(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
Dutch Team comes from behind to beat Cuba
Nederlands
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
The Netherlands Baseball Team remained unbeaten at the World Port Tournament after turning a deficit into a victory against Cuba.
On Tuesday-evening (July 21), the Dutch Team registered only one basehit in six innings and faced a 6-2 deficit when the seventh inning began.
The Orange then rallied for seven runs on five hits to take a 9-6 lead and went on to win 12-7.
After five innings, the score was tied 1-1, but the Dutch took a 2-1 lead in the 6th.
In the bottom of the sixth, a 2-run homerun by Osvaldo Vazques highlighted a 5-run rally for Cuba.
In the top of the seventh, the Dutch tied the score, then Dashenko Ricardo hit a 3-run triple to give the Dutch the lead.
From here on, the Dutch Team never looked back and won the game.
(July 21)
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