Softball Men
	European Championships 2005

Compiled and Copyright © 2005 by Marco Stoovelaar

Friday, July 1: Netherlands vs. Great Britain Play-Offs

STARTING LINE-UPS

Great Britain

AB R H RBI AVG. Steve Jar, lf........... 4 1 - - .000 Clive Evans, ss......... 3 1 2 - .667 Rick Morgan, c.......... 3 - - - .000 Pat Walsh, cf........... 3 - 2 2 .667 Steve Tau, p............ 3 - 1 - .333 Geoff Clayton, 3b....... 3 - 1 - .333 JP Mauger, rf........... 3 - - - .000 Mark Berman, 1b......... 3 - - - .000 Colin Birkhead, 2b...... 3 - - - .000 pitching INN SO BB H R ER Steve Tau, L............6.1 8 1 5 3 2

Netherlands

AB R H RBI AVG. Rob van de Vlist, rf.... 4 - - - .000 Joost Droog, 2b......... 3 1 1 - .333 Kenny Dame, c........... 3 - 1 - .333 Tuti Rumai, dp-p-dp..... 3 1 1 2 .333 Eugene Martha, 1b....... 3 - - - .000 Enio Kwas, lf........... 3 - 1 - .333 Michel Groenhart, cf.... 1 - - - .000 Roderick Postiena, 3b... 3 - - - .000 Aldric Dunlop, ss....... 3 1 1 - .333 Ed Hoet, p.............. Erwin Visser, p........ pitching INN SO BB H R ER Ed Hoet................. - - - - - - Tuti Rumai.............. 5 8 - 5 2 1 Erwin Visser, W......... 2 2 - 1 - -

Umpires: HP-Pavel Vychodský (Czech Republic), 1B-Henrie D'Hondt (Belgium), 3B-Michael Arno (Denmark). Official Scorer: Carolien van Dongen (Netherlands). Technical Commissioner: Harry Janssen (Netherlands).

Line Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Great Britain	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	5	4
Netherlands	0	0	2	0	0	0	1		3	5	1

LIVE PLAY-BY-PLAY Game started at 6:30 PM (18:30) Bottom of seventh inning Dunlop triples to deep leftfield; Van de Vlist grounds to pitcher, reaches on throwing error (E13); Dunlop scores 1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 1 LOB End of game, Netherlands win 3-1 Top of seventh inning Berman strikes out, third strike = bunt foul (K2 - OBR2) Birkhead flies out to leftfield (F7); Jar grounds out to pitcher (13) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Score tied 2-2 Bottom of sixth inning Kwas strikes out swinging (K7); Groenhart strikes out swinging (K8); Postiena flies out to rightfield (F9) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Score tied 2-2 Top of sixth inning Walsh flies out to centerfield (F8); Tau grounds out to second base (43); Clayton triples to rightfield; Mauger strikes out swinging (K1) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Score tied 2-2 Bottom of fifth inning Dame grounds out to pitcher (13); Rumai grounds out to short (63); Martha strikes out swinging (K6) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Score tied 2-2 Top of fitfh inning Birkhead pops out foul to third base (FF5); Jar strikes out swinging (K8); Evans singles to centerfield; Evans advances to second base on passed ball (PB3); Morgan flies out to leftfield (F7) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Score tied 2-2 Bottom of fourth inning Groenhart walks (BB1); Postiena fouls out to third (FF5); Dunlop grounds to third base foul-line, reaches on error (1E3); Groenhart advances to second base; Van de Vlist strikes out looking (K5); Droog grounds out to pitcher (13) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB Score tied 2-2 Top of fourth inning Clayton strikes out looking (K6); Morgan bunts in catcher's area, out on throw to first (23); Berman strikes out swinging (K7) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Score tied 202 Bottom of third inning Van de Vlist grounds out to short (63); Droog singles to leftfield; Dame pops out to third base (F5); Rumai homers to deep centerfield; Droog and Rumai score; Martha grounds to third base, safe on error (5E3); Kwas strikes out swinging (K4) 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 1 LOB SCore tied 2-2 Top of third inning Jar strikes out swinging (K4); Evans reaches on infield-hit off the glove of the pitcher; Evans advances to second base on wild pitch (WP3); Morgan flies out to deep leftfield (F7); Walsh triples to deep rightfield; Evans scores; Tau strikes out swinging (K5) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB Great Britain leads 2-0 Bottom of second inning Kwas singles to centerfield; Groenhart sacrifice bunts towards first base (SH 14); Kwas advances to second base; Postiena strikes out swinging (K2); Dunlop strikes out swinging, out on throw to first base (K3 23) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Error, 1 LOB Great Britain leads 1-0 Top of second inning Mauger grounds out to first base (3); Berman strikes out swinging (K2); Birkhead strikes out swinging (K3) 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB Great Britain leads 1-0 Bottom of first inning Van de Vlist grounds out back to pitcher (13); Droog strikes out swinging (K1); Dame singles to leftfield; Martha grounds out to pitcher (13) 0 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 2 LOB Great Britain leads 1-0 Top of first inning Defensive change Netherlands: Tuti Rumai (DP) replaces announced pitcher Ed Hoet; Jar bunts towards third base, safe on throwing error (E54); Evans strikes out swinging (K1); Jar steals second base (SB2); Morgan grounds out to third base (53); Jar advances to third base; Walsh singles to leftfield; Jar scores; Tau singles to short centerfield; Walsh advances to second base; Clayton grounds out to the pitcher (13) 1 Run, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 2 LOB Great Britain leads 1-0