The World Port Tournament in Rotterdam got underway
this past weekend. The Dutch team meanwhile opened the international tournament
in Familie Stadion at Rotterdam.
For the opening ceremony Rotterdam mayor Ahmed
Aboutaleb and Curacao Minister of Finance Kenneth Gijsbertha delivered speeches
from infield one after the other and simultaneously threw ceremonial first
pitches straight in the catchers’ gloves. Between
innings the Rotterdam scoreboard showed video messages from Curacao baseball
heroes in California, USA: Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenley Jansen and San
Francisco Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens.
The Dutch team on Saturday lost 1-2 against Chinese
Taipei. One day later they edged out Curacao 10-7 in 13 innings.
Cuba played on all three days so far and captured wins
in each game. On Saturday they beat Curacao 3-2, on Sunday Japan 8-4 and on
Monday Chinese Taipei 7-6.
The fifth participant in the WPT, Japan, celebrated a
5-2 win over Curacao besides the 4-8 loss against Cuba.
Results:
Nr. HOME RUNS GUEST RUNS
1
Curaçao 2 Cuba 3
2 Netherlands 1 ChineseTaipei 2
3 Curaçao 7 Netherlands 10
4 Japan 4 Cuba 8
5 Chinese
Taipei 6 Cuba 7
6 Japan 5 Curaçao 2
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