Sunday, 27 June 2021
The Netherlands beat Austria by 16 runs to make a superb start to the Women s European Softball Championship in Venezia in Italy.
The Dutch Netherlands thrashed Austria 16-0 to lay down an early marker in the round-robin stage.
Both Dinet Oosting and Annemiek Jansen had three runs batted in (RBI) each and were also two of six players to score a home run.
The Dutch sealed the win with a score of seven runs in the fifth inning.
Czech Republic followed with a 9-0 win over Denmark, helped by the work of Gabriela Slaba and Eliska Thompsonova who hit three and two RBIs, respectively.
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