Cuba looked long at a disadvantage in the competition but won in Taichung 6-5.
On Monday, the team of coach Hensley Meulens the tournament started with a victory against host Taiwan.
Yosvany Alarcon put Cuba in the eighth inning with a single off 6-5 and trailing Netherlands could in the remaining two innings beyond repair.
Jurrjens
Netherlands came behind early, but the Aruban Shawn Zarraga there led off with a homerun role in ensuring that the team Meulens in the fourth inning for a 4-1 lead.
The Cubans could do little for five innings against the Dutch pitcher Jair Jurrjens, who made his comeback after more than nine years in Orange. In the sixth Cuban innings lost former All-Star Major League Baseball, however the control.
Jurrjens who mourned the sudden death Monday of his former teammate with the Atlanta Braves Tommy Hanson (29), had also allow a homerun by Estayle Hernandez four runs.
Andruw Jones made in the sixth inning, the same for the Netherlands, but Alarcon hit Cuba two innings later still to victory.
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