Monday, February 16, 2009

#49--Puerto Rico v. Netherlands, 3/8/2006 (World Baseball Classic)

This was a first round game from the San Juan pool which also included Cuba and Panama. The Dutch rallied from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game after 5, but Puerto Rico added two in the sixth. When Ivan Rodriguez and Carlos Beltran hit back-to-back homers to lead off the seventh, Dutch skipper Robert Eenhorn snapped and was tossed.

Note the presence of a young reliever for the Dutch team who was not well-known at the time: Jair Jurrjens.

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