Evans out of the medals at Pan Am Games 400m freestyle

Tyler Pastornicky ruined those plans by smacking a double to left, scoring two runs and putting the US up 6-4 before Canada retired the side.

Hugo Barrette was looking to add another gold medal to Canada’s Pan Am-leading total in the men’s sprint and delivered in impressive fashion, taking the first two heats of the men’s final over Trinidad and Tobago’s Phillip Njisane.

She led throughout to win 24.38 on a night which also included Jamaican silver for Aria Atkinson behind Meili and Trinidad and Tobago bronze for George Bovill behind Schneider, the first medal of these Games in any sport for both nations.

Elsewhere, Peru’s Gladys Tejeda won the gold medal in the women’s marathon Saturday morning.

Got all that? Canada won on two, maybe three, errors on a routine throw over to first to check on a runner who had nowhere to go with second base already occupied.

With temperatures again nudging into the mid-30s Celsius (95 Fahrenheit), Canada got the day off to a sizzling start with Evan Dunfee winning the men’s 20km race walk ahead of compatriot Inaki Gomez while Mexico’s Maria Gonzalez took the women’s title.

The athletics competition opened with Peru’s Gladys Tejeda winning the women’s marathon, a challenging course through Toronto’s High Park, beating out 2011 Pan Am gold medalist Adriana Da Silva in hot, humid conditions. Canada swept the golds when Keegan Soehn won the men’s competition. After losses to the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the USA the must-win game against Canada on Friday. Canada went 6-1 to win the tournament that is full of baseball powerhouses.

“Everybody knows the rules – the extra inning rules – and they’re kind of insane”, said pitcher Jeff Francis, of Delta, B.C. “We could tell the fans were surprised by that”.

The United States has the second largest team – 100 fewer than Canada – followed by Brazil with 590 athletes and Mexico with 500.

The Pan Am Games offer some events you won’t see in the Olympics, and several are up in the second week: women’s baseball, 10-pin bowling and racquetball.

After Team US led 3-0 early, the game remained tied at four at the conclusion of regulation.

Rene Tosoni hit a three-run shot for Canada and Jordan Lennerton had a sacrifice fly for his team-leading ninth run batted in of the tournament.

The Canadian men try to keep their Pan Am Games alive Monday night when they play Peru, needing to win in order to have a chance to advance to the knockout round on goal margin. It is the first time women’s baseball has been contested at an worldwide sporting event.