Softball Men
	European Championships 2005

Compiled and Copyright © 2005 by Marco Stoovelaar

Thursday, June 30: Netherlands vs. Israel

STARTING LINE-UPS

Israel

AB R H RBI AVG. David Aron, 3b.......... 3 - - - .000 Daniel Maddy-Weitzman, c 2 1 1 - .500 Ilan Spira, p-cf........ 3 - 1 - .333 Mike Doftofsky, dp...... 2 1 1 1 .500 Tomer Portnoy, cf-lf.... 3 - 1 - .333 Howard Hirsch, 1b....... 1 - 1 - 1.000 Itamar Meggido, rf...... 2 - 1 1 .500 Golan Halley, 2b........ 2 - - - .000 Guy Bender, lf.......... 1 - - - .000 Ronald O'Hara, p....... 1 - - - .000 Netaniel Levinson, ss... pitching INN SO BB H R ER Ilan Spira, L........... 2.1 1 1 5 9 2 Ronald O'Hara........... 1.2 1 1 1 2 -

Netherlands

AB R H RBI AVG. Aldric Dunlop, 2b....... 3 - - 1 .000 Anthony Beaumont, c..... - 2 - - .000 Julius Veeris, cf....... 3 1 3 1 1.000 Tuti Rumai, 1b.......... 2 1 - - .000 Eugene Martha, dp....... 3 2 1 2 .333 Enio Kwas, lf........... 2 1 1 - .500 Roderick Postiena, ss... 3 1 1 1 .333 Jeffry Visser, 3b....... 3 2 - - .000 Maurice Meijer, rf...... 3 1 - 1 .000 Wesley Blonk, p......... pitching INN SO BB H R ER Wesley Blonk, W.......... 5 3 - 6 2 2

Umpires: HP-Pavel Vychodský (Czech Republic), 1B-Michael Arno (Denmark), 3B-Mariana Atanasova (Bulgaria). Official Scorer: Ger van Dongen (Netherlands). Technical Commissioner: Harry Janssen (Netherlands).

Line Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Israel	0	0	0	1	1				2	6	9
Netherlands	4	0	6	1	x				11	6	2

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY Game started at 12:02 PM (12:02) Top of fifth inning O'Hara flies out to centerfield (F8); Aron grounds out to third base (53); Maddy-Weitzman singles to rightfield; Spira singles to leftfield; Maddy-Weitzman advances to second base; Doftofsky singles to centerfield; Maddy-Weitzman scores; Spira advcances to second base; Portnoy grounds out to third (53) Netherlands win 11-2 Bottom of fourth inning Kwas flies out to rightfield (F9); Postiena pops out to second base (F4); Visser flies to rightfield, reaches third base on error by rightfielder (E9F); Visser scores on wild pitch (WP9); Meijer strikes out swinging (K1) 1 Run, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 0 LOB Netherlands lead 11-1 Top of fourth inning Doftofsky hit by pitch (HP1); Portnoy singles to centerfield; Doftofsky advances to second base; Hirsch sacrifices to third (SH 54); Doftofsky advances to third base; Portnoy advances to second base; Meggido singles to rightfield; Doftofsky scores; Portnoy advances to third base; Hirsch caught stealing (CS 24); Halley grounds out to pitcher (13) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 10-1 Bottom of third inning Rumai hit by pitch (HP3); Martha homers to centerfield; Rumai and Martha score; Kwas singles to rightfield; Postiena grounds to third, reaches on fielder's choice (FC54); Kwas forced out at second base (54); Visser grounds to short, reaches on fielding error (E6); Postiena advances to second base and advances to third base on additional throwing error (e63); Defense changes Israel: Ronald O'Hara replaces LF Guy Bender; O'Hara becomes new pitcher; Pitcher Ilan Spira moves to CF; Centerfielder Tomer Portnoy moves to LF; Meijer grounds to third base, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 54); Postiena scores; Visser advances to third base on throwing error (E54); Dunlop grounds out to short (63); Visser scores; Meijer advances to second base; Beaumont walks (BB1); ball four = wild pitch; Meijer advances to third base on wild pitch (WP2); Veeris singles to centerfield; Meijer scores; Beaumont advances to third base; Rumai grounds to third, reaches on fielding error (E5); Beaumont scores; Veeris advances to second base; Martha flies out to centerfield (F8) 6 Runs, 3 Hits, 4 Errors, 2 LOB Netherlands lead 10-0 Top of third inning Bender strikes out swinging (K3); Aron grounds to short, reaches on fielding error (E6); Maddy-Weitzman sacrifices to first base (SH 34); Aron advances to second base; Spira flies out to centerfield (F8) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 4-0 Bottom of second inning Meijer lines back to pitcher, out at first on throw by short stop (163); Dunlop grounds out to pitcher (13); Beaumont hit by pitch (HP2); Veeris singles to rightfield; Beaumont advances to third base; Beaumont out at the plate on throw from rightfield (92) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 4-0 Top of second inning Doftofsky grounds out to first base (3); Portnoy strikes out swinging (K2); Hirsch singles to centerfield; Meggido grounds to short, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 6); Hirsch safe on second base on error by short stop (E6); Halley grounds out to catcher (23) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 2 LOB Netherlands lead 4-0 Bottom of first inning Dunlop grounds out to third base (53); Beaumont hit by pitch (HP1); Veeris singles to rightfield; Dunlop advances to third base; Rumai strikes out swinging (K1); Martha grounds to third base, reaches on error by third baseman (E5); Beaumont scores; Veeris advances to third base; Veeris scores on throwing error by third baseman (e53); Defensive changes iSrael: 3B David Aron moves to second base; 2B Golan Halley moves to third base; Martha advances to second base on passed ball (PB6); ball jumps from catcher's legguard back to infield, Martha advances to third base on throwing error by third baseman (e54); Kwas walks (BB1); Kwas steals second base; advances to third base on throwing error by catcher (e24); Martha scores on error; Postiena singles to rightfield; Kwas scores; Visser flies out to rightfield (F9) 4 Runs, 2 Hits, 4 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 4-0 Top of the first inning Aron strikes out swinging (K1); Maddy-Weitzman grounds out to first base (3): Spira flies out to second base (F4) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Score tied, 0-0 Weather conditions at game time (12:00 PM): Partially cloudy, sunny, 20 degrees Game delayed because of poor field conditions after it had rained all night. Re-scheduled to start at 12:00 PM; original game time was 10:30 AM