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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Henk Seppen)

Twins wins in Amsterdam; Jason Halman joins Oosterhout-team
Nederlands

AMSTERDAM (Neth.) - Twins Oosterhout had a productive afternoon on Sunday (March 24) in Amsterdam, where it won 7-4 in a 7-inning game against L&D Amsterdam Pirates. On Saturday, in Oosterhout, Amsterdam Pirates won 1-0, scoring the lone run in the seventh inning.

Twins has added catcher Jason Halman to its roster and today, he played in his first game. Twins Head Coach Jeffrey Arends confirmed that Halman will be on the roster of Twins and that he will make his comeback in baseball in the highest division this season playing for the team from Oosterhout. The brother of the late Major League-player Gregory Halman (Seattle Mariners) earlier played seven seasons in the Dutch big league. In 2005, at age 16, he made his big league-debut while playing for Amsterdam Pirates. Thereafter, he played for Almere '90 (2006), ADO (2007) and Kinheim (2008-2011).

(March 24)

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Twins Oosterhout had a productive afternoon in Amsterdam, outhitting Pirates 11-6. Twins was able to reach base frequently, but also stranded several runners. On the other hand, Amsterdam Pirates also left several runners behind.

Twins opened the score in the second inning off of lefthanded starter Jim Ploeger, then added two runs on his successor Maickel Rietel.

...Jason Halman hitting for Kinheim in 2010...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen)
Rookie Thomas Roijers started for Twins and had a good outing, keeping Amsterdam scoreless in the three innings he pitched.

It was a close game, but in the end, Twins had scored more runs. Pirates narrowed the deficit to 4-2 in the fourth inning off of reliever Mic van de Ven. After Twins had added a run in the fifth, Amsterdam scored twice to make it a 5-4 score.

In the top of the seventh inning, Twins scored two more runs on three consecutive doubles hit by Dennis De Quint, Jason Halman and Shurman Marlin. That lifted the lead to 7-4, which proved to be decisive.

,,We played a good game'', Twins Head Coach Jeffrey Arends said afterwards.

Brian Finnegan, his colleague at Amsterdam Pirates, also looked back to the game. ,,It went well, considering the fact that this was our first time to play outside on our home-field'', he said. ,,Offensively, we have to get into our rhythm, but we'll getting there. We had some fine basehits today, everyone is improving. Twins had more hits and played well today. But it was good to be outside again, we had a lot of sunshine''.



L&D Amsterdam Pirates - Twins Oosterhout 4-7 (7 inn.)
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Twins Oosterhout0220012-7
L&D Amsterdam Pirates0002020-4
pitchers Twinsinn.SOBBHRER
Thomas Roijers, W (1-0)3 --

Mic van de Ven2 2

Marvin Brown, SV (1)2 2

pitchers Piratesinn.SOBBHRER
Jim Ploeger, L (0-1)2 2

Maickel Rietel2 2

Nick Veltkamp2 1

Mike Groen1 2
Standings Exh. Season
Scores
Schedule
Team Rosters
Umpires: HP-John Beltman, 1B-Rob Has.
Scorer-none.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-0:00 hrs.
Site-Pirates Honkbalstadion, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam.

Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 11,4° C (52,5° F); wind direction west;
wind speed 18 kmh (11,2 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 54%.




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