Bahia Blanca, Argentina - The Quick Story:   

Team Canada erased an early 6-0 deficit to defeat Mexico 10-8 in a hard-fought battle on Wednesday at the WBSC Americas U18 Men’s Pan American Championship. Jeremy Breton threw six and two third innings of solid relief, while Jared Picco had two key hits to pace the Canadian offence.

Key Moments:   

Down 6-0 in the top of the third, Will Singer got the offence going by hitting a hard ground ball off the pitcher for Canada’s first hit of the game. Bryce Rebertz followed with a double and Rylan Sutherland walked to load the bases before Picco drilled a base clearing triple to left. After Picco scored on a passed ball, Kian Poitras added a run-scoring double to cut the lead to 6-5. Canada tied the game the following inning on a passed ball, then put up four runs in the fifth to build a 10-6 lead, highlighted by run-scoring singles by Will Singer and Maverick Turgeon and a two-run hard hit ground ball by Picco that the shortstop wasn’t able to put a glove on.

Notes:   

• Will Singer registered two hits, drove in a run and scored twice to lead the Canadian offence, while Picco tripled in three runs and brought two more in to score.
• Rebertz doubled, walked twice and scored three times for Canada.
• Breton earned the win in relief, scattering two runs on three hits and keeping Mexico off balance with 12 strikeouts over six and two third innings.

Box Score: Canada 10 vs. Mexico 8

Team Canada (2-1) will take on Guatemala (0-3) at 5:00pm AST (4:00pm EDT) on Thursday.

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