ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays scored five runs in the eighth inning en route to a 10-2 victory over the Canadian junior national team in a special "Canada Day" game being held at Al Lang Field in St. Petersburg.

The Jays line-up featured star slugger Jose Bautista, Adam Lind, JP Arencibia and Brett Lawrie of Langley, B.C., who once played for the junior squad.

Toronto also fielded Vancouver-born pitchers Trystan Magnuson and Scott Richmond, as well as junior team grads Michael Crouse of Port Moody, B.C., Toronto's Marcus Knecht and Dalton Pompey of Oakville, Ont.

The juniors jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first when Jacob Robson of Windsor, Ont., and Kyle Hann of Oakville hit back-to-back doubles to open the scoring.

Toronto's Gareth Morgan then hit his first of two singles on the day and moved Hann to third base where Brett Siddall of Windsor brought him home with a sacrifice fly to right field.

Ryan Kellogg of Whitby, Ont., started for Canada and allowed a single to Lawrie before getting a fielder's choice from Bautista and inducing a ground out from Lind.

"I worked him outside a little bit before coming back inside," said Kellogg about facing Bautista. "I'm still shaking a little bit."

The Jays got on the board in the top of the second when they hit back-to-back doubles off Kellogg. The second was an RBI for Crouse, who finished the game 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base.

Former pro Jamie Richmond of Mississauga, Ont., took over in the third inning and allowed a walk before forcing Lawrie to pop out and getting Bautista to hit into a double play.

Cal Quantrill of Port Hope, Ont., son of former Blue Jay Paul Quantrill, took the mound for the fourth and fifth frames and allowed three runs on five hits and two walks.

With the score 5-2 in the eighth, the Jays broke the game open with five runs to take a commanding 10-2 lead.

"The score really wasn't indicative of how we played in a relative sense," said Canadian head coach Greg Hamilton. "As a coach you're looking for progression and for guys to get better every day. If guys do that usually results at the end of the curve end up working out."

For Pompey, who made the short ride over from the Jays spring home in Dunedin, the day was special as he was a member of the junior team only two years ago.

"It's a great experience for me playing with guys in the major leagues and also playing against my old team," Pompey said.