(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Roef! wins Jan de Wit Tournament
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Reigning champion Roef! won the 33rd edition of the annual Jan de Wit Tournament on Saturday (July 11) by winning 7-0 in the Final against Terrasvogels.
In the previous four years, host Olympia Haarlem had won the tournament.
The event was originally scheduled for April 11 and 12, but was cancelled then due to measures taken against the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Today, three months later, the tournament was back on the exhibition schedule.
In April, four foreign teams would have participated: Bonn Capitals and Wesseling Vermins from Germany and Carrousel and RusStars Moscow from Russia.
Today, eight teams from the Netherlands participated, four from the Golden League, four from the Silver League.
In the Final, the first inning remained scoreless.
In the top of the second inning, Terrasvogels left a runner behind on second base.
Moments later, in the bottom of the second, Roef! opened the score on a towering triple in deep rightfield by Charlotte Drijvers.
A 6-run rally followed in the third inning, which also was the last at bat in the game, which ended after one hour (tournament-rule).
The second run of Roef! was scored on a nice squeeze-fielder's choice-sacrifice bunt by Cindy van der Zanden, who herself reached first base safely.
Later, more runs were added on RBI-singles by Sterre den Duijn, Noa Armirotto and Charlotte Drijvers.
(more later)
(July 11)
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