Baseball Canada: JNT drops extended spring opener to Phillies
From left to right: Cole Dorland (Langley, B.C.), Jalen Jacob (Maple, Ont.) and Desmond Tregaskis (Delta, B.C.) were standouts for the Junior National Team in their first extended spring training game in Dunedin, Fla., against the Phillies on Wednesday. Photo: Baseball Canada
April 15, 2026
By Nicklaus Korim
Baseball Canada
The Junior National Team (JNT) opened camp on Wednesday with a 6-2 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies extended team at the Toronto Blue Jays Player Development Complex in Dunedin, Fla.
Right-handed pitcher Cole Dorland (Langley, B.C.) had an impressive start, tossing three innings, striking out three and only allowing three hits with two earned runs.
RHP Logan Cummins (Mississauga, Ont.) came in to throw two innings of relief, striking out two while allowing one earned run. Southpaw Oscar Leah (Maple Ridge, B.C.) followed with an inning before handing the reins over to RHP Desmond Tregaskis (Delta, B.C.), who pitched three innings, including two scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth, recording one strikeout.
Offensively, INF Jalen Jacob (Maple, Ont.) went 1-for-3 with a single in the fourth inning, bringing in Elliot Lascelles (Toronto, Ont.) and making the score 3-2. Lascelles went 1-for-3, with an infield single.
OF Maxime Blain (Repentigny, Que.) also went 1-for-3, hitting a hard ground-ball single to right field in the second inning, advancing INF Kadyn Armitage (Surrey, B.C.) to third after he reached first on an error from the infield.
OF Rogan Rivard (Bonnyville, Alta.) got the JNT on the scoreboard after grounding into a fielder's choice that allowed Armitage to score, giving the juniors a 1-0 lead.
The Juniors will continue on their Spring Training Camp tomorrow against the Pittsburgh Pirates extended team.