Neth= erlands 3, Cuba 2 (Exhibition Game)

Thur= sday, July 8, 2010, Neptunus Stadium, Rotterdam

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Conditions

Partly clou= dy, 75 degrees, and slight breeze from left field to right field. Small crow= d of 800 fans. First pitch at 7:35 pm. Cuba playing game = with blue batting practice jerseys (no numbers).

Game Summary: Three singles and= a sacrifice fly off Yoelkis Cruz (plus a wild pit= ch) in the home sixth allowed the two come-from-behind runs that spelled victory f= or the Dutch. Cuba used seven of its nine pitchers, five for one inning apiece= . Neither team managed an extra base hit and Danel Castro knocked home both Cuban runs (single and sacrifice fly).

Cuba Starting Lineup

Ariel Sanchez (CF)

Junier Mendoza (1B)=

Donal Duarte (3B)<= /p>

Rolando Me= riño (DH)

Eriel Sá= nchez (C)

Alexei Bell (RF)

Serguei Perez (LF)

Danel Castro (2B)<= /p>

Rudy Reyes (SS)

Luis Borro= to (P)

Netherlands Starting Lineup

Eugene Kin= gsale (LF)

Dirk van&#= 8217;t Klooster (RF)

Raily Legito (3B)

Bryan Enge= lhardt (1B)

Sidney de = Jong (DH)

Dwayne Kemp (2B)

Danny Romb= ley (CF)

Bas Nooij<= /span> (C)

Michael Du= ursma (SS)

Kevin Heij= stek (P)

First Inning (Top)

Ariel S&aa= cute;nchez strikes out swinging.

Yunier Mendoza beats out infield sing= le to shortstop.

Donal Duarte bounces out to second b= ase, advancing Mendoza to = second.

Rolando Me= riño bounces to third (Mendoza tagged out).

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB<= o:p>

First Inning (Bottom)

Eugene Kin= gsale called out on strikes.

Dirk van&#= 8217;t Klooster bounces out second to first.

Raily Legito bounces out third to first.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB=

Second Inning (Top)

Eriel Sá= nchez field out to center field.

Alexei Bell singles to center f= ield.

Serguei Perez singles to right field, advancing Bell to third base.

Danel Castro flies to center field (= SF), scoring Bell from third.

Rudy Reyes fouls out to first b= ase.

1 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB=

Second Inning (Bottom)

Ciro Silvino Licea now pitchin= g for Cuba.<= /o:p>

Bryan Engl= ehardt strikes out swinging.

Sidney de = Jong bounces out shortstop to first.

Dwayne Kemp singles to center f= ield.

Danny Rombley batting, Kemp thrown out stealing, catcher to shortstop.<= o:p>

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB<= o:p>

Third Inning (Top)

Ariel S&aa= cute;nchez bounces out second to first.

Yunier Mendoza singles to right field= .

Donal Duarte bounces into double pla= y, third to second to first.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB<= o:p>

Third Inning (Bottom)

Angel Peña now pitching for Cuba.

Danny Romb= ley bounces out second to first.

Bas Nooij base on balls.

Micheal Duursma base on balls, advancing Nooij to second base.

Eugene Kingsale base on balls, loading the bases. (Shaldimar Daantij running= for Kingsale).

Dirk van&#= 8217;t Klooster strikes out swinging.

Raily Legito singles to center scoring Nooij.

Bryan Engl= ehardt flies out to right field.

1 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB<= o:p>

Fourth Inning (Top)

Rolando Me= riño strikes out swinging.

Eriel Sá= nchez reaches on throwing error by third baseman.

Alexei Bell singles to left, advancing Sánchez to second.<= /span>

Serguei Perez singles to left; Sánchez thrown out from left fielder to catche= r; Bell advances to second.

Danel Castro singles to right center, scoring Bell. Perez advances to third base.

Rudy Reyes grounds out second to first.

1 runs, 3 hits, 1 errors, 2 LOB

Fourth Inning (Bottom)

Michael Folch now pitching for Cuba.

Sidney de = Jong files out to right field.

Dwayne Kemp singles to left fie= ld.

Danny Romb= ley bounces into double play, second to shortstop to first.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB<= o:p>

Fifth Inning (Top)

Ariel S&aa= cute;nchez bounces out shortstop to first base.

Yunier Mendoza bounces out second to = first.

Donal Duarte bounces out third to fi= rst.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB=

Fifth Inning (Bottom)

Bas Nooij<= /span> bounces out second to first.

Michael Du= ursma bounces out pitcher to first.

Shaldimar<= /span> Daantij bounces out pitcher to first.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB=

Sixth Inning (Top)

Gregory Gustina now pitching for The Netherlands.

Rolando Me= riño strikes out swinging.

Eriel Sá= nchez flies out to center field.

Alexei Bell bounces out pitcher= to first base.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB=

Sixth Inning (Bottom)

Yoelkis Cruz now p= itching for Cuba.

Dirk van&#= 8217;t Klooster singles to center field.

Rene Cremer (now playing 3B) st= rikes out swinging.

Bryan Enge= lhardt singles to right field, advancing van’t <= span class=3DSpellE>Klooster to third base.

Sidney de = Jong singles to left field, scoring van’t Klooster and advancing Englehard= t to second base.

Vince Rooi= (now playing second base) wild pitch (Yoelkis C= ruz) advances both runners to second and third. Intentional base on b= alls.

Jason Halman (now playing center field) sacrifice fly to ri= ght field, scoring Englehardt.

Bas de Jon= g lines out to second base.

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB=

Seventh Inning (Top)

Serguei Perez pops out to first base.<= o:p>

Danel Castro strikes out swinging.

Rudy Reyes singles to right fie= ld.

Ariel S&aa= cute;nchez flies out to left field.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB<= o:p>

Seventh Inning (Bottom)

Yohandro Portal now pitching for Cuba. Yoennis Southern playing first base.

Jeron Sluijter (now at shortstop) infield single (collision between Southern and Castro near first base).

(Eriel Sánchez replaces Southern at first base and Yulexis La Rosa now catching.)

Shaldimar<= /span> Daantij sacrifies Sluiter to seco= nd (first baseman to second baseman covering)

Dirk van&#= 8217;t Klooster strikes out swinging.

Rene Cremer called out on strik= es.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB<= o:p>

Eighth Inning (Top)

Berry van = Driel now pitching for The Netherlands.

Yulexis La Rosa flies out to right fie= ld.

Donal Duarte flies out to right fiel= d.

Rolando Me= riño flies out to right field.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB=

Eighth Inning (Bottom)

Bryan Engl= ehardt strikes out swinging.

Sydney de <= span class=3DSpellE>Jong base on balls.

Vince Rooi= called out on strikes.

(Norberto <= span class=3DSpellE>González now pitching for Cuba.)=

Jason Halm= an strikes out swinging.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB=

Ninth Inning (Top)

Nick Veltkamp now pitching for The Netherlands.

Eriel Sá= nchez grounds out third to first.

Alexei Bell called out on strik= es.

Serguei Perez bounces out shortstop to fi= rst.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB=

Doubles- None=

Triples- None=

Home Runs- None

RBI- Danel= Castro (2), Raily Legito, Sidney de Jong, Jason Halm= an

Errors- Ra= ily Legito

Wild Pitch- Yoelkis Cruz

WP- Gregory Guitina

LP- Yoelki= s Cruz

Save- Nick V= eltkamp

Attendance-= 800 Est.

Time- 2:36