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

Friday, July 1: Netherlands vs. Great Britain
Play-Offs

STARTING LINE-UPS
Great Britain
                        AB  R  H RBI AVG.
Steve Jar, lf........... 4  1  -  -  .000
Clive Evans, ss......... 3  1  2  -  .667
Rick Morgan, c.......... 3  -  -  -  .000
Pat Walsh, cf........... 3  -  2  2  .667
Steve Tau, p............ 3  -  1  -  .333
Geoff Clayton, 3b....... 3  -  1  -  .333
JP Mauger, rf........... 3  -  -  -  .000
Mark Berman, 1b......... 3  -  -  -  .000
Colin Birkhead, 2b...... 3  -  -  -  .000

pitching               INN SO BB  H  R ER
Steve Tau, L............6.1 8  1  5  3  2
Netherlands
                        AB  R  H RBI AVG.
Rob van de Vlist, rf.... 4  -  -  -  .000
Joost Droog, 2b......... 3  1  1  -  .333
Kenny Dame, c........... 3  -  1  -  .333
Tuti Rumai, dp-p-dp..... 3  1  1  2  .333
Eugene Martha, 1b....... 3  -  -  -  .000
Enio Kwas, lf........... 3  -  1  -  .333
Michel Groenhart, cf.... 1  -  -  -  .000
Roderick Postiena, 3b... 3  -  -  -  .000
Aldric Dunlop, ss....... 3  1  1  -  .333
Ed Hoet, p..............
 Erwin Visser, p........

pitching               INN SO BB  H  R ER
Ed Hoet................. -  -  -  -  -  -
Tuti Rumai.............. 5  8  -  5  2  1
Erwin Visser, W......... 2  2  -  1  -  -
Umpires:
HP-Pavel Vychodský (Czech Republic),
1B-Henrie D'Hondt (Belgium),
3B-Michael Arno (Denmark).
Official Scorer:
Carolien van Dongen (Netherlands).
Technical Commissioner:
Harry Janssen (Netherlands).

Line Score1234567RHE
Great Britain 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 4
Netherlands 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 5 1

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY

Game started at 6:30 PM (18:30)

Bottom of seventh inning
Dunlop triples to deep leftfield;
Van de Vlist grounds to pitcher, reaches on throwing error (E13); Dunlop scores
1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 1 LOB
End of game, Netherlands win 3-1

Top of seventh inning
Berman strikes out, third strike = bunt foul (K2 - OBR2)
Birkhead flies out to leftfield (F7);
Jar grounds out to pitcher (13)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 2-2

Bottom of sixth inning
Kwas strikes out swinging (K7);
Groenhart strikes out swinging (K8);
Postiena flies out to rightfield (F9)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 2-2

Top of sixth inning
Walsh flies out to centerfield (F8);
Tau grounds out to second base (43);
Clayton triples to rightfield;
Mauger strikes out swinging (K1)
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Score tied 2-2

Bottom of fifth inning
Dame grounds out to pitcher (13);
Rumai grounds out to short (63);
Martha strikes out swinging (K6)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 2-2

Top of fitfh inning
Birkhead pops out foul to third base (FF5);
Jar strikes out swinging (K8);
Evans singles to centerfield;
Evans advances to second base on passed ball (PB3);
Morgan flies out to leftfield (F7)
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Score tied 2-2

Bottom of fourth inning
Groenhart walks (BB1);
Postiena fouls out to third (FF5);
Dunlop grounds to third base foul-line, reaches on error (1E3); Groenhart advances to second base;
Van de Vlist strikes out looking (K5);
Droog grounds out to pitcher (13)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB
Score tied 2-2

Top of fourth inning
Clayton strikes out looking (K6);
Morgan bunts in catcher's area, out on throw to first (23);
Berman strikes out swinging (K7)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Score tied 202

Bottom of third inning
Van de Vlist grounds out to short (63);
Droog singles to leftfield;
Dame pops out to third base (F5);
Rumai homers to deep centerfield; Droog and Rumai score;
Martha grounds to third base, safe on error (5E3);
Kwas strikes out swinging (K4)
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 1 LOB
SCore tied 2-2

Top of third inning
Jar strikes out swinging (K4);
Evans reaches on infield-hit off the glove of the pitcher;
Evans advances to second base on wild pitch (WP3);
Morgan flies out to deep leftfield (F7);
Walsh triples to deep rightfield; Evans scores;
Tau strikes out swinging (K5)
1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
Great Britain leads 2-0

Bottom of second inning
Kwas singles to centerfield;
Groenhart sacrifice bunts towards first base (SH 14); Kwas advances to second base;
Postiena strikes out swinging (K2);
Dunlop strikes out swinging, out on throw to first base (K3 23)
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Error, 1 LOB
Great Britain leads 1-0

Top of second inning
Mauger grounds out to first base (3);
Berman strikes out swinging (K2);
Birkhead strikes out swinging (K3)
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
Great Britain leads 1-0

Bottom of first inning
Van de Vlist grounds out back to pitcher (13);
Droog strikes out swinging (K1);
Dame singles to leftfield;
Martha grounds out to pitcher (13)
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 2 LOB
Great Britain leads 1-0

Top of first inning
Defensive change Netherlands: Tuti Rumai (DP) replaces announced pitcher Ed Hoet;
Jar bunts towards third base, safe on throwing error (E54);
Evans strikes out swinging (K1);
Jar steals second base (SB2);
Morgan grounds out to third base (53); Jar advances to third base;
Walsh singles to leftfield; Jar scores;
Tau singles to short centerfield; Walsh advances to second base;
Clayton grounds out to the pitcher (13)
1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB
Great Britain leads 1-0


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