The Dutch Juniors struck with six runs in the first at bat.
With one out, the bases got loaded when Menno Lenting singled, Koen Halderman doubled and Max Draijer walked.
Hereafter, Julian Rip delivered a 2-run double, then the next two runs were scored on a wild pitch and a passed ball.
A sacrifice fly by Tijmen Takke and single by Ties Beeke lifted the lead to 6-0.
The next run was added in the third inning, again via a sac-fly by Tijmen Takke.
In the top of the fourth inning, Croatia scored its lone run off of starting pitcher Donny Breek.
The righthander had walked the lead-off batter in the first inning, but then retired the next seven batters in a row.
In the third, he walked a batter with one out, but then was supported with a double play.
In the fourth, Croatian lead-off hitter Robert Martinez reached on an error, then scored when Luka Ostovic doubled.
This would be the lone Croatian basehit in the game.
Koen Blom pitched the fifth and sixth inning in relief of Breek, who is the son of former Dutch big league-pitcher Jerry Breek.
He is not the only son of a former big leaguer in this team, as Julian Rip's father Onno Rip also played in the highest Dutch league.
The Dutch scored again in the fourth on a single by Ruben Prins, then rallied for five more runs in the fifth at bat.
In that inning, the Orange squad collected five basehits.
Tijmen Takke led off with a walk, then tried to advanced to third base on a single by Ties Beeke, but he was eliminated there.
Moments later, Beeke scored when Olivier Severino van der Wijst tripled.
A single by Menno Lenting produced the next run.
After Koen Halderman also singled, a pitching change followed.
But new pitcher Karlo Kos was greeted with a 2-run double by Max Draijer, who then scored himself on a force play-grounder by Ruben Prins.
Leading 13-1, the Dutch Team reached the 15-run difference in the bottom of the sixth inning with no outs.
Takke again led off with a walk, then Beeke singled.
The two advanced on a wild pitch, then scored on a double by Severino van der Wijst.
Lenting followed with a single that made it a 16-1 score and ended the game.
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Dutch Juniors win big vs. Croatia on European Championship
OSTRAVA (Czech Republic) -
On Day 4 of the European Junior Championship, the Dutch Junior Team (AAA) won with a big 16-1 score vs. Croatia to win its third game.
On Thursday (July 16), the Dutch squad reached the 15-run difference in the sixth inning to end the game via the mercy-rule.
The Dutch Juniors collected 18 basehits, including four by Menno Lenting and Ties Beeke.
All players in the Dutch line-up scored at least one run, led by Max Draijer, who scored three.