Halifax Pelham Molson Canadians

The Prince George Axemen, with Jason Bailey and Darren Doucette from Dartmouth, and Halifax's Brandon Hunter and Barrett Bellefontaine, were defeated 10-2 by the United States on Wednesday at the Enbridge Northern Gateway World Baseball Challenge tournament in Prince George, B.C.

Doucette had an RBI-double, and Hunter went hitless in two at-bats.

Prince George completes round-robin play Thursday against Team Canada at 11 p.m., Atlantic.

The tournament's website is www.worldbaseball.ca.