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Canada suffered its third straight loss of the world championships to Mexico yesterday afternoon, effectively ending their bid at a championship run.

A three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh was too little, too late for the hosts. The runs were Canada鈥檚 first after being shut out for 14 innings.

The rally needed to come much sooner for Canada to have a chance, head coach Jim Jones said.

鈥淛ust not good enough today,鈥� the coach told reporters post-game.

鈥淲e needed to build momentum in the first two or three innings. They came out with a home run right off the bat and we needed to answer back. We just didn鈥檛 do it.鈥�

Heraldo Borquez hit a solo homer in the first inning to stake Mexico to an early lead, and Daniel Durazo added another bomb in the fourth.

Mexico added three more runs in the sixth, including a fifth run on a controversial play at the plate.

Baserunner Jonathan Cardona was called out by the home plate umpire after Canadian catcher Taylor Schubada appeared to tag him, but the decision was overturned after a discussion with the third base ump.

鈥淭his game is about momentum and trying to get it,鈥� Jones said.

鈥淥ur catcher made a great play on that play and it鈥檚 five feet from home plate. That home plate umpire needs to make that call 鈥� not call down 65 feet and ask him if he saw it.

鈥淎t the end of the day, you don鈥檛 think when the score鈥檚 5-0 that that will ever play into the game, but it did.鈥�

Schubada was sure he had tagged Cardona.

鈥淚 definitely touched him if that鈥檚 what they鈥檙e debating,鈥� the 19-year-old said. 鈥淏ut it comes down to the ump鈥檚 call. He sees what he sees, and you just have to move on.

鈥淲e鈥檙e disappointed,鈥� the Canadian leader added. 鈥淲e know we鈥檙e better than this and to come out in front of a home crowd and have a 2-4 record isn鈥檛 what we planned on doing.鈥�

Justin Boyer was the lone Canadian to secure a hit before the seventh-inning rally.

鈥淲e鈥檙e just struggling to find our sticks,鈥� said the 18-year-old from St. Louis, Sask. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a tough tournament. There鈥檚 good pitchers all over the place and they鈥檙e really doing a good job of keeping us off the bases.

鈥淚t鈥檚 kind of disappointing. We were hoping to do better.鈥�

Looking to come back in the bottom of the seventh, centre-fielder Matt Pilon led off with a single, moved up to second on a passed ball and to third on a ground ball to first base.

Boyer then hit a hard line drive that went through the left-fielder鈥檚 glove allowing Pilon to score and Boyer to race around the bases to third.

After a flyout for the second out, Boyer scored on a wild pitch and Tyson Zehr dropped a single into centre-field.

Tyler Pauli followed that up with a triple over the center-fielder鈥檚 head to score Zehr, but that was as close as Canada would get as Mexico earned the victory.

鈥淲e鈥檙e probably done from making it into the top four,鈥濃�坰aid Jones.

鈥淲e needed to run the table here today, and if we could鈥檝e beat Japan, we had a chance to be in the top four. We鈥檒l still go out and try to win as many games as we can. That鈥檚 what we do.鈥�

Following their loss to Mexico, Canada pummelled Denmark 13-0 in their second match of the day.

Two Quebec players from St-Leonard-d鈥橝shton led the way.

Outfielder Francois-Charles Rene opened the scoring with a three-run homer in the top of the first and picked up another RBI in a third inning that saw Canada score seven times.

The hosts never looked back en route to a four-inning win.

Marc-Andre Villeneuve, also of St-Leonard-d鈥橝shton, pitched all four innings for Canada, allowing just four hits while striking out three.

The win pushed Canada鈥檚 record to 3-4 at the tournament, tying them for sixth with Mexico.