Ericson Leonora drove in five on a grand slam, Martijn Schoonderwoerd spun five scoreless, and Curaçao routed Czechia 11-2 for its first Honkbalweek win.
The Netherlands trailed 4-3 late, then erupted for nine runs in the ninth to bury Chinese Taipei 15-4 at Honkbalweek Haarlem — Delano Selassa driving in five.
Mattia Aldegheri — older brother of Angels pitcher Sam Aldegheri — threw 5.1 hitless innings with eight strikeouts as Italy beat the Globetrotters 3-1 to stay perfect.
Winless Curaçao and Czechia meet to close Sunday at Honkbalweek Haarlem, with the loser falling to 0-2. Start time, live stream and how to watch.
Robel García’s pinch-hit two-run double broke a scoreless duel as Italy beat the host Netherlands 2-0 in a weather-shortened Honkbalweek Haarlem thriller.
José-Andrés Paula singled home the winning run with two outs in the ninth as the International Globetrotters rallied past Czechia 4-3 for their first Honkbalweek Haarlem win.
Chinese Taipei squeezed home the winning run in the 10th to beat Curaçao 3-2 in the tiebreaker, opening Honkbalweek Haarlem 2026 unbeaten.
The Kingdom of the Netherlands opened Honkbalweek Haarlem 2026 with a 6-1 win over the barnstorming International Globetrotters at Pim Mulier Stadion.
Five of the six teams at Honkbalweek Haarlem 2026 are nations. The sixth has no flag. The International Globetrotters are a barnstorming all-star team of overseas pros assembled by Baseball Jobs Overseas — four-time Finkstonball champions who played Team Italy and Team Czechia in Milan this year. Meet international baseball’s most fascinating roster-construction story.
Honkbal is the Dutch word for baseball — and Honkbalweek Haarlem is the tournament that hosted Paul Skenes, Dylan Crews, and Wyatt Langford in 2022, years before they were MLB names. Here’s what honkbal is, who’s playing in 2026 (including world No. 2 Chinese Taipei and MLB All-Star Jurickson Profar’s Curaçao), and the full schedule with U.S. times.
Eleven years after signing as an undrafted free agent, Puerto Rico’s Bryan Torres finally cracks an MLB lineup card in Cincinnati.
Team USA heads to Taichung City for the inaugural World Collegiate Baseball Championship July 11-15, with Illinois’ Dan Hartleb managing the CNT.
