Amsterdam Pirates needed less than one-and-a-half hour to finish the game against Deurne Spartans, which last year captured the Belgian Championship-title.
By then, a 15-run difference was reached to end the game via the mercy-rule.
The roster of Deurne Spartans is filled with five Venezuelan players and seven more with a Venezuelan background, but with the Belgian nationality.
Amsterdam opened the score with two runs in the top of the first inning off of starter Sharlon Lebacks.
Two years ago, the Antillian righthander played for Twins Oosterhout in the Dutch big league in the first two months of the season, then returned to Belgium.
With one out, Lebacks walked Sharlon Schoop, who moved on a passed ball, then scored on a triple by Gilme Lampe.
A sacrifice fly by Denzel Richardson brought in Lampe.
In a long second inning, Pirates rallied for nine runs on seven basehits.
The rally began with a lead-off single by Delano Selassa.
Hereafter, the bases got loaded when Linoy Croes walked and Rashid Gerard singled.
Victor Draijer followed with a runscoring single, then another run was scored on a force play-grounder by Roelie Henrique.
Next batter Sharlon Schoop connected for a 2-run double.
After Gilmer Lampe singled, the next run was scored when Denzel Richardson also singled.
When an outfield-error followed that single, another Pirates-runner was able to score.
With Richardson on second base, Kenny Berkenbosch was hit by a pitch.
Both scored when Delano Selassa drilled the ball over the fence in leftfield for a 3-run homerun in his second at bat in the inning.
That lifted the lead to 11-0 and also resulted in a pitching change.
Wesley Werelst took over.
He walked Linoy Croes and Rashid Gerard, but then a force out and a grounder ended the long at bat.
...Delano Selassa...
...4-for-4, double, homerun, 3 runs scored, 4 RBI's...
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Pirates added three runs in the third inning.
Sharlon Schoop led off with a single and Gilmer Lampe doubled.
They respectively scored on a grounder by Denzel Richardson and on an error that enabled Kenny Berkenbosch to reach second base.
He later scored on a passed ball.
Steven van Groningen started for Amsterdam Pirates.
The righthander played in the big league for Kinheim, Hoofddorp Pioniers, HCAW and Neptunus, before joining Amsterdam after last season.
Van Groningen retired the first seven batters he faced.
With one out in the bottom of the third inning, he gave up a single to Adalberto Vicente Lopez, which would be the lone basehit for the Belgian team.
Moments later, the Amsterdam-defense turned a double play.
Vicente remained the lone runner for Deurne.
After being retired in order in the fourth inning, Amsterdam Pirates scored three more runs in the top of the fifth.
With one out, Kit Gijsbers and Kenny Berkenbosch singled and Delano Selassa followed with a runscoring double.
Berkenbosch went on to score on a wild pitch.
Selassa later scored on a single by Linoy Croes to make it a 17-0 score.
Steven van Groningen retired the side in the bottom of the fourth, as did Jhan Rifaela in the fifth inning.
And that concluded the game, which ended via the mercy-rule after only one hour and 27 minutes.
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Amsterdam Pirates records big victory against Deurne
BOLOGNA (Italy) -
L&D Amsterdam Pirates recorded a big 17-0 victory against Deurne Spartans (Belgium) on Wednesday-afternoon (June 5) in its second game of the European Champions Cup-tournament in Italy.
With a 2-0 lead, Amsterdam Pirates rallied for nine runs in the second inning to take an early comfortable lead.
The game ended after five complete innings via the 15-run difference mercy-rule.
European Champions Cup 2019.