BRADENTON, Fla. - Behind a stellar two-hit shutout from U.S. pitchers Cade Fisher (Dalton, Ga.), Andrew Dutkanych (Indianapolis, Ind.), Jackson Ferris (Mount Airy, N.C.), and Gavin Guidry (Lake Charles, La.), the 18U National Team earned a 9-0 victory over Canada on Wednesday at Pirate City in Bradenton, Florida. Team USA improves to 5-1 in the seven-game friendship series with the win.

A clutch bases-loaded, two-RBI single from Termarr Johnson (Atlanta, Ga.) started the scoring for the U.S. in Wednesday’s contest and the stars and stripes never looked back. After adding one run in the third, Team USA piled on six in the fifth for a commanding 9-0 advantage that it wouldn’t relinquish as the pitching staff secured the victory.

Elijah Green (Windermere, Fla.) and Johnson paced the offense in the victory with multi-hit games. Johnson also collected three RBIs while Ryan Clifford (Raleigh, N.C.) tallied two of his own with a double in the fifth. Walker Jenkins (Oak Island, N.C.), Riley Stanford (Gainesville, Ga.), Karson Bowen (Anaheim Hills, Calif.), and Jackson Holliday (Stillwater, Okla.) also recorded hits in the win..

Fisher got the start in the game and allowed just two hits and two walks in his four scoreless innings of work. Ferris was perfect in his two innings of relief to earn the win, striking out four without allowing a hit or a walk. Canada’s Caleb Clark, who allowed three runs on four hits, was tagged with the loss.

Key Moments

• The U.S. broke onto the scoreboard first in the top of the second, using an error, a walk, and a two-out Green single to load the bases for Johnson who came through with a two-RBI base knock that gave Team USA a 2-0 advantage.
• After a walk and a Stanford single in the top of the third, Bowen added a third run for the red, white, and blue with a two-out single of his own that allowed Jenkins to score from second to make it 3-0.
• Holliday hit an RBI double to make it 4-0 in the top of the fifth before Green tallied his second hit of the day to bring Holliday in from second for a 5-0 Team USA lead.
• Johnson followed one batter later with the third RBI single of the inning to plate Green and make it 6-0 in Team USA’s favor.
• Clifford added two more with a stand-up double to left before Jenkins capped off the six-run fifth with an RBI single to give the U.S. a commanding 9-0 lead.
• Team USA’s relief pitchers took over in the fifth and locked down the game, combining to allow just one walk and no hits to secure the 9-0 victory.

Notable Information

• The U.S. now holds a 5-1 lead in its seven-game friendship series against Canada with one game left to play.
• Fisher, Dutkanych, Ferris, and Guidry combined to strike out 13 batters in the two-hit shutout, bringing the U.S. pitching staff's total punchouts to 80 through six games.
• With his three-hit day on Wednesday, Johnson now leads Team USA with eight hits through six games.
• Wednesday’s game marked the first in the series that did not include a U.S. home run.
• The contest was also the first since game two without a homer off the bat of Green, but he still continued his hot hitting with two base knocks and now owns a four-game hit streak.

On Deck

• September 9: USA vs. Canada (2:00 p.m. EDT; Bradenton, Fla.; LECOM Park)

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