Intercontinental Cup
	Netherlands vs. Philippines November 11, 2006

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Huge win Dutch team vs. Philippines
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TAICHUNG (Taiwan) - The Dutch Baseball Team on Saturday-evening registered a huge 22-0 shutout-win vs. the Philippines for its second win in a row on the Intercontinental Cup-tournament in Taiwan.
The Dutch team had 26 basehits, including nine extra basehits (six doubles, two triples, one homerun). All eleven players used offensively had at least one basehit and scored at least one run. Sharnol Adriana again had a productive game, as he was 5-for-6. Eugene Kingsale, Kalian Sams, Raily Legito and Percy Isenia (who hit the homerun) all had three hits. Isenia almost hit-for-the-cycle, but missed the easiest to accomplisch basehit: a single.

20-run shutouts Dutch Team
Score	Opponent	Site (Event)	Date
0-36	France	Florence, Italy (Eur.Champ.)	July 30, 1983
35-0	Great Britain	Savigny, France (Eur.Champ.)	September 3, 1989
30-0	France	Milan, Italy (Eur.Champ.)	September 4, 1964
0-28	Ukraine	Paris, France (Eur.Champ.)	August 30, 1997
27-0	France	Barcelona, Spain (Eur.Champ.)	July 19, 1987
0-27	Great Britain	Bonn, Germany (Eur.Champ.)	July 28, 2001
22-0	Spain	San Boi, Spain (Eur.Champ.)	July 18, 1987
0-22	Philippines	Taichung, Taiwan (Int.Cup)	November 11, 2006
21-0	France	Bologna, Italy (Eur.Champ.)	September 8, 1971
0-21	France	Haarlem, Netherlands (Eur.Champ.)	July 3, 1973
0-21	Belgium	Grosseto, Italy (Eur.Champ.)	August 2, 1983
0-21	Sweden	Rotterdam, Netherlands (Eur.Champ.)	July 18, 2003
(Grand Slam * Stats & News / MS)

The 22-0 shutout was the biggest for the Dutch team since it defeated Spain with the same score on July 18, 1987, during the European Championships in Spain and the sixth highest overall. This was the 12th Dutch shutout-win in history with 20 or more runs, but only the first with that total of runs against a non-European country.
It also was the 46th Dutch shutout with ten or more runs, but only the fourth with ten or more runs against a non-European country. These last four shutouts were all registered since September of last year, including three this year.

The biggest shutout was registered on July 30, 1983, when the Dutch team won 36-0 vs. France during the European Championships in Italy. The previous high against a non-European country was 12-0, which was realized last week when the Dutch team defeated China in an exhibition game in Guangzhou (China). In September last year, Puerto Rico was shutout 10-0 in the quarter final of the World Cup in The Netherlands. In March, during the World Baseball Classic in Puerto Rico, a 10-0 shutout followed against Panama, which also was a No-Hitter.

After a slow start, 'only' four runs in the first four innings, the Dutch team added four runs in the fifth inning, then kept on scoring in the sixth inning in an 11-run rally. Three runs in the seventh inning then increased the lead to 22-0. The Philippines had only two basehits in the game, both off starter David Bergman, who threw five innings. Kenny Berkenbosch and Gregory Gustina pitched the remaining two innings in this 7-inning (mercy rule) contest.

Dutch 10-run ShO vs. non-European countries
Score	Opponent	Site (Event)	Date
0-22	Philippines	Taichung, Taiwan (Int.Cup)	November 11, 2006
0-12	China	Guangzhou, China (Exhibition)	November 3, 2006
10-0	Puerto Rico	Haarlem, Netherlands (World Cup)	September 14, 2005
0-10	Panama	San Juan, Puerto Rico (WBC)	March 10, 2006
(Grand Slam * Stats & News / MS)

In the first inning, the Dutch scored three runs, as the Philippine-defense committed three errors, but also turned a double play. A fourth error could have been scored on a grounder by Eugene Kingsale, but he was credited with an infield-hit by the three Official Scores, led by Spanish scorer Susana Santos. The Asian squad added another double play in the next at bat, when Danny Rombley was back too late on first base after Eugene Kingsale flied out to centerfield. A fourth run was added in the third inning on back-to-back doubles by Raily Legito (this also could have been a single and an error by the centerfielder) and Ivanon Coffie.

Trailing 4-0, the Philippines appeared to do something back in the fourth inning. Dutch starter David Bergman had retired the first nine batters he faced, but then gave up lead-off singles to Ruben Angeles and Alejandro Velasquez. These two (as well as Virgilio Roxas and Roel Empacis) also played against the Dutch team in the last game between the two countries on November 9, 2001 during the World Cup in Taiwan. The Dutch then shutout the Philippines, 6-0 and also gave up only two basehits. The first game between the Dutch and Philippines squads ended in only a 5-4 win for the Dutch and coincidentally also was played in Taiwan. That happened in November 1989 during the IBAF President's Cup-tournament. OK, back to today's game. With runners on first and second base, Niņo Tator grounded the ball back to Bergman, who then turned a double play. Moments later, he ended the inning with a strikeout. This would be the only at bat in which the Philippines reached base.

The Dutch team scored four runs in the fourth inning, highlighted by a 2-run triple by Percy Isenia, then rallied for eleven runs (all earned) in the sixth at bat. In this inning, 15 players came to bat, who combined on 12 hits, including three doubles and a 2-run triple by Kalian Sams, who had four RBI's in this inning and also scored twice. Eugene Kingsale and Sharnol Adriana also had two basehits and scored two runs in this at bat. The inning ended when Raily Legito was picked off second base.

In the seventh inning, Percy Isenia led off with a homerun. RBI-singles by Adriana and Sams lifted the score to 22-0. Sams and Isenia both had three basehits and five RBI's in this game and both scored three runs. Kenny Berkenbosch took over in the sixth for Bergman and retired the side. Gregory Gustina did the same in the seventh inning.

Complete Play-by-Play Philippines vs. Netherlands (Game Three)
Box Score Philippines vs. Netherlands (Game Three)

Also on Saturday...
Cuba shutout Italy 9-0 in the morning in front of Dutch Official Scorer Feiko Drost.
In the afternoon, Taiwan won 4-2 vs. Australia with the balls and strikes being called by Dutch umpire Edwin van den Berk, while Jan Esselman was a Technical Commissioner.
In the evening, Korea led 1-0, but in the home ninth, Japan scored twice to win 2-1.
(November 11)