  Jonathan Waltenbury courtesy of ontariobluejays.com. |
Jonathan Waltenbury had two hits for the Canadian national junior team in a 3-3 tie against the Cleveland Indians Rookie-Class Dominican Summer League entry.
With the tie at Boca Rica, where George Bell used to have his orange groves, in the Dominican Republic, Canada owns a 3-2-2 record.
The hitting by Waltenbury (Bowmanville, Ont.) helped Canada tie the score and force extra innings. Then, the rains came in extras suspending play.
Phil Carey (London, Ont.) and Jeff Cowan (Scarborough, Ont.) each drove in a run. Cowan,s RBI, a scoring fly ball in the seventh to tied the game at 3-3.
Jonathan Prevost (Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que.) scored two of the runs for Baseball Canada,
RHP Mark James (Whitby, Ont.) started and allowed one hit in three scoreless innings and striking out two batters.
Michael Wilson (Pickering, Ont.) followed, surrendering three runs on five hits and two walks in three innings, fanning four.
Denver Wynn (Kamloops, B.C.) finished up with a scoreless inning allowing one hit, striking out two batters.
