March 15, 1961
The Start of Something Mohr?
A sleepy Dutch crowd was jolted to life in the top of the 9th. A groundball that could have been the end of the game was booted by the Germans, putting the tying run on base.
Rently van der Meyde delivered with a liner into right, plating two to tie the game. The Netherlands had collected only two hits in the first 8 innings, so when they finally broke through the crowd erupted, their first chance to rise up all day.
Geoffrey Mohr wasn't having any of it. He came to the dish with a man on and one out in the bottom of the 9th and sent a screaming line drive over the right field fence, silencing most of the 40,000+ fans and giving the German team the win. They made the Final Four a year ago and that happened with Mohr as a bench player.
In the last year, he's developed into one of the best young hitters in the game. For the Oslo Owls of the European Silver League, he hit .341/.424/.505 and stole 24 bases. He's only collected six hits during the WBC so far, but five have gone for extra bases: three doubles, a triple, and this walk-off home run. If he's able to pepper in a few more singles, he can help them advance even further than last season.
Other Scores
South Korea 3, France 1
India 2, England 1
Spain 7, Cuba 2