Softball Men
	European Championships 2005

Compiled and Copyright © 2005 by Marco Stoovelaar

Monday, June 27: Belgium vs. Netherlands

BOX SCORE

Netherlands

AB R H RBI AVG. Rob vd Vlist, rf........ 4 2 3 - .750 Joost Droog, 2b......... 4 2 1 - .250 Kenny Dame, c........... 4 1 2 4 .500 Tuti Rumai, 1b.......... 4 - 1 - .250 Michel Groenhart, lf.... 4 - 2 1 .500 Eugene Martha, dp....... 3 1 2 1 .667 Enio Kwas, cf........... 4 1 1 1 .250 Aldric Dunlop, ss....... 4 1 1 - .250 Roderick Postiena, 3b... 3 2 1 - .333 Ed Hoet, p.............. Erik Zomerdijk, p...... pitching INN SO BB H R ER Ed Hoet................. 2* 3 1 6 3 3 Erik Zomerdijk, W....... 5 2 2 1 - - (*) - Hoet pitched to 1 batter in 3rd.

Belgium

AB R H RBI AVG. Dave Van der Vorst, c... 2 - 1 1 .500 Lucas Van der Linden, cf 3 1 - - .000 Wout Cnops, rf.......... 3 1 2 - .667 Michael Leys, lf........ 3 - 1 - .333 Robby Danssaert, 3b..... 2 - - - .000 Jean Lardinois, 2b...... 2 - 2 1 1.000 Guy Ramaekers, dp....... 1 - - - .000 Filip Volkaert, ph..... 1 - - - .000 Mario Van Landeghem, 1b. 3 1 1 - .333 Sven Hendrickx, ss...... 3 - - - .000 Paul Hooyberghs, p...... Stefan Thilemans, p.... pitching INN SO BB H R ER Paul Hooyberghs......... 4 1 1 7 3 3 Stefan Thilemans, L..... 3 1 3 7 7 4

Umpires: HP-Pavel Vychodsky (Czech Republic), 1B-Axel Vogel (Germany), 3B-Michael Arno (Denmark). Official Scorer: Carolien van Dongen (Netherlands). Technical Commissioner: Tony Ilegems (Belgium)

Line Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Netherlands	0	0	1	2	1	5	1		10	14	0
Belgium	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	7	2

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY Game started at 6:30 PM (18:30) Top of first inning Van der Vlist singles to rightfield; Droog sacrifices (SH 14); Van der Vlist advances to second base; Dame walks (BB1); Van der Vlist and Dame advance on wild pitch (WP4); Rumai strikes out looking (K1); Groenhart grounds out to short (63) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Score tied, 0-0 Bottom of first inning Van der Vorst walks (BB1) Van der Linden grounds to third (FC); Van der Vorst forced out at second (54); Cnops singles to leftfield; Van der Linden advances to second base; Leys reaches on bunt-single; Van der Linden advances to third base; Cnops advances to second base; Danssaert strikes out swinging (K1); third strike = wild pitch; Van der Linden scores; Cnops advances to third base; Cnops advances to second base; Lardinois reaches on infield-hit back to pitcher; Cnops scores; Leys advances to third base, but thrown out at the plate (62) 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Belgium leads 2-0 Top of second inning Martha singles to centerfield; Kwas grounds into double play (6-63); Martha forced out at second (6); Dunlop grounds out (63) 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Belgium leads 2-0 Bottom of second inning Ramaeckers strikes out looking (K2); Van Landeghem triples to deep rightfield; Hendrickx flies out to rightfield (F9); Van der Vorst doubles to deep left-centerfield; Van Landeghem scores; Dutch Manager Norman Ames comes out to talk to pitcher Hoet; Van der Linden strikes out swinging (K3) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Belgium leads 3-0 Top of third inning Postiena flies out to centerfield (F8); Van der Vlist reaches on infield-hit to third base; Droog flies out to leftfield (F7); Van der Vlist advances to second base; Dame singles to centerfield; Van der Vlist scores; Rumai singles to leftfield; Dame advances to second base; Groenhart grounds to third (FC); Rumai forced out at third base (5) 1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Belgium leads 3-1 Bottom of third inning Cnops singles to leftfield; Dutch Manager Norman Ames comes out to talk to pitcher Hoet; Erik Zomerdijk replaces Ed Hoet as pitcher; Cnops caught stealing (24 CS); Leys grounds out to short (63); Danssaert hit by pitch (HP1); Danssaert caught stealing (26 CS) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Belgium leads 3-1 Top of fourth inning Martha homers to deep leftfield; Kwas homers to deep leftfield; Dunlop grounds out to short (63); Postiena pops out to second (F4); Van der Vlist ground sout to first (3) 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Score tied 3-3 Bottom of fourth inning Lardinois walks (BB1); Volkaert pinch-hits for Ramaekers; Volkaert pops out to first (FF3); Lardinois caught stealing (26 CS); Van Landeghem strikes out looking (K1) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Score tied 3-3 Top of fifth inning Stefan Thilemans new pitcher for Belgium Droog grounds to third and reaches on error (5E3); Dame flies out to deep rightfield (F9); Droog advances to second base; Rumai grounds out to third (53); Droog advances to third base; Groenhart singles to leftfield; Droog scores; Martha walks (BB1); Groenhart advances to second base; Kwas grounds to short (FC); Martha forced out at second (64) 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 2 LOB Netherlands lead 4-3 Bottom of fifth inning Hendrickx grounds out to second (43); Van der Vorst grounds out to second (43); van der Linden lines out to second (L4) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors; 0 LOB Netherlands lead 4-3 Top of sixth inning Dunlop singles to leftfield; Postiena hit by pitch (HP1); Dunlop advances to second base; Van der Vlist reaches on bunt-single; Dunlop advances to third base; Postiena advances to second base; Droog grounds to short; Dunlop scores on throwing error (E62); Postiena also scores on same error; Dame homers to rightfield; Van der Vlist, Droog and Dame score; Rumai walks (BB2); Groenhart reaches on infield-hit to third base; Rumai advances to second base; Martha flies out to rightfield (F9); Kwas grounds out (23); Rumai advances to third base; Groenhart advances to second base; Dunlop flies out to centerfield; great diving catch by centerfielder (F8 !) 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB Netherlands lead 9-3 Bottom of sixth inning Cnops flies out to second base (F4); Leys grounds out to first (3); Danssaert grounds out to pitcher (13) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Netherlands lead 9-3 Top of seventh inning Postiena doubles to leftfield; Postiena advances on passed ball (PB1); Van der Vlist walks (BB3); Van der Vlist steals second base (SB2); Postiena scores on fielder's choice (FC 26); Droog singles to centerfield; Van der Vlist advances to third base, but thrown out at the plate (835); Droog advances to second base on the throw (FC 835); Dame strikes out looking (K1); Rumai flies out to centerfield (F8) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 10-3 Bottom of seventh inning Lardinois singles to leftfield; Lardinois steals second base (SB7); Volkaert walks (BB2); Van Landeghem strikes out looking (K2); Hendrickx grounds into double play (6-63); Volkaert forced out at second base (6) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands wins 10-3