3:15 p.m.
The Chicago Cubs defeated Team Canada 11-7. Prince George's Jared Young went one for three at the plate with a walk.
Team Canada opens the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at noon against Great Britain (televised on Sportsnet), then play Team USA on Monday at 7 p.m.
2:35 p.m.
Young came to the plate in the eighth inning with men on second and third base. He hit a fly ball to left field for an out and the ball wasn't deep enough for the man on third to tag up and run home, denying Young an RBI. Score is 7-4 Cubs.
1:50 p.m.
Young came up first in the top of the sixth inning and took a walk. He reached second base on an infield groundout and was left stranded there. 4-3 Canada.
1:15 p.m.
Young came up first in the top of the fourth inning with the score tied 3-3 and grounded out to first base.
12:36 p.m.
Prince George's Jared Young is off to a good start in a Team Canada uniform at the World Baseball Classic.
In an exhibition game this afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, against the Chicago Cubs, the Major League Baseball team that holds Young's rights, he came up to bat in the top of the first inning, batting fourth, with two men on base.
After going down two strikes, Young worked pitcher Justin Steele to a 3-2 count and then drove a pitch into the right field gap to the fence for a double that scored both runs.
Young is the designated hitter for Team Canada in today's game.
More to come....
