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Kansas City Royals third baseman Abraham Toro hit a bases-clearing double in the sixth inning as Canada rallied past the Philadelphia Phillies 5-3 on Wednesday in an exhibition game.
Toro drove in Liam Hicks, Denzel Clarke and Edouard Julien to tie the game 3-3 in Clearwater, Fla.
Jacob Robson then singled to score Toro for Canada’s first lead of the game and Tyler Black tacked on another run in the eighth with an RBI single.
Alec Bohm homered, Johan Rojas had an RBI double and Bryan De La Cruz scored a run with a single as Philadelphia built a 3-0 lead at BayCare Ballpark.
It was a tuneup game for Canada as it prepares for the World Baseball Classic.
The tournament begins Thursday as Taiwan plays Australia at Japan’s Tokyo Dome. Canada’s first game of the event is against Colombia on Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Rob Zastryzny earned the win for Canada with Matt Wilkinson picking up the save.
Jonathan Bowlan took the loss for the Phillies.
Canada’s WBC roster features 21 players who are either current major league players or have previous MLB playing experience.
Canada’s roster includes 14 players who competed in the most recent World Baseball Classic in 2023:
- Phillippe Aumont
- Owen Caissie
- Denzel Clarke
- Indigo Diaz
- Edouard Julien
- Otto Lopez
- Bo Naylor
- Tyler O’Neill
- Cal Quantrill
- Jacob Robson
- Noah Skirrow
- Abraham Toro
- Jared Young
- Rob Zastryzny.
Los Angeles Dodgers star first baseman Freddie Freeman pulled out of the event in January due to personal reasons.
Canada will compete in Pool A, with games scheduled against Panama (Sunday), Puerto Rico (March 10), and Cuba (March 11). The top two teams in Pool A will advance to the quarterfinal round in Houston.
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