Softball Men
	European Championships 2005

Compiled and Copyright © 2005 by Marco Stoovelaar

Tuesday, June 28: Netherlands vs. Czech Republic

BOX SCORE

Czech Republic

AB R H RBI AVG. Jaroslav Mikulec, 3b.... 5 5 1 2 .200 Kamil Koukolik, 1b...... 5 1 1 - .200 David Mertl, c.......... 4 4 3 7 .750 Vlaclav Svoboda, 2b..... 5 2 4 5 .800 Roman Matuska, cf....... 4 2 - - .000 Patrik Kolkus, rf....... 5 1 2 3 .400 Jindrich Majer, ss...... 4 1 1 - .250 Lukas Holub, dp......... 3 - 1 1 .333 Vaclav Mudra, lf........ 5 3 3 - . 600 Ales Jetmar, p.......... Pavel Moravec, p....... pitching INN SO BB H R ER Ales Jetmar............. 7 7 2 12 7 5 Pavel Moravec........... 2 6 2 4 6 4

Netherlands

AB R H RBI AVG. Rob van de Vlist, rf.... 5 1 2 2 .400 Joost Droog, 2b......... 5 1 1 1 .200 Aldric Dunlop, ph...... 1 - - - .000 Julius Veeris, cf....... 5 1 1 2 .200 Kenny Dame, c (re)...... 5 - 2 - .400 Jeffry Visser, pr...... - 1 - - .000 Tuti Rumai, dp-p (re)... 5 1 1 - .200 Anthony Beaumont, pr... - 1 - - .000 Erik Zomerdijk, p...... 1 - - - .000 Michel Groenhart, ss.... 5 3 2 - .400 Eugene Martha, 1b (re).. 4 1 2 4 .500 Maurice Meijer, pr..... - - - - .000 Enio Kwas, lf........... 5 2 4 1 .800 Roderick Postiena, 3b... 5 1 1 - .200 Erik Zomerdijk, p (re).. pitching INN SO BB H R ER Erik Zomerdijk.......... - - - - - - Tuti Rumai.............. 8* 6 4 13 16 9 Erik Zomerdijk.......... 1 - - 3 3 3 (*) - Rumai pitched to 7 batters in 9th

Umpires: HP-Axel Vogel (Germany), 1B-Michael Arno (Denmark), 3B-Carolien Loggen (Netherlands) Official Scorer: Carolien van Dongen (Netherlands) Technical Commissioner: Guller Eriksen (Denmark)

Line Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Czech Republic	1	0	2	0	0	0	4	1	11		19	16	5
Netherlands	0	3	1	0	1	0	2	1	5		13	16	3

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY Game started at 7:03 PM (19:03) Bottom of ninth inning Groenhart runner on second base (tie-break); Martha strikes out swinging (K4); Kwas singles to rightfield; Groenhart advances to third base; Postiena strikes out swinging (K5); Van de Vlist singles to rightfield; Groenhart and Kwas score; Droog triples to centerfield; Van de Vlist scores; Veeris homers to rightfield; Droog and Veeris score; Dame walks (BB2); Zomerdijk strikes out swinging (K6) 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Czech wins 19-13 Top of ninth inning Mudra runner on second base (tie-break); Mikulec walks (BB2); Mudra and Mikulec advance on wild pitch (WP2); Kouholik walks (BB3); Time out: Dutch coach Norman Ames comes out of dug-out to talk to his pitcher; Mertl homers to deep leftfield (grand slam); Mudra, Mikulec, Kouholik and Mertl score; Svoboda hit by pitch (HP2); Svoboda advances to second base on wild pitch (WP5); Svoboda advances to third base on wild pitch (WP5); Matuska walks (BB4); Kolkus homers to deep leftfield; Svoboda, Matuska and Kolkus score; Majer hit by pitch (HP3); Erik Zomerdijk replaces pitcher Tuti Rumai (re-entry); Holub sacrifices to pitcher (SH 13); Majer advances to second base; Mudra reaches on infield-hit to second base; Majes advances to third base; Mikulec doubles to rightfield; Majer and Mudra score; Koukolik flies out to centerfield (F8); Mertl homers to deep leftfield; Mikulec and Mertl score; Svoboda pops up to short (F6) 11 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Czech lead 19-8 Bottom of eighth inning Pavel Moravec replaces pitcher Ales Jitmar Postiena runner on second base (tie-break); Van de Vlist walks (BB1); Droog reaches on error by first baseman (E3); Postiena advances to third basel; Van de Vlist advances to second base; Veeris grounds to second, reaches on fielder's choice (F 42); Postiena scores on throwing error (E42); Van de Vlist advanes to third base; Droog advances to second base; Dame strikes out swinging (K1); Rumai strikes out looking (K2); Groenhart strikes out looking (K3) 1 Run, 0 Hits, 2 Errors, 3 LOB Score tied, 8-8 Top of eighth inning Dame returns as catcher (re-entry); Rumai returns as pitcher (re-entry); Matuska runner on second base (tie-break); Kolkus flies out to centerfield (F8); Majer grounds out to short (63); Holub singles to centerfield; Matuska scores; Holub advances on throw to home (FC 82); Mudra strikes out swinging (K6) 1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB ' Czech lead 8-7 Bottom of seventh inning Veeris grounds out to second base (43); Dame singles to centerfield; Jeffry Visser pinch-runner at 1B for Dame; Rumai singles to leftfield; Visser advances to second base; Anthony Beaumont pinch-runner at 1B for Rumai; Groenhart reaches on infield-hit to short; Visser advances to third base; Beaumont advances to second base; Martha grounds to second, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 4); Groenhart forced out (4); Visser scores; Rumai advances to third base and scores on throwing error (e43); Kwas singles to centerfield; Martha advances to third base; Postiena strikes out swinging (K7) 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB Score tied, 7-7 Top of seventh inning Joost Droog comes back to play at second base (re-entry) Holub hit by pitch (HP1); Mudra grounds to pitcher, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 14); Holub safe on second on throwing error (E14); Mikulec grounds to third base, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 5); Holub forced out at third (5); Mudra advances to second base; Koukolik strikes out swinging (K5); Mertl walks (BB1); Mudra advances to third base; Mikulec advances to second base; Svoboda doubles to leftfield; Mudra, Mikulec and Mertl score; Svoboda advances to third base on throw to home (FC 72); Svoboda scores on wild pitch (WP5); Matuska grounds out to short (63) 4 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 0 LOB ' Czech lead 7-5 Bottom of sixth inning Postiena grounds out to first base (34); Van de Vlist flies out to leftfield (F7); Aldric Dunlop pinch-hits for Joost Droog; Dunlop strikes out swinging (K6) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Netherlands lead 5-3 Top of sixth inning Eugene Martha comes back to play at first base (re-entry); Svoboda reaches on infield-hit to second base; Matuska strikes out swinging (K4); Svoboda advances to second base on passed ball (PB5); Kolkus foules out to leftfield (FF7); Majer reaches on infield-hit to second base; Svoboda advances to third base; Svoboda out at home on throw from second (42) 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 5-3 Bottom of fifth inning Dame grounds out to pitcher (13); Rumai grounds out to third (53); Groenhart doubles to leftfield; Martha singles to centerfield; Groenhart scores; Maurice Meijer pinch-runner at first base for Eugene Martha; Kwas grounds out to second base (43) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 5-3 Top of fifth inning Mudra triples to right-centerfield; Mikulec strikes out looking (K3); Koukolik lines out to first base (L3); Mertl grounds out to short (63) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 4-3 Bottom of fourth inning Van de Vlist strikes out looking (K4); Droog strikes out swinging (K5); Veeris grounds out to third base (53) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Netherlands lead 4-3 Top of fourth inning Kolkus singles to leftfield; Majer grounds into double play to short (643); Kolkus forced out at second base (64), Majer out at first (43); Holub flies out to leftfield (F7) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Netherlands lead 4-1 Bottom of third inning Dame reaches on infield-hit to second base; Rumai grounds to third base, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 54); Dame forced out at second base (54); Groenhart flies out to rightfield (F9); Martha walks (BB2); Rumai advances to second base; Kwas singles to centerfield; Rumai scores; Martha advances to third base; Kwas advances to second base on throw to third (FC85); Postiena grounds out to second base (43) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Netherlands lead 4-3 Top of third inning Mudra reaches on infield-hit towards first base foul-line; Mikulec grounds to short, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 64); Mudra forced out at second base (64); Koukolik flies out to centerfield (F8); Mertl doubles to leftfield; Mikulec advances to third base; Svoboda doubles to leftfield; Mikulec and Mertl score; Matuska strikes out swinging (K2) 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Score tied, 3-3 Bottom of second inning Groenhart grounds to second base, reaches on error (E4); Groenhart advances to second base on wild pitch (WP7); Groenhart advances to third base on passed ball (PB7); Time out: Czech coach comes out the dug-out to talk to his pitcher; Martha homers to deep leftfield; Groenhart and Martha score; Kwas doubles to centerfield; Kwas scores on error by centerfielder (e8); Postiena singles to centerfield; Van de Vlist strikes out swinging (K2); Droog grounds to short, reaches on fielder's choice (FC 64); Postiena forced out at second (64); Veeris strikes out swinging (K3) 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 2 Errors, 1 LOB Netherlands lead 3-1 Top of second inning Kolkus strikes out swinging (K1); Majer grounds out to second base (43); Holub flies out to centerfield (F8) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Czech lead 1-0 Bottom of second inning Van de Vlist reaches on infield-hit back to the pitcher; Droog strikes out as he bunts foul with two strikes (OBR2)(K1); Veeris walks (BB1); Van de Vlist advanced to second base; Dame grounds out to the pitcher (13); Van de Vlist advances to third base; Veeris advances to second base; Rumai flies out to centerfield (F8) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 2 LOB Czech lead 1-0 Top of first inning (Tuti Rumai replaces starting pitcher Erik Zomerdijk) Mikulec grounds to second base and reaches on error (E4); Mikulec advanced to second base on wild pitch (WP2); Koukolik reaches on infield-hit; Mikulic advances to third base; Mertl sacrifices to leftfield (SF7); Mikulec scores; Koukolik advances to second base, reaches third base on throwing error back to the infield (e75); Koukolik caught stealing in rundown (252 CS); Svoboda singles to centerfield; Matuska flies out to centerfield (F8) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 2 Errors, 1 LOB Czech lead 1-0 Discussion before game starts between technical commission and team representatives, as both the Netherlands and the Czech Republic are wearing white shirts. The Czech team decides to take off their shirt and play in blue shirts. Game started three minutes late.