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	Olympic Games 2000

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Olympic Games 2000 - Sydney, Australia

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Dutch Olympic Team back home again
SCHIPHOL (Neth.) - The complete Dutch Olympic Team returned home safely on Schiphol International Airport on Tuesday-morning, completing its most successful Olympic Games ever, winning 25 medals.
A half hour before the scheduled arrival time, KLM-flight KL844 touched down on the runway, bringing home all athletes and officials, who were accompanied in the Boeing 747-400 by politicians Annemarie Jorritsma and Margo Vliegenthart and Dutch IOC-members His Royal Highness Prince Willem-Alexander and Anton Geesink and members of the press who covered the Games in Sydney. The team was welcomed by thousands of enthousiastic fans and family-members, who were waiting on the airport. Starting on Tuesday, athletes will be honoured locally and nationally.
On Wednesday, the medal winners has been invited to visit Queen Beatrix and will make a city tour in The Hague.
Television Schedule
(October 3)

Next Olympic events set
SYDNEY (Australia) - With the official closing of the Olympic Games, the stage is set for the next Olympic event.
From October 18-29, Sydney will be the host city for the 11th Paralympic Games in which more than 4000 athletes from all over the world will participate.

From February 8-24, 2002, the next Olympic Winter Games will be organized. Hosting that Games is Salt Lake City in Utah, USA.
(October 1)

Olympic Games officially closed
SYDNEY (Australia) - ,,The best Olympic Games ever'', proclaimed IOC-President Juan Antonio Samaranch in his closing statement, officially declaring the 2000 Olympic Games closed on Sunday. It was the last Olympic Games for Mr. Samaranch, who will retire next year as IOC-President. In his closing speech, Juan Antonio Samaranch thanked the athletes, volunteers, spectators, press and organization. He also awarded the Olympic Order in Gold to Michael Knight, the Presidents of the Sydney Olympic Organizing Committee and Minister of Sport and to John Coates, the President of the Australian Olympic Committee.
During the Closing Ceremony, the Olympic Flag was lowered and handed over to the Organizing Committee of the 2004 Olympics at Athens (Greece), as the Mayors of Sydney and Athens participated in this ceremony. Then, 13-year old Australian singer and actress Nikki Webster sang her way into putting out the Olympic Flame.
After the official ceremonies, spectators and athletes celebrated the closing of the Olympics with different kinds of music and artists.
The next Olympic Summer Games, August 13-29, 2004, in Athens (Greece) will start in 1412 days and counting...
(October 1)

Inge de Bruijn carries flag
SYDNEY (Australia) - Dutch three-time gold medal swimmer Inge de Bruijn carried the Dutch flag during the Closing Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.
(October 1)

Dutch set record
SYDNEY (Australia) - The Dutch Olympic Team set an Olympic record in Sydney by winning 25 medals. The old record was 19, set at the 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and equalled at the 1996 Olympics at Atlanta (USA). The twelve gold medals also are a record for the Dutch. The previous high was six, won in the 1928 Olympics at Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and tied in 1936 (Berlin). On the last day of competition, the Dutch added two medals on Sunday, when Jeroen Dubbeldam took gold and Albert Voorn silver in the equestrian jumping. The Netherlands also won 9 silver and 4 bronze medals, finishing in eighth position on the medal list, which was led by the United States, which won 97 medals (39 gold, 25 silver, 33 bronze). Russia finished in second place with 88 medals (32-28-28) and China was third with 59 medals (28-16-15). Host Australia finished in fourth place with 58 medals (16-25-17). Eighty different countries won medals during this Olympics in 300 different medal events.
Dutch Olympic Medallists 2000
(October 1)

Ethiopia wins last medal
SYDNEY (Australia) - Gezahgne Abera of Ethiopia won the last gold medal of the 2000 Olympic Games at Sydney. Abera won the men's marathon on Sunday in two hours, ten minutes and eleven seconds. Eric Wainaina of Kenya won the silver medal, while Tesfaye Tola, also from Ethiopia, won the bronze medal.
(October 1)

Former umpire Chris Pieters passed away
EDEGEM (Belgium) - Former Dutch national and international baseball umpire Chris Pieters has passed away on Wednesday, September 27, at the age of only 54 years old. Chris Pieters officiated at the 1988 Olympic Games at Seoul (South Korea).
complete story
(September 28)

Earlier Game Recaps
The game recaps of the first four days of the tournament have been transferred to another page.
Here you can find the games played from September 17-20
(September 22)

USA upsets Cuba for gold
SYDNEY (Australia) - The USA did what only The Netherlands could do before them: defeat Cuba!
In the gold medal game of the Olympic baseball tournament the team of former Los Angeles Dodgers-manager Tom Lasorda shutout Cuba, 4-0, dethroning the Olympic champion of 1992 and 1996. Four years ago, the USA won the bronze medal in Atlanta.
The USA got on the right track from the beginning. After striking out the first two batters, Cuban starter Pedro Luis Lazo gave up a homerun to Mike Neill, who belted his third of the tournament. In the bottom first Omar Linares singled with two outs, but then USA-starter Ben Sheets retired eleven batters in a row, before giving up a one-out single to Oscar Macias in the fifth. In the top of the fifth, the USA rallied for three runs to take a comfortable lead. Cuban reliever José Ibar, who had entered the game in the second after a lead-off double by John Cotton, started the inning by walking Doug Mientkiewicz and then gave up a runscoring double into deep rightfield by Major League-veteran Pat Borders. The MVP of the 1992 World Series was forced out at third base on a sacrifice bunt attempt by Adam Everett. Next batter Brent Abernathy singled to put runners on first and third, marking the end of Ibar's pitching. Maels Rodriguez, who also finished the game vs. The Netherlands, took over the pitching. Rodriguez walked Brad Wilkerson, loading up the bases, before striking out Mike Neill. But Ernie Young then singled through the middle, scoring both Everett and Abernathy to give the USA a 4-0 lead. The USA got another runscoring opportunity in the eighth, but left two runners stranded. In the meantime, Ben Sheets continued shutting out the Cuban offense. The pitcher of the Indianapolis Indians, the triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, gave up only one additional hit, a lead-off single to Omar Linares in the seventh, but in that inning veteran Antonio Pacheco grounded into a double play. Powerhitter Orestes Kindelan, who had all three RBI's in the semi-final vs. Japan, went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. The USA also played great defensively, with fine fielding by shortstop Adam Everett and outstanding catches by first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz, rightfielder Ernie Young and leftfielder Mike Neill, who caught the last out of the game and ending the Olympic baseball edition of 2000.
Line Score
Cuba vs. USA on Dutch Television
(September 27)

South Korea wins bronze medal
SYDNEY (Australia) - South Korea, which lost three in a row early during the preliminary round, and then recovered to claim fourth place, went on to win the bronze medal by beating Japan 3-1 on Wednesday. The game between the Asian teams was a pitching duel, which resulted in seven scoreless innings. Dae-Sung Koo of Korea and Daisuke Matsuzaka of Japan did a great job and struckout eleven and ten batters respectively. The Koreans opened the score in the bottom of the eighth inning. In that inning, Korea scored three unearned runs, highlighted by a two-run double by powerhitter Seung-Yeop Lee. In the top of the ninth, Japan returned with one run as Nobuhiko Matsunaka scored, but were unable to even to score.
Line Score
(September 27)

NOS covers baseball final
HILVERSUM (Neth.) - Images of the baseball final between Cuba and USA, to be played on Wednesday, September 27, will be shown by NOS Studio Sport.
The review of the final is planned for the evening show of Studio Sport, scheduled to start at 19:00 hours at Nederland 2 (Channel 2). Commentator will be Ronald Boot.
Complete Dutch television coverage schedule
(September 26)

USA wins softball gold
SYDNEY (Australia) - The USA defended is 1996 gold medal successfully, winning the final game of the women softball tournament 2-1 vs. Japan. In the fourth, Japan took the lead when Reika Utsugi homered, but in the fifth the USA tied the game on a single by Stacey Nuveman, which was the only hit allowed by Japanese pitcher Mariko Masubuchi. In the tie-break eighth inning, the USA won the game. With Jennifer McFalls running, she scored the winning run when the Japanese leftfielder, Shiori Koseki, dropped a fly ball. Winning pitcher Lisa Fernandez struckout eight and allowed three hits. Dutch umpire Marlies Struyvé was a member of the six-person umpiring crew that worked the final. Marlies was the umpire at second base.
Line Score
(September 26)

USA homers to final
SYDNEY (Australia) - After a two-hour storm and heavy rain delay, Doug Mientkiewicz hit a one-out tie-breaking homerun in the home ninth to power the USA to a 3-2 victory over South Korea and qualifry for the gold medal game. Korea had taken a 2-0 lead in the third, but USA came back in the fourth and tied the game in the seventh. In the eighth, the game was interrupted for two hours due to a thunderstorm, before the game ended with Mientkiewicz's homerun in the ninth. In the game, Dutch umpire Ton Bodaan returned to action after being injured earlier. Bodaan officiated at second base.
Line Score
(September 26)

Cuba to play for gold
SYDNEY (Australia) - Cuba became the first team to qualify for the gold medal final of the baseball tournament. The gold medalists of 1992 and 1996 defeated Japan Tuesday in a rain-delayed game with 3-0 to advance to the final game. Man of the match was veteran Orestes Kindelan, who accounted for all three runs. After an early one hour, seven minute raindelay, Cuba came on the scoreboard in the fourth. In that inning a single by Orestes Kindelan scored the first run, then another line drive single by the veteran resulted in two additional runs in the sixth. Cuban pitcher José Ariel Contreras again went the distance, striking out nine and allowing six.
Line Score
(September 26)

USA and Japan to play softball final
SYDNEY (Australia) - The USA, which won the gold medal four years ago, will defend its title in the softball-final on Monday, facing unbeaten Japan.
On Monday, four teams participated in the Play-Offs resulting in the two finalists. In the opening game, Japan, which finished in first place, shutout Australia, 1-0, on a homerun by Reika Utsugi in the fourth inning. Mariko Masubuchi pitched a one-hitter and struckout ten. The victory put Japan in the final game, while Australia had to face the winner of the game between USA and China.
In the next game, USA, which finished in an unexpected fourth place in the preliminary round, shutout China 3-0, to reach the semi-final vs. Australia. With the loss, China was eliminated for a medal. In the game, the USA won in the tenth inning. With tie-break runner Jennifer Brundage on second base, Sheila Douty walked, bringing Stacey Nuveman to the plate. The American catcher belted a three-run homerun to give her team the victory. In the preliminaries, the USA git its first defeat in 112 games when Japan won 2-1 after eleven innings, which lasted three hours and fifty minutes. The USA suffered three consecutive losses, as China won 2-0 in a 14-inning marathon and Australia won 2-1 in 13 innings. Finally, the USA recovered, shutting out New Zealand, 2-0 on its way to the final game.
In the bronze medal game, with Dutch umpire Marlies Struyvé officiating on third base, USA won 1-0 vs. Australia, putting the Americans in the final and earning Australia the bronze medal. In this game, pinch-runner Jennifer McFalls scored the lone run on a single by 39-year old veteran Dottie Richardson.
Complete Softball Schedule, Scores and Final Standings
(September 25)

Umpire Bodaan still out of action
SYDNEY (Australia) - Dutch umpire Ton Bodaan, who officiated on the first two days of the Olympic tournament didn't came into action on the next five days of competition. Bodaan, a veteran umpire in the highest Dutch league, had to be treated for a boil.
On the third day (last Tuesday), Ton Bodaan was scheduled to umpire at third base during the game between Korea and Cuba, but had to be removed from the umpiring line-up, due to his condition. Earlier in the day, Bodaan was listed as the back-up umpire in one of the morning games and was moments away to fill-in as home plate umpire, as the originally scheduled umpire appeared to arrive late in the stadium. Would that have been the case, Bodaan also wouldn't have been able to umpire at that game either. It never came so far, as the scheduled umpire eventually arrived in time. Bodaan, unfortunately, had to look on from the sideline later on the day and was scheduled to undergo treatment for the boil on Wednesday. He however was unable to return to the field in one of the remaining games in the preliminary round. He probably will be available for one of the games in the medal round.
(September 24)

USA wins big vs. Australia
SYDNEY (Australia) - Host Australia, which won last years Intercontinental Cup-tournament in Sydney defeating Cuba in the final, finished the Olympic tournament with a huge 12-1, seven-inning, loss vs. USA, resulting in a very disappointing seventh place. In the game, USA had fourteen hits, including four by Brent Abernathy, who also had three RBI's. Marcus Jensen added three hits, including a solo homerun, and had four RBI's. The USA scored four runs on three hits and four walks in the second and had a five-run fourth on four hits and an error. The lone Australian run was scored in the fourth. David Nilsson doubled, advanced to third on a single by Clayton Byrne and scored on a grounder by Paul Gonzalez.
Line Score
(September 24)

Cuba finish preliminaries in first place
SYDNEY (Australia) - Cuba claimed first place on the preliminary round after defeating Japan 6-2 on Sunday-evening. Cuba broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth when Orestes Kindelan hit a massive three-run homerun. In the next inning, Antonio Scull added an RBI-single. Kindelan went 2-for-4 in the game, while Omar Linares went 3-for-4 with two runs.
Line Score
(September 24)

South Korea qualifies for Play-Offs
SYDNEY (Australia) - South Korea handed South Africa its fourth mercy rule defeat, winning 13-3 in eight innings. After South Korea took a 1-0 lead in the second, it was Ian Holness, who hit two homeruns vs. The Netherlands, who delivered an RBI-single to tie the game. But in the fourth, Korea scored six runs and added six more in the next four innings. The Asians had fifteen hits, including three each by Jong-Ho Park and Sung-Heon Hong, who also doubled and homered and had three RBI's. In the fifth, Nick Dempsey hit a two-run homerun for the South African team. With the victory, South Korea qualified as fourth and last team for the medal round.
Line Score
(September 24)

Dutch finish with victory vs. Italy
SYDNEY (Australia) - The Netherlands finished their preliminaries with a 3-2 victory over European archrival Italy. With the victory, the Dutch ended up in fifth position, equaling their result of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The day after surprisingly being defeated by South Africa, the Dutch did what they didn't do against the South Africans, but also lacked vs. South Korea: hitting. Despite compiling only seven hits, the team looked better offensively against the Italians, who had only five hits. The day before, the team of manager Silvano Ambrosioni (pictured upper right), had defeated Australia in twelve innings.
The Dutch first got on the board in the opening-inning. Rikkert Faneyte, who went 4-for-4 in the game, hit a lead-off single and stayed on first base when next batter Dirk van 't Klooster popped out on foul territory after attempting a sacrifice bunt. Then, Sharnol Adriana, who went only 1-for-17 after hitting his second homerun of the tournament vs. USA, flied to center to get two quick outs. Hensley Meulens, who was one of the six professional additions to the squad of manager Pat Murphy (pictured upper left), delivered another runscoring hit. His massive double downed Cuba, another double tied the game vs. South Africa and now he hit a two-run homerun to give the Dutch an early 2-0 lead. In the fourth, the Dutch increased their lead to 3-0. Johnny Balentina, who had singled, advanced to third on a grounder by Percy Isenia, when the Italian defense tried to force Balentina on second, but that play resulted in a throwing error. Instead of having three outs, there were now runners on first and third. When Isenia took off from first and got himself in a rundown, Balentina raced to home plate and scored the third run. In the remainder of the game, Italian pitcher Jason Simontacchi (pictured lower right), who went the distance, gave away no more runscoring opportunities. The Italians battled back in the fifth. With two outs, Luigi Carrozza, reached base on a fielding error and then Daniele Frignani hit a two-run homerun to make it 3-2. Dutch starter Rob Cordemans then gave up a single to Andrea Evangelisti, before retiring the next ten batters in a row. In the ninth, Robert De Franceschi hit a lead-off double and was relieved by Ferenc Jongejan (pictured lower left), who had another impressive appearance. Jongejan had to face the heart of the Italian batting order and had to deal with batters no. 3, 4 and 5. But Jongejan struckout Chris Madonna, David Sheldon and Daniel Di Pace in order to earn his second save of the tournament.
With the victory, the Dutch team finished with a 3-4 record, including a major upset as it handed Cuba its first Olympic defeat, but also including a disappointing loss vs. South Africa. One comfort for the Dutch, even with a win over South Africa, the team wouldn't have qualified for the medal round eventually, as in that case it would have ended in a three-way tie with South Korea and Japan. In that case the runs given up in the games between them would have been decisive, and that would have been in favor of the two Asian teams.
Line Score
(September 24)

Cuba hands USA first defeat
SYDNEY (Australia) - Cuba scored four runs in the first and went on to hand the USA its first defeat of the tournament, winning 6-1. Miguel Caldes went 2-for-3 in the game with a double. In the USA-ninth 12-year Major League veteran Pat Borders, who went 2-for-4, singled in the lone USA-run.
Line Score
(September 23)

Italy hands Australia another upset
SYDNEY (Australia) - Italy trailed 5-1 after six innings and 6-4 after eight innings, but in the top of the ninth Chris Madonna hit a two-run homerun to tie the game, forcing extra innings. In the twelfth inning, the Italians took the lead for the first time in the game, when Luigi Carrozza hit a two-run homerun. Carrozza went 3-for-6 in the game. In the home twelfth, Australia scored only once, resulting in an 8-7 loss and the elimination of the Australians for the medal round.
Line Score
(September 23)

SYDNEY (Australia) - South Korea moved closer to the medal round as it defeated Japan 7-6 in ten innings. The victory in combination with the South African victory eliminated The Netherlands from clinching the play-offs. Korea had taken a 4-0 lead in the first ona two-run double by Dong-Joo Kim and a two-run homerun by Seung-Yep Lee, but the Japanese battled back right from the beginning, leading tot a 5-5 tie after seven innings. Finally, in the tenth inning, the Japanese defense committed two deciding errors, resulting in two runs. Japan could only add one run.
Line Score
(September 23)

South Africa spoils Dutch medal chances
SYDNEY (Australia) - A week ago the baseball-team of South Africa made its Olympic debut. A week ago the baseball-team of The Netherlands started the event upsetting host Australia with a 6-4 victory. Now, one week later, South Africa lossed five games in a row, while the Dutch had added a second victory. In a major upset, the Dutch handed Cuba its first Olympic loss, 4-2. With two games left, vs. South Africa and Italy chances were favored for the Dutch to reach the medal round. But on Saturday, things completely changed unexpectedly, resulting in the Dutch standing empty-handed. The Dutch defeating Cuba was sensational, but another major tournament upset was that South Africa won 3-2 vs. The Netherlands in ten innings. Because of the loss chances got slimmer for the Dutch to reach the play-offs. A little more than an hour later any hopes of reaching the medal round were definitively ended by another surprise as South Korea, which was defeated three times, won 7-6 vs. Japan in ten innings. The two Saturday-morning games therefore had an enormous influence in the standings and the clinching of the medal rounds. Besides USA, Cuba and Japan now presumably South Korea will join them to play for the medals.
In the game between the Dutch and South Africa, one player played an enormous part. Ian Holness, who has a short history in the Los Angeles Dodgers-organization, won the game single-handedly. Holness went 4-for-5, including two doubles and two homeruns and accounted for all three RBI's. Another important player for South Africa was pitcher Tim Harrell (pictured right), who plays for the Vero Beach Dodgers, the single-A team of the Los Angeles Dodgers, went the distance, striking out four and allowing only six Dutch hits. That things wouldn't go smoothly started already in the first inning when Paul Bell hit a lead-off single. Dutch starter Patrick de Lange, who moved into the starting rotation, saw Bell reaching third on a sacrifice and a grounder, but out of the inning. In the second he gave uop a two-out single, in the third there was another lead-off single, a force play and a double by Ian Holness. South Africa left two runners in scoring position. In the fourth, another single was recorded, but the runner was picked-off by De Lange. But then, in the sixth, with the score still tied at 0-0, Ian Holness homered to right, giving South Africa the lead. In the meantime, pitcher Harrell gave up only two hits in six innings, a double by Sharnol Adriana and single to Robert Eenhoorn. In between, the Dutch got two one-out walks in the fifth, but failed to score. In the sixth, Eenhoorn and Rikkert Faneyte were caught stealing. But finally, the Dutch got on the scoreboard in the seventh. Dirk van 't Klooster hit a one-out single, advanced to third on a grounder and an error and scored the tying run on a pinch-hit infield-single by Ken Brauckmiller. In the eighth, South Africa immediately re-took the lead. Reliever Eelco Jansen, who had entered the game the inning before, walked Clint Alfino walked and when Radhames Dijkhoff took over the pitching after that, Ian Holness doubled in Darryl Gonsalves, who was pinch-running for Alfino. Dijkhoff was relieved by Erik Remmerswaal, who pitched the Dutch out of a jam. And again, the Dutch tied the score. In the home eighth, Rikkert Faneyte reached base on an error and scored from first base on a deep double by Hensley Meulens. When no runs were scored in regular play, extra innings had to bring the decision. And that happened. In the tenth, Rikkert Faneyte took over the pitching in the tenth, things looked like it was going the Dutch way. Paul Bell flied to center and Errol Davis struckout, but then Ian Holness made his fifth plate appearance and connected for his second homerun of the game. In the home tenth, Tim Harrell retired the side as South Africa its first-ever victory vs. the Dutch.
Line Score
(September 23)

Late inning victory USA vs. Italy
SYDNEY (Australia) - USA beat Italy 4-2, but the game was tied 2-2 in the bottom eighth, before the Americans scored two runs. USA took a 2-0 lead in the first, but then Italy, which played a good game, tied the score in the fourth. Chris Madonna doubled and scored on an RBI-single by Davide Sheldon. On the next play, Sheldon was forced out as Daniel Di Pace reached base. Later, he scored on a two-out infield-single by Luigi Carrozza. But in the eighth, Italian starter Battista Perri walked Mike Neill and Ernie Young with two outs. Jason Simontacchi took over the pitching and faced Mike Kinkade, who hit a grounder to the pitcher. Simontacchi threw the ball past his first baseman, resulting in two runs. The wins means that USA became the first team to clinch a play-off spot and that was a nice present to manager Tom Lasorda, who celebrated his 73rd birthday.
Line Score
(September 22)

Japan shuts out South Africa
SYDNEY (Australia) - Japan shuts out South Africa, 8-0 on Friday. The Japanese collected fourteen hits, including three by both Yukio Tanaka and Jun Hirose. Tanaka also homered in the game and had three RBI's. Also homering was Norihiro Nakamura. The Japanese secured the victory in the first inning when they scored three runs. South Africa had only three hits, two by Clint Alfino.
Line Score
(September 22)

Cuba one-runs Australia
SYDNEY (Australia) - Cuba shuts out Australia, 1-0 on Friday. The only run was scored in the third when Miguel Caldes reached home plate on a single by 36-year old veteran Luis Ulacia. Cuban pitcher José Ariel Contreras went the distance and struckout ten, while allowing only three hits. Australian pitcher Shayne Bennett, who lossed the opener from The Netherlands, this time gave up nine hits, but also only one run. Cuba is almost secured of a place in the medal round, as are USA and Japan. Australia is in the race for the fourth play-off spot together with The Netherlands and South Korea.
Line Score
(September 22)

Koreans two-hits Dutch
SYDNEY (Australia - The Netherlands and South Korea played a scoreless game, except for one inning, the first. In that opening inning, the Koreans scored twice and that was all they need to win 2-0. Byun-Kyu Lee hit a lead-off ground rule double and was singled in by Jong-Ho Park to give Korea a very quick lead. After Park was forced out at second on a grounder by Jae-Hong Park, Dong-Joo Kim walked to keep the pressure on the bases. Ki-Tai Kim then hit another runscoring single to make it 2-0, before Sung-Heon Hong grounded into a double play to end the inning. After that, Dutch starter Jurriaan Lobbezoo recovered and pitched himself out of two runscoring opportunties in the third and sixth inning. Offensively however, the Dutch had only two hits off of Seok-Jin Park, who dominated the game and struckout seven. In the second inning, the Dutch was close to scoring, as Percy Isenia (pictured left) hit a one-out double. Then, with two outs, Dirk van 't Klooster and Johnny Balentina walked, before Evert-Jan 't Hoen popped to the Korean catcher. From that point on, the Korean starter retired nineteen of the next twenty batters he faced. The only batter to reach base was Robert Eenhoorn (pictured right), who hit an infield-single in the fourth. In the ninth, Chang-Yong Lim took the mound and also retired the side to earn a save, meaning that the last sixteen batters were retired in a row. In the seventh, Ferenc Jongejan took over the Dutch pitching, striking out two. In then ninth, he walked a batter, then saw him advance to third on a throwing error as he attempted a pick-off, but then struckout the next three batters. Despite the loss, the Dutch are still in the race for the medal round and will meet South Africa and Italy in their last two games in the preliminary round. Korea will face Japan and South Africa in the remaining games, while Australia has to deal with Italy and USA.
Line Score
(September 22)

Olympic television schedule
HILVERSUM (Neth.) - Dutch television will of course provide live coverage of many events of the Olympic Games.
NOS Studio Sport will not only carry daily live broadcasts, but also schedules highlights, background stories and interviews. NOS Studio Sport is anchored from both Sydney and Hilversum by Mart Smeets and Jack van Gelder. Also hosting will be Edward van Cuilenborg, Tom Egbers, Dione de Graaff, Daniëlle Overgaag and Humberto Tan.
RTL 5 and SBS 6 also will cover the Olympics. RTL 5 has a daily magazine scheduled, titled Olympisch Nieuws (Olympic News), with background stories and interviews by Mari Carmen Oudendijk and Jaap van Deurzen. SBS 6 also schedules a daily show, titled In Sydney staat een huis (In Sydney stands a house), with background stories and interviews by André van der Toorn and Edwin Evers.
Dutch Olympic Television Schedule
(September 14)

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