Daoust, White, Warkentin lead Team Red to win at JNT camp

Okotoks Dawgs Academy RHP Boston Warkentin (Delta, B.C.)struck out seven batters in 4 2/3 innings for Canada Red at the JNT training camp on Friday. Photo: Twitter

August 27, 2021

Baseball Canada

AJAX, Ontario – After nearly 18 months of inactivity because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Junior National Team program has resumed in-person baseball activities with a Training Camp at the Ajax Sportsplex, site of the 2015 Pan Am Games.

Thirty-eight athletes are in camp with fourteen inter-squad games scheduled from August 19-September 1 at 1:30PM each day.

Following camp, a roster will be selected from training camp participants to play in a seven-game friendship series against the United States’ 18U squad in Florida.

August 27 – CANADA RED 11, CANADA GREY 4 (BOX SCORE)

Louka Daoust (Repentigny, Que.) and Sam White (Aurora, Ont.) both homered while Boston Warkentin (Delta, B.C.) struck out seven batters over 4 2/3 innings to lead Canada Red to an 11-4 victory over Canada Grey.

Daoust has swung a hot bat all camp and that continued on Friday with a 4-for-5 day at the plate, including a three-run homer in the eighth, two doubles and four RBI.

White’s homer came in the second and was a three-run shot to left as Red built a 6-0 lead after two innings.

For Canada Grey, Jacob Miller (Oshawa, Ont.) drilled a two-run homer in the ninth inning while Nate Ochoa (Burlington, Ont.) finished with a pair of hits including a double and one RBI..