Australia were unable to claim their fourth consecutive win of the pre-U18 World Cup tour, as they were defeated 10-5 by a Canadian team who made the most of their opportunities.
Both starting pitchers were on song in the early going, with South Australian Jack O’Loughlin only surrendering two hits and one earned run in his first four innings of work.
O'Loughlin worked exceptionally hard during his outing, and was relieved as his pitch count approached 100. The middle innings proved hard to get through for the Australians, as Canada made the most of their hits, as well as some costly Australian errors to score multiple runs.
U18 World Cup Manager Steve Fish saw today's game as a chance to continually build.
"It was a tough one today given we were in a position to win the ballgame," Fish said.
"Mental mistakes and errors really cost us today. We're going to give up hits, but we weren't as switched on today. We'll be in good shape moving forward though, this is a great example of needing to be on our game every time we step on the field."
Australia piled on four runs in the sixth frame, with an RBI single from Alex Hall and a massive three run bomb from San Diego Padres signee Jarryd Dale bringing the margin back to two.
Just as it looked like Australia had wrestled the momentum back, Canada replied with three runs of their own to put the result beyond doubt.
Jess Williams and Jordan Barnett made appearances on the mound, with both tossing scoreless innings late in the ballgame.
Australia will continue their pre-U18 World Cup tour of Toronto tomorrow as they face Canada once again.
Both starting pitchers were on song in the early going, with South Australian Jack O’Loughlin only surrendering two hits and one earned run in his first four innings of work.
O'Loughlin worked exceptionally hard during his outing, and was relieved as his pitch count approached 100. The middle innings proved hard to get through for the Australians, as Canada made the most of their hits, as well as some costly Australian errors to score multiple runs.
U18 World Cup Manager Steve Fish saw today's game as a chance to continually build.
"It was a tough one today given we were in a position to win the ballgame," Fish said.
"Mental mistakes and errors really cost us today. We're going to give up hits, but we weren't as switched on today. We'll be in good shape moving forward though, this is a great example of needing to be on our game every time we step on the field."
Australia piled on four runs in the sixth frame, with an RBI single from Alex Hall and a massive three run bomb from San Diego Padres signee Jarryd Dale bringing the margin back to two.
Just as it looked like Australia had wrestled the momentum back, Canada replied with three runs of their own to put the result beyond doubt.
Jess Williams and Jordan Barnett made appearances on the mound, with both tossing scoreless innings late in the ballgame.
Australia will continue their pre-U18 World Cup tour of Toronto tomorrow as they face Canada once again.