2015 World Port Tournament

The 2015 World Port Tournament was held from July 18 through July 26, 2015 in Rotterdam. Competing teams were the Dutch national team, Cuba (a B-squad as the Cuban national team was playing in the 2015 Pan American Games, a Japanese team, a team from Taiwan and a team from Curacao.

Games

July 18

• Japan 12, Curacao 2. 3B Yuto Shono (3 H, 2 R, 3 RBI) and RF Yuhei Konaka (3 R) led Japan's offense, while Kento Yoza got the win over Nick Veltkamp.
• Netherlands 6, Taiwan 5. Taiwan jumped on Rob Cordemans for four in the first but he then tossed seven shutout innings. The Netherlands trailed 5-3 with two outs in the bottom of the 9th when Kevin Moesquit hit a clutch home run. In the 12th, Danny Rombley's sacrifice fly scored Gilmer Lampe with the winner. Bayron Cornelisse took the victory, Shih-Ying Peng the loss.

July 19

• Netherlands 10, Curacao 6. CF Shaldimar Daantji (3 H, 3 RBI), LF Christian Diaz (3 H), 1B Quintin de Cuba (3 RBI) and DH Gianison Boekhoudt (3 R) provided plenty of offense while Kevin Heijstek got the win. Raydel Isabella took the loss. LF Kelvin Silvania (3 for 3, R, 2 RBI) and DH Raywendley van Gurp (3 RBI) led Curacao.
• Cuba 4, Taiwan 2. DH Yordanis Samón drove in two and four players had multiple hits for Cuba. Former Cuban national team pitchers got the win and save as Jonder Martinez (2 H, 0 R in 5 IP) provided a strong start and Miguel Lahera wrapped it up. Yu-Pu Wang was the losing hurler.

July 20

• Curacao 4, Taiwan 0. Marvin Brown, Sherwenne Antersijn, Evenon Martis and Jonathan Balentina combined to shut out Taiwan, while SS Shurendell Mujica (2 R) and LF/1B Kelvin Silvania (2 RBI) provided the offense. Yi-Chih Huang was the losing pitcher.
• Cuba 13, Japan 5. C Osvaldo Vázquez (2 HR, 5 RBI), LF/1B Yasiel Santoya (3 H, 2 R, 2 RBI), CF Reutilio Hurtado (3 H, 2 R, 2 RBI) and 3B Yurisbel Gracial (3 H, 2 R, RBI) led a fine Cuban offense, while veteran José A. García got the win over Ryusei Sakamoto.

July 21

• Taiwan 6, Japan 4. SS Po-Ting Hsiao drove in three and Shih-Ying Peng got the win over Yuta Monzen. 3B Teppei Ueda (4 for 5, R, 2 RBI, HR shy of the cycle) and CF Keitaro Katada (3 H) shone in a losing cause.
• Netherlands 12, Cuba 7. C Dashenko Ricardo's 3-run triple in the 7th keyed a Dutch comeback, while 2B Kevin Moesquit scored three. Berry van Driel got the win in relief over Danny Aguilera. C Osvaldo Vázquez drove in three to remain hot while LF/3B Yurisbel Gracial doubled twice and homered.

July 22

• Cuba 11, Cuaracao 7. LF/SS Lourdes Gourriel Jr. (3 for 5, 3 RBI) and C Olber Peña (4 for 4) paced Cuba's hitters in a win, Danny Aguilera getting the decision over Evenon Martis. CF Rojean Cleofa drove in three for Curacao.
• Netherlands 2, Japan 1. DH Teppei Ueda drove in C Yuki Kimura in the 4th against Kevin Kelly, but the Dutch came back in the bottom of the inning versus Kazuto Nakagawa on singles by 1B Dudley Leonora, CF Shaldimar Daantji (plus an error on the play by LF Hiromasa Mitsuya) and LF Gilmer Lampe. It remained 1-1 into the bottom of the 9th when 3B Dwayne Kemp doubled off Ryusa Sakamoto and came home on a fly by C Quintin de Cuba.

July 23

• Curacao 14, Japan 5. RF Reyhan Fecunda and 3B Raily Legito (3 R, RBI) each had 3 hits for Curacao while LF Rojean Cleofa drove in three. Raydel Isabella picked up the win while Tatsuya Yamamoto was handed the loss.
• Netherlands 8, Cuba 4. Mike Bolsenbroek allowed one run in seven and got offensive support from 3B Dwayne Kemp (2 R, 2 RBI) and SS Stijn van der Meer (3 H). Jonder Martinez allowed four runs (3 earned) in four innings for the loss. SS Yurisbel Gracial again starred for Cuba (4 for 5, 3 2B, 2 RBI); no other Cuban had an extra-base hit.

July 24

• Cuba 4, Taiwan 3. Alberto Bicet blanked Taiwan for 7 and held a 3-0 lead but allowed one run in the 8th and two inherited runners scored off José A. García but García allowed no more runs. In the bottom of the 8th, RF Yoelvis Fiss singled in 3B Jorge Luis Barcelán (who had three hits). LF Yasiel Santoya finished a triple shy of the cycle, walked and drove in the other three Cuban runs. Yen-Ching Lu took the loss.
• Netherlands 19, Curacao 1. The Netherlands finished the first round unbeaten as Diegomar Markwell goes the distance, whereas Marvin Brown gives up 6 runs in 2/3 IP and four relievers fail to contain the Orange offense. 2B Kevin Moesquit and RF Danny Rombley drive in 3 apiece, C/1B Dudley Leonora and C Dashenko Ricardo each score 3 and Rombley, Ricardo and CF Shaldimar Daantji each have three hits. The Netherlands advanced to the title game with the win while Curacao would play Cuba for the other spot in the finale.

July 25

• Japan vs. Taiwan rained out in 4th/5th place game

• Cuba 4, Curacao 3. Yoelkis Cruz allows 3 runs in 7 for the win and Miguel Lahera notches the save. LF/CF Yasiel Santoya and DH Yordanis Samón each have two hits, a run and a RBI as Cuba moves to the finale. Evenon Martis struggles with 8 hits and 4 runs in 4 1/3 IP. Johnny Gregorius closes it out with 3 2/3 shutout, hitless innings (though he walks four) but it's too late.

July 26

• Cuba 5, Netherlands 3. The Netherlands, unbeaten until the finale, found the wrong time to lose. Cuba got on board in the first against Rob Cordemans on a double by 2B Lourdes Gourriel Jr., a single by LF Yasiel Santoya and a double-play grounder from SS Yurisbel Gracial. In the third, the Netherlands tied it versus Frank Montieth on a walk by 2B Kevin Moesquit, a grounder by SS Stijn van der Meer to advance him and a two-out RBI single by DH Gianison Boekhoudt. Cuba had their big inning in the 4th. C Osvaldo Vázquez had a one-out single and advanced on a grounder by DH Yordanis Samón. Cuba then got to Cordemans for three straight hits, a RBI single by 1B Ariel Borrero, RBI double by 3B Jorge Luis Barcelán and RBI single by RF Yoelvis Fiss. In the fifth, Gourriel hit a solo homer to left-center for a 5-1 lead. Cordemans and Loek van Mil (who worked the final two) would allow nothing more but the damage had been done. In the bottom of the 6th, LF Christian Diaz drew a leadoff walk and CF Shaldimar Daantji rapped a two-out single, chasing Montieth in favor of José A. García. Daantji stole second and an error on the play by backup 2B Andy Sarduy let Diaz score to make it 5-2. In the 7th, 3B Dwayne Kemp singled with two out and took third on a wild pitch but was stranded when 1B Dudley Leonora grounded out. In the bottom of the 8th, Leonora walked and C Dashenka Ricardo singled. With one out, Moesquit hit into a two-base error by Gracial to make it 5-3 and put the potential tying run on second. Backup SS Mike Duursma struck out, though, and Miguel Lahera relieved to fan RF Danny Rombley as well to strand the two runners in scoring position. In the 9th, the Dutch had one more chance when Kemp had a one-out single (his third hit) but Diaz and Leonora grounded out to end it.

Awards were presented to:

• Best Contact Hitter: Yasiel Santoya, Cuba (.567)
• Best Pitcher: Diegomar Markwell, Netherlands (1-0, 1.29)
• Home Run King: Osvaldo Vázquez, Cuba (3 HR)
• MVP: Lourdes Gourriel Jr., Cuba (.368/.400/.526, 10 R)
• Most Popular Player: Dwayne Kemp, Netherlands
• Best Rookie: Christian Diaz, Netherlands
• Donald Bax Press Award: Raily Legito, Curacao

Rosters

Cuba

• Osvaldo Vázquez, C
• Olber Peña, C
• Ariel Borrero, IF
• Yasiel Santoya, IF/OF
• Andy Sarduy, IF
• Yurisbel Gracial, IF
• Dainier Gálvez, IF
• Adrián Moreno, IF
• Jorge Luis Barcelán, IF
• Lourdes Gourriel Jr., IF
• Reutilio Hurtado, OF
• Yoelvis Fiss, OF
• Yordanis Samón, IF
• Jonder Martínez, P
• Ramón Licor, P
• Yoelkis Cruz, P
• José Ángel García, P
• Danny Aguilera, P
• Alberto Bicet, P
• Frank Montieth, P
• Adrián Sosa, P
• Yadiel Hechevarria, P
• Miguel Lahera, P
• Yadir Rabi, P
• Víctor Mesa, Manager
• Lázaro López, Coach
• José Luis Rodríguez Pantoja, Coach
• Rogelio García , Coach

Curacao

• Roderick Eustatius, P
• Jonathan Balentina, P
• Raydel Isabella, P
• Claysandy Hariquez, P
• Richene Martina, P
• Marvin Brown, P
• Sherwenne Antersijn, P
• Evenon Martis, P
• Ramses Jamanika, P
• Rodienne Albertus, P
• Nick Veltkamp, P
• Ulrich Snijders, C
• Ramiro Balentina, C
• Raily Legito, IF
• Johnny Gregorius, IF
• Djionny Joubert, IF
• Kelvin Silvania, IF
• Raywendley Van Gurp, IF
• Shurendell Mujica, IF
• Curtney Doran, OF
• Quincy Ascencion, OF
• Reyhan Fecunda, OF
• Rojean Cleofa, OF
• Edinho Meyer, OF
• Raymond Van Gurp, Manager
• Roberto Meireles, Coach
• Ramsey Betorina, Coach
• Richard Obispo, Coach
• Franklin Confesor, Coach
• Melfried Comenencia, Coach

Japan

• Kento Yoza, P
• Ryotaro Tamura, P
• Makoto Ota, P
• Tatsuya Yamamoto, P
• Kazuto Nakagawa, P
• Ryohsuke Hattori, P
• Ryusei Sakamoto, P
• Yuta Monzen, P
• Yuki Kimura, C
• Ryosuke Hata, C
• Yuta Ohsugi, C
• Kazuma Harada, IF
• Ryosuke Shibumura, IF
• Kazuki Kidoji, IF
• Hiroki Natsumi, IF
• Yuto Shono, IF
• Teppei Ueda, IF
• Tsuyoshi Tamura, IF
• Takaya Kato, IF
• Yuhei Konaka, OF
• Hiromasa Mitsuya, OF
• Keitaro Katada, OF
• Shusaku Yamamoto, OF
• Masatoshi Sawada, OF
• Kazuhiko Nakano, Manager
• Tadamasa Fujiwara, Coach
• Toru Nakagawa, Coach

Netherlands

• Arshwin Asjes, P
• Mike Bolsenbroek, P
• Rob Cordemans, P
• Bayron Cornelisse, P
• Berry van Driel, P
• Kevin Heijstek, P
• Kevin Kelly, P
• Diegomar Markwell, P
• Loek van Mil, P
• Jim Ploeger, P
• Orlando Yntema, P
• Gianison Boekhoudt, C
• Quintin de Cuba, C
• Dashenko Ricardo, C
• Mike Duursma, IF
• Dwayne Kemp, IF
• Dudley Leonora, IF
• Stijn van der Meer, IF
• Kevin Moesquit, IF
• Nick Urbanus, IF
• Shaldimar Daantji, OF
• Christian Diaz, OF
• Gilmer Lampe, OF
• Danny Rombley, OF
• Steve Janssen, Manager
• Mike Hartley, Coach
• Ben Thijssen, Coach
• Evert-Jan 't Hoen, Coach
• Sidney De Jong, Coach
• Wim Martinus, Coach

Taiwan

• Kai-Hsiang Hsu, P
• Tsung-Hao Wang, P
• Tzu-Peng Huang, P
• Yen-Ching Lu, P
• Wei-Chih Lin, P
• Wei-Fan Tsai, P
• Yu-Pu Wang, P
• Yi-Chih Huang, P
• Shih-Ying Peng, P
• Hsiang-Ying Wang, P
• Ming-Yen Kan, C
• Chia-Wei Huang, C
• Sung-Hsun Wu, C
• Yen-Ting Pan, IF
• Han Lin, IF
• Tsung-Hsien Lee, IF
• Tai-Chun Yang, IF
• Po-Ting Hsiao, IF
• Wei-Chih Chen, IF
• Yi-Hung Chen, IF
• Chieh-Hsien Chen, OF
• Yu-Ning Tsao, OF
• Chih-Chieh Su, IF
• Tzu-Chieh Lin, OF
• Chien-Fu Kuo Lee, Manager
• Ming-Shan Kang, Coach
• Chung-I Lin, Coach
• Min-Shun Chiu, Coach

Source: World Port Tournament