Baseball Canada: Blain, Kilshaw, Lascelles have multi-hit games in JNT loss to O's
From left to right: Elliott Lascelles (Toronto, Ont.), Aiden Kilshaw (Saskatoon, Sask.) and Sean Duncan (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) had standout performances for the Junior National Team in their 6-5 loss to the Baltimore Orioles EXT team on Wednesday. Photo: Baseball Canada
April 22, 2026
By Nicklaus Korim
Baseball Canada
The Junior National Team was edged 6-5 by the Baltimore Orioles EXT squad on the second-last day of their extended spring camp at the Toronto Blue Jays Player Development Complex on Wednesday.
The Juniors’ offence shone in the contest, registering 10 hits and three extra-base hits.
Standout performances came from INF Elliott Lascelles (Toronto, Ont.), C Aiden Kilshaw (Saskatoon, Sask.) and OF Maxime Blain (Repentigny, Que.). They combined for seven of the JNT’s 10 hits. Lascelles went 3-for-3 with two singles, a double and two RBIs. Kilshaw and Blain both went 2-for-2 with a single, double and an RBI each. Kilshaw’s double in the seventh inning gave the JNT a 5-4 lead at the time.
INF Cohen Miller (Calgary, Alta.), INF/RHP Zach MacDonald (Lacombe, Alta.) and INF Noah McIntosh (Dartmouth, N.S.) each had a single.
On the mound, ace lefty Sean Duncan (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) started and battled for three innings, allowing one run, while striking out five.
The best performance from the bullpen came from RHP Max Nantais-Vlahovich (Mississauga, Ont.). He came in in relief in the sixth and pitched two innings, striking out five and permitting only one run.
On Thursday, the JNT will face the Toronto Blue Jays EXT for the rubber match of a 1-1 series to close out their extended spring camp.