B.C. medalled in four age groups at Baseball Canada national championships.
Infielder Scott Webster shared a gold medal with Team B.C., following a 3-0 victory over Ontario in the gold-medal final in St. John’s Newfoundland on Aug. 25.
Shane Kraemer of Chilliwack pitched a complete game two-hitter for B.C., including 13 strikeouts in the shutout final.
B.C.’s under-21 team, including a sizable Burnaby representation from shortstop Tyler Yorko, third bae Terry Lawrence, catcher Josh Wray and pitchers Douglas Strohan and Brandon Becking, settled for the silver medal after an 11-3 loss to Quebec in Dartmouth, N.S. on Aug. 18.
Yorko had one hit and scored a run in the final, while batting .304 at the nationals. Becking pitched seven scoreless innings for Team B.C., allowing just four hits while striking out seven.
B.C. knocked off heavily favoured Ontario 4-3 in the semifinals to advance to the gold-medal game.
B.C.’s 13-and-under all-stars, including pitcher Sam Van Snellenberg of Burnaby, also managed to win a silver medal following a narrow 11-10 loss to Ontario in the championship final in London, Ont. on Aug. 24.
With two runners on base in the bottom of the seventh inning, Ontario won on a none-out single by Matthew Penney.
At the 15-and-under nationals, Burnaby pitcher Cole Dalla-Zanna came home with a bronze medal following a 7-3 victory over host Vaughan, Ont. on Aug. 24.
B.C. scored three runs in the opening inning and two more in each of the second and fourth innings.
Dalla-Zanna came on in relief of winning pitcher Sami Shoemaker in the seventh, striking out one batter.
