Kinheim started the game well, scoring twice in the top of the first inning off of Orlando Yntema.
With that, the Haarlem-squad had a more productive start than the day before, but in the end, it were to be the lone two runs Kinheim scored today.
The first pitch Yntema delivered today ended on lead-off hitter Kevin Moesquit's upperbody and with that, he became the first baserunner.
Next, Mervin Gario singled through the rightside of the infield to put runners on first and third base.
Moments later, Gario stole second base and so, Kinheim was threatening right from the beginning.
Hereafter, Yntema struckout Bryan Engelhardt, but Kinheim opened the score on a following grounder by Phil Ortez.
With two outs, Gario accounted for the next run when he was able to score from second base when a grounder by Dashenko Ricardo up the middle was misplayed by short stop Dwayne Kemp.
Jeffrey Arends followed with a rare single.
The ball rolled close to the third base-line, where third baseman Raily Legito appeared to have a play.
However, when it became clear that he had no play at first base, he let the ball roll, hoping it would turn foul, but that didn't happen.
The two runners stranded when a flyout ended the inning.
In the following innings, only six more batters would reach base for Kinheim.
Starting with the flyout, Yntema retired ten batters in a row and with that more or less repeated the outing of Diegomar Markwell the day before.
He also had encountered some problems in the first inning, held Kinheim scoreless, but then retired eleven batters in a row.
In the bottom of the second inning, Neptunus erased the deficit with one swing.
First, Kinheim-starter Glenn Wassink walked lead-off hitter Dwayne Kemp.
Hereafter, at the moment Kemp took off to steal second base, Benjamin Dille connected well on the first delivery he saw and hit a 2-run homerun over the leftfield-fence that tied the score.
...Benjamin Dille...
...single, triple, homerun...
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That was a rare moment, as Dille hit his last homerun on July 7, 2012 vs. HCAW in Bussum, a 3-run homerun in the second inning.
Since then, he played in 170 games (including regular season, play-offs and Holland Series), in which he got 692 at bats, without hitting a homerun.
But today, more than three years, 1163 days and almost 28.000 hours later, Dille homered again.
Oh, for-the-record, umpire Edwin Louisa and Official Scorer Fred van der Kade also were on duty when Dille homered in 2012.
After giving up the homerun, Wassink retired seven batters in a row.
He then got the bases loaded in the bottom of the third inning.
With one out, Dwayne Kemp was hit by a pitch and this time, he successfully stole second base.
He advanced to third base on a grounder, then Raily Legito and Gianison Boekhoudt both walked.
But the three runners were left behind when Christian Diaz flied out.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Neptunus broke the 2-2 tie.
Rien Vernooij led off with a walk and stole second base, then advanced on a single by Gyenuar Lopez.
Next, Shaldimar Daantji grounded to short, where Lopez appeared to be forced out, but he reached second base safely, while Vernooij scored.
A force play and double play then concluded the at bat, but Neptunus had taken a 3-2 lead and from that moment on, took complete charge of the game.
In the top of the fifth inning, Niels van Weert led off with a double for Kinheim, but then was eliminated at third base on a bunt by Jochem Koedijk.
A single by Kevin Moesquit followed, but Kinheim stranded two runners.
In the bottom of the fifth, Neptunus took more distance, thanks to a 3-run rally.
First, Benjamin Dille singled.
Hereafter, Raily Legito hit a hard line drive towards third base where Mervin Gario didn't had much time to react and so the veteran player ended up with a double to put runners on second and third base.
That marked the end for Wassink.
He was relieved by Scott Ronnenbergh, who began by striking out Gianison Boekhoudt.
Another out followed when Dille was eliminated at the plate trying to score on a grounder towards second base by Christian Diaz.
But hereafter, Rien Vernooij singled in a run and Gyenuar Lopez followed with a 2-run double that lifted the lead to 6-2.
After Yntema retired the Kinheim-side for the fourth time in the top of the sixth, Neptunus again scored three runs moments later.
In the bottom of the sixth, Urving Kemp led off with an infield-hit and Dwayne Kemp walked, then both scored when Benjamin Dille followed with a triple.
And with that, Dille now only needed a double to complete a cycle.
With the Belgian player on third base, another pitching change followed, as Ronnenbergh was relieved by Pim Walsma.
He saw Dille score when Raily Legito hit a sacrifice fly, then two grounders closed the at bat.
With Neptunus now leading 9-2, Dudley Leonora led off the Kinheim-seventh wiht a single, but he was forced out.
Yntema retired the side again in the eighth.
In the bottom half of the seventh, Walsma gave up a 2-out single to Shaldimar Daantji, but he stranded.
Arshwin Asjes pitched the eighth for KInheim, retiring the side.
Berry van Driel took over for Yntema in the top of the ninth.
He also got three outs in a row to conclude the game, which lasted one minute shorter than on Saturday.
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Neptunus also wins second game Holland Series
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Curaçao Neptunus also won the second game of the best-of-seven Holland Series, beating Corendon Kinheim 9-2 on Sunday (September 13).
With that, the Rotterdam-squad is now halfway of extending its championship-title.