADA Rafael C 2 4

ALEGRIA Benjamin SS 2 1 3

Totals 23 - 2 - - 3 20 5

Pitchers

Canada

Name W/L/S IP H R ER BB SO HR WP BK/ILP AB BF NP

RENAUD AUMONT Phillippe W 7.0 2 3 23 79

Totals 7.0 2 3 23 79

Nicaragua

Name W/L/S IP H R ER BB SO HR WP BK/ILP AB BF NP

GARCIA Elvin L 1.1 6 4 4 1 1 10 36

GUTIERREZ Elias 4.0 4 2 2 2 3 1 19 70

TELLEZ Junior 1.0 1 4 4 3 7 23

BERMUDEZ Jimmi 0.1 1 1 1 3 13

Totals 6.2 12 10 10 6 4 2 1 39 142