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

Tuesday, June 28: Netherlands vs. Croatia

BOX SCORE
Croatia
                        AB  R  H RBI AVG.
Denis Polasek, 2b....... 2  -  -  -  .000
Branko Rebrovic, 1b..... 2  -  -  -  .000
Damir Mandic, lf........ 3  -  -  -  .000
Sasa Dokmanovic, ss..... 3  -  -  -  .000
Tomislav Jurakic, cf.... 2  2  2  - 1.000
Dario Bukoucan, c....... 1  1  1  - 1.000
Rudolf Ruter, 3b........ 2  -  -  -  .000
Ivan Borsic, p.......... -  -  -  -  .000
 Josef Suflaj, p........ 1  -  -  -  .000
Nikola Klobucar, rf..... -  -  -  -  .000

pitching               INN SO BB  H  R ER
Ivan Borsic, L.......... 2  -  4 10 12  8
Josef Suflaj............ 2  -  -  5  5  2
Netherlands
                        AB  R  H RBI AVG.
Aldric Dunlop, ss....... 4  1  2  1  .500
Anthony Beaumont, c..... 3  1  2  1  .667
Tuti Rumai, dp-p........ 4  2  2  -  .500
Eugene Martha, 1b....... 4  3  3  5  .750
Michel Groenhart, lf.... 4  4  3  -  .750
Enio Kwas, cf........... 2  2  1  2  .500
Roderick Postiena, 3b... 3  2  2  3  .667
Jeffry Visser, 2b....... 2  1  -  1  .000
Maurice Meijer, rf...... 2  1  -  -  .000
Wesley Blonk, p.........

pitching               INN SO BB  H  R ER
Wesley Blonk, W......... 4  1  3  3  3  1
Tuti Rumai.............. 1  1  -  -  -  -
Umpires:
HP-Michael Arno (Denmark),
1B-Brian Aron (Israel),
3B-Pavel Vychodský (Czech Republic)
Official Scorer:
Ben Goorts (Netherlands)
Technical Commissioner:
Tony Ilegems (Belgium)

Line Score1234567RHE
Croatia 0 1 0 2 0 3 3 4
Netherlands 7 5 2 3 x 17 15 2

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY

Game started at 11:30 AM (11:30)

Top of fifth inning
(Tuti Rumai replaces Wesley Blonk as pitcher)
Rebrovic grounds out to rightfield (93);
Mandic strikes out swinging (K1);
Dokmanovic grounds out to second base (43)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Netherlands wins 17-3

Bottom of fourth inning
Dunlop flied out to leftfield (F7);
Beaumont flies out to rightfield;
Rumai singles to leftfield;
Rumai advances to second base on wild pitch (WP4);
Martha doubles to centerfield; Rumai scores;
Groenhart pops up to pitcher, reaches first base on error (E1F); Martha advances to third base;
Kwas triples to rightfield; Martha and Groenhart score;
Postiena grounds out to second base (43)
3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 17-3

Top of fourth inning
Jurakic doubles to leftfield;
Bukoucan reaches second base on error after sacrifice bunt (SH 2E4); Jurakic scores;
Ruter strikes out swinging (K1):
Suflaj grounds out to first base (3); Bukoucan advances to second base;
Bukoucan scores on throwing error to third base (e25);
Klobucar reaches first base on hit by pitch (HP1);
Polasek grounds out to third base (53)
2 Runs, 1 Hit, 2 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 14-3

Bottom of third inning
Josef Suflaj replaces pitcher Ivan Borsic)
Martha flies out to rightfield (F9);
Groenhart doubles to leftfield;
Kwas flies out to leftfield; Groenhart advances to third base;
Postiena singles to left-centerfield; Groenhart scores; Postiena advances on error by centerfielder (e8);
Visser flies to rightfield, reaches third base on error (E9F); Postiena scòres;
Meijer flies out to centerfield (F8)
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 14-1

Top of third inning
Rebrovic grounds out to pitcher (13);
Mandic flies out to leftfield (F7);
Dokmanovic grounds out to catcher (23)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Netherlands lead 12-1

Bottom of second inning
Martha doubles to leftfield;
Groenhart singles to leftfield; Martha advances to third base; Groenhart advances to third base on throw to third base (FC 75);
Kwas walks (BB3);
Postiena hit sacrifice fly to leftfield (SF7); Martha scores; Groenhart advances to third base; Kwas advances to second base;
Visser reaches on error (E6F); Groenhart and Kwas score; Visser advances to second base on throw to home (FC 72);
Meijer walks (BB4);
Dunlop flies out to leftfield (F7); Visser advances to third base; Meijer advances to second base;
Visser scores on wild pitch (WP2); Meijer advances to second base;
Beaumont singles to centerfield; Meijer scores;
Rumai grounds out to third (53)
5 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error, 1 LOB
Netherlands lead 12-1

Top of second inning
Jurakic singles to centerfield;
Bukoucan singles to centerfield; Jurakic advances to centerfield;
Ruter grounds to second base, reach on fielder's choice (FC 46); Bukoucan forced out at second (46); Jurakica advances to third base;
Ruter caught stealing (CS 24); Jurakic scores on fielder's choice (FC 24);
Borsic walks (BB2);
Klobucar walks (BB3); Borsic advances to second base;
Polasek pops out to second base (F4)
1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB
Netherlands lead 7-1

Bottom of first inning
Dunlop singles to centerfield;
Beaumont reaches on infield-hit to short; Dunlop advances to second base;
Rumai singles to centerfield; Dunlop advances to third base; Beaumont advances to second base;
Martha homers to left-centerfield (grand slam); Dunlop, Beaumont, Rumai and Martha score;
Groenhart singles to leftfield;
Kwas walks (BB1); Groenhart advances to second base;
Postiena singles to centerfield; Groenhart scores; Kwas advances to third base;
Visser hits sacrifice fly (SF8); Kwas scores; Postiena advances to second base;
Meijer fouls out (FF5);
Dunlop singles to leftfield; Postiena scores; Dunlop advances to second on throw to home (FC 72);
Beaumont walks (BB2);
Rumai flies out to leftfield (F7)
7 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB
Netherlands lead 7-0

Top of first inning
Polasek walks (BB1);
Rebrovic sacrifices (SH 14); Polasek advances to second base;
Mandic grounds to short (F 65); Polasek out at third base (65);
Dokmanovic grounds out to pitcher (13)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Score tied, 0-0


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