While pitching he earned the only save of the tournament in a one run game against eventual third-place finisher Romania where he came on in the 8th (extra) inning and struck out three. Kurtzer also pitched three innings against the national team from Bulgaria where he gave up one hit, did not allow a run and struck out seven. At the plate against Turkey he was 2-for-3, scored four runs, had three RBIs and had two stolen bases. His ground-rule double in the 4th inning easily cleared the right field fence.