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Canada Cup Report - Day 1

Team BC collected two wins on Day One of the 2012 Canada Cup championship tournament in London Ontario. 

In the morning they would blast Team Alberta 10-4, while in the afternoon took down Team Quebec 11-4.

Team BC would take advantage of five Alberta errors in game one, leading to nine unearned runs.
Alberta jumped in front 1-0 in the second inning off BC`s starter Connor Noble (Vancouver).  After that, Noble would settle in and throw five innings, scattering three hits while striking out eight. He records his first win of the tournament.

BC would finally get on the board in the top of the fourth scoring three times.  They would add two more runs in the fifth before exploding for five runs in the top of the sixth.

The BC offense was led by three different players that recorded two hits each.  Both Justin Clarkson (Nanaimo) and Dawson Yates (Kelowna) would finish 2-3 with two RBIs.  Clarkson would double, while Yates doubled and homered.  Mitchell Robinson (Surrey) also picked up two RBIs, finishing 2-4.  Short shop Tyler O`Neill (Maple Ridge) would collect two RBIs on a two-run homerun.

In game two against Team Quebec, BC continued their hot hitting in the first inning scoring three times.  O`Neill would single home a run, while Yates brought in a score on a double.

In the second inning BC continued their onslaught scoring five times and took advantage of more errors.  All five runs were unearned as BC got RBI hits from Yates, Lachlan Fontaine (North Vancouver) and Griffin Andreychuk (Nanaimo).

BC would score another in the third before Quebec finally got on the board in the fifth off starter Colton Wood (Victoria).    The righty would throw 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on five hits, while striking out three on route to his first win.

Team BC would score two more runs in the sixth and celebrate with an 11-4 win.  The club would blast 15 hits in the win, giving them a Day One total of 23.

BC will face 2-0 Ontario on Thursday in Pool A action.  Game time is 4:00pm PST.

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