The Dutch teams have the leg up in the European Cup competitions after three days.
In Brno DOOR Neptunus improved to 3-0 with a 14-2 rout over the Templiers Senart from France. Neptunus now has out-scored its opponents in the event 34 to 6. On Thursday they scored in six of the eight innings, blowing the score wide open with a six-run eighth. Dwayne Kemp and Gianision Boekhoudt hit home runs and combined for five runs and four RBI. In the second game Enorbel Marquez-Ramirez led his Rimini squad to a 5-2 win over his German national teammates from the Buchbinder Legionaere Regensburg. He issued just two runs (1 ER) on six hits in 7 1/3 innings. However four runs in the last two frames were needed to put the game into the books. In the evening Draci Brno downed KNTU Elizavetgrad 16-0 in five innings. Seven runs in the first two and nine in the fourth inning lifted the Dragons to an easy win. Martin Schneider provided the spectacular hit with a bases clearing triple. He also scored three times.
In Hoofddorp day three started with a thriller. The Rouen Huskies won an 11-inning affair against the Solingen Alligators by a score of 8-7. The French title holder erased deficits of 1-4 and 4-7 in the eighth respective the tenth and won the contest thanks to a walk-off single by Dylan Geeson. Nettuno rebounded from its first two losses with a lopsided 11-0 shutout over Kotlarka Prague. Rodney Rodriguez delivered the best pitching performance of the tourney, surrendering just one hit and two walks in seven 12-strikeout innings. Mirco Caradonna scored three times. Melvin Sforza went deep. Another close game was the evening classic between the Vaessen Pioniers and T&A San Marino. The Dutch host prevailed 4-2. Danny Rombley scored three of the four runs. Steven van Groningen and two relievers stifled the offense of the IBL champion. The Pioniers remain undefeated in three games.
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