Softball Men
European Championships 2005
Compiled and Copyright © 2005 by Marco Stoovelaar

Friday, July 1: Netherlands vs. Great Britain

BOX SCORE
Great Britain
                        AB  R  H RBI AVG.
Steve Jar, lf........... 3  -  -  -  .000
Clive Evans, c.......... 2  -  1  -  .500
Rick Morgan, p.......... 2  -  1  - 1.000
Pat Walsh, cf........... 2  -  1  -  .500
Steve Tau, ss........... 2  -  -  -  .000
Geoff Clayton, 3b....... 2  -  1  -  .500
JP Mauger, rf........... 2  -  -  -  .000
Mark Berman, 2b......... 2  -  -  -  .000
Colin Birkhead, 1b...... 2  -  -  -  .000

pitching               INN SO BB  H  R ER
Rick Morgan, L.......... 4  2  7  9 11  9
Netherlands
                        AB  R  H RBI AVG.
Rob van de Vlist, rf.... 4  -  -  2  .000
Joost Droog, 2b......... 3  2  1  -  .333
Kenny Dame, c........... 2  -  1  -  .500
 Anthony Beaumont, ph-c. 2  -  -  -  .000
Tuti Rumai, 1b.......... 2  2  1  3  .500
Eugene Martha, dp....... 1  2  1  2 1.000
Enio Kwas, lf........... 2  1  -  -  .000
Michel Groenhart, cf.... 2  2  1  -  .500
Roderick Postiena, 3b... 2  1  2  2 1.000
 Jeffry Visser, 3b...... 1  -  1  - 1.000
Aldric Dunlop, ss....... 2  1  1  1  .500
Erik Zomerdijk, p.......

pitching               INN SO BB  H  R ER
Erik Zomerdijk, W....... 5  4  -  4  -  -
Umpires:
HP-Michael Arno (Denmark),
1B-Pavel Vychodský (czech Republic),
3B-Axel Vogel (Germany).
Official Scorer:
Ben Goorts (Netherlands).
Technical Commissioner:
Harry Janssen (Netherlands).

Line Score1234567RHE
Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
Netherlands 5 3 2 1 x 11 9 0

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY

Game started at 12:05 AM (12:05)

Top of fifth inning
Weather update: clouds are breaking, gets a little sunnier
Berman pops out to second base (F4);
Birkhead grounds out to second base (43);
Jar strikes out swinging (K4)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
End of game, Netherlands win 11-0

Bottom of fourth inning
Groenhart triples to deep rightfield;
Visser reaches on infield-hit to pitcher; Groenhart holds at third;
Visser advances to second base on wild pitch (WP9);
Dunlop strikes out looking (K2);
Van de Vlist grounds out to second base (43); Groenhart scores; Visser advances to third base;
Droog walks (BB7);
Beaumont pops out to pitcher (F1)
1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB
Netherlands lead 11-0

Top of fourth inning
Defensive changes Netherlands: Anthony Beaumont remains in game and becomes new catcher; Jeffry Visser replaces Roderick Postiena at 3B; Walsh flies out to deep rightfield (F9);
Tau pops out to second base (F4);
Clayton doubles to right-centerfield;
Mauger pops out to first on foul territory (FF3)
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 10-0

Bottom of third inning
Postiena singles to rightfield;
Dunlop walks (BB4); Postiena advances to second base;
Postiena and Dunlop awarded next base on illegal pitch;
Van de Vlist grounds to second, reached on fielding error by second baseman (E4); Postiena and Dunlop score;
Droog flies out to rightfield (F9);
Anthony Beaumont pinch-hits for Kenny Dame
Beaumont strikes out swinging (K1);
Rumai walks (BB5);
Martha walks (BB6); Van de Vlist advances to third base; Rumai advances to second base;
KWas grounds to third base, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 5); Rumai force out at third (5)
2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 3 LOB
Netherlands lead 10-0

Top of third inning
Birkhead grounds out to second base (43);
Jar flies out to centerfield (F8);
Evans doubles to centerfield;
Morgan strikes out swinging (K3)
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 8-0

Bottom of second inning
Droog grounds to short, reaches on error by short stop (E6);
Dame singles to rightfield; Droog advances to third base;
Rumai grounds to short, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 64); Dame forced out at second base (64); Droog scores;
Martha homers to leftfield; Rumai and Martha score;
Kwas grounds out to third base (53);
Groenhart grounds out to short (64)
3 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 0 LOB
Netherlands lead 8-0

Top of second inning
Clayton grounds out to second base (43);
Mauger strikes out swinging (K1);
Berman strikes out swinging, out on throw to first base (K2 23)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Netherlands lead 5-0

Bottom of first inning
Van de Vlist grounds out to pitcher (13);
Droog singles to rightfield, advances to third base on error by rightfielder (e9);
Dame grounds out to second base; Droog scores;
Rumai homers to left-centerfield;
Martha walks (BB1);
Kwas walks (BB2); Martha advances to second base;
Groenhart walks (BB3); Martha advances to third base; Kwas advances to second base;
Postiena singles to short centerfield; Martha and Kwas score; Groenhart advances to third base;
Dunlop doubles to leftfield; Groenhart scores; Postiena advances to third base;
Van de Vlist flies out to leftfield (F7)
5 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB
Netherlands lead 5-0

Top of first inning
Jar pops to short (F6);
Evans flies out to centerfield (F8):
Morgan singles to leftfield;
Walsh doubles to rightfield down the line; Morgan advances to third base;
Tau flies out to short (F6)
0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB
Score tied, 0-0

Game Notes:
Weather update: 11:08 AM, it starts raining again.

Weather update: 11:15 AM, rain stops.

Weather update: 11:20 AM, it rains heavily now, game delayed (scheduled time to start was 11:30 AM).

Weather update: 11:32 AM, rain stops, field crew works on playing field.

Weather update: 11:53 AM, raining slightly.

Game scheduled to start at 11:55 AM

Game initially scheduled for Thursday, June 30, but was then canceled because of heavy rain.
Re-scheduled for Friday, July 1.


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