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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)

Dutch Team also loses against Dominican Republic
Nederlands
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (Canada) - On the sixth day of the Men's World Championship in Canada, the Netherlands Men Softball Team suffered its sixth loss. This time, the squad lost 8-3 to the Dominican Republic.

The three runs were the most scored so far in one game by the Dutch, which briefly held an 1-0 lead today.

The Dominicans last participated in a World Championship in 2000 when the event took place in South Africa. Back then, they finished in seventh place.

(July 1)




Game 6 - July 1 - Netherlands vs. Dominican Republic

In Game 6 of the tournament, the Dutch Team took the lead for the first during the event and held on to it for three innings.

At Gordie Howe Park, starting pitcher Jeffry Visser retired the side in the top of the first inning. Then, Orange then opened the score in the bottom half. With one out, Jerome Wouters reached on an error, then scored when an outfield-error in leftfield followed on a double by Eldrick Dijkhoff. With two outs, Anthony Beaumont walked, but the Dutch then left two runners behind.

In the top of the fourth inning, the Dominicans scored twice to turn the game its way. Pablo Figuereo led off with a single, then Sergio La Hoz followed with a homerun.

The Dominicans added two runs in the fifth inning. Visser gave up two singles, then saw the runners move on a sacrifice bunt. He then gave up a single to Juan Nunez that brought in the two runners and made it 4-1. Hereafter, Arjan Baanen took over the pitching and got two groundouts.

In the bottom of the fifth, the Dutch Team scored again. Reliever Cesar Perez, who had taken over the previous inning, walked Glennsig Polonius, then gave up a runscoring double to Merlijn Brink. When he hit next batter Rien Smulders with a pitch, starting pitcher Melvin Batista returned as pitcher. He was supported with a double play and closed with a strikeout.

In the sixth, the Dominicans enlarged its lead by adding two more runs, which were the result of an error.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Orange narrowed the deficit to 6-3. With one out, Enrique Javier singled and moved on a grounder. He then scored on a double by Revin Brooks.

The Dominican squad took more distance by scoring two more runs in the seventh inning. After a lead-off walk, Niek Nieuwenhuizen took over the pitching. With one out, he gave up an RBI-triple to Pablo Figuereo, followed by a runscoring single by Segio La Hoz that made it 8-3.

Mexican closer Yennier Volquez then struckout the side in the bottom of the seventh inning to end the game.



Netherlands - Dominican Republic 3-8
RHE
Dominican Republic0002222-8112
Netherlands1000110-341
pitchers Dominican Republicinn.SOBBHRER
Melvin Batista34111-
Cesar Perez1 (*)21111
Melvin Batista, W (3-1)21-211
Yennier Volquez, SV (2)13----
(*) - Perez pitched to three batters in the fifth inning
pitchers Netherlandsinn.SOBBHRER
Jeffry Visser, L (0-2)4.1-1744
Arjan Baanen1.2-1231
Niek Nieuwenhuizen1--211
Homerun: Dominican Republic: Sergio La Hoz (1)(4th,2-run,off Visser).
Umpires: HP-, 1B-, 3B-.
Official Scorers-.
Time-1:59 hr.




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