Baseball week: Bernardina home run gives the Netherlands a big win against Cuba
The Netherlands also won the second game of the Haarlem Baseball Week. It remained tense against Cuba until the seventh and last inning tonight, when Roger Bernadina hit a homerun. This allowed John Polonius and Jiandido Tromp to bastards. The game ended 5-1.
Like Italy in the previous issue, the Netherlands in the first inning. With a good hit by Sharon Schoop (Amsterdam Pirates), Bernadina opened the score: 1-0. With the Dutch baseball-players, pitcher Dennis Burgersdijk (HCAW) made his debut. The Cubans tied the score in the second inning via 42-year old Frederich Cepeda.
After the fourth inning, Burgersdijk was taken off the mound and replaced by Mike Groen (Amsterdam Pirates). The score didn’t change again until the second inning. Juremi Profar, who was already important on Friday evening, beat Wladimir Balentien over home plate: 2-1. Bernandina was crowned man of the match in the next inning by hitting three runs with his homerun. Slot pitcher Franklin van Gurp (Amsterdam Pirates) took the win in the last inning.
On Sunday, the Orange squad will play again, then against Curaçao. That game starts at 3:30 PM in Haarlem. Today’s other game was between Japan and America. The Azaten also won their second game (1-0).