 Kinheim, UVV, Neptunus lead in tournaments
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   BUSSUM / ENSCHEDE / ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Corendon Kinheim is the leader after Day 2 of the 29th In Memoriam Charles Urbanus, Sr. Tournament in Bussum after winning twice on Saturday.
Kinheim won 2-0 vs. Vaessen Pioniers and 9-1 vs. host Mr. Cocker HCAW.
On Sunday, the key game will be the match-up of Kinheim vs. L&D Amsterdam Pirates, which today played a 3-3 tie vs. Pioniers.
At Enschede, UVV won its first two games today on the opening day of the 29th edition of the J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament.
UVV nipped organisor Tex Town Tigers 2-1, but registered a 7-0 shutout-win vs. Mainz Athletics from Germany.
DOOR Neptunus is leading after Day 2 of the youngest tournament, the 13th edition of the Hudson John Tournament.
Neptunus won big twice with a 12-0 shutout, first vs. ADO, then vs. Savigny-sur-Orge Lions from France.
Sparta-Feyenoord won 9-6 vs. Savigny and will meet Neptunus on Sunday in Rotterdam in the key-game for the tournament-win.
Vaessen Pioniers vs. Corendon Kinheim (game 2 In Memoriam Charles Urbanus Sr. Tournament)
At Bussum, Kinheim opened Day 2 of the tournament with a 2-0 shutout-win vs. Pioniers, but was outhit 7-6.
Kinheim scored both runs in the fifth inning.
...René Cremer...
...Triple, Run, RBI...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
Pioniers got the most chances to score a run in the first four at bats.
In this period, Kinheim reached base six times and stranded four runners.
The Haarlem-squad got its first two batters on base in the second and fourth inning, but failed to score.
Pioniers had seven runners on base in the first four innings and threatened to open the score in the first at bat when it got runners onn first and second base with one out, but Kinheim-starter David Bergman then struckout the next batter and ended with a groundout.
In the fourth, Pioniers had the bases loaded with one out.
Mervin Gario led off with a single and advanced on a sac-bunt, then the bases got loaded when Dè Flanegin walked and Norbert Lokhorst (who was 3-for-3) singled.
But the inning ended when Kevin Dirksen grounded into a double play.
In the fifth inning, Björn Henrichs led off for Kinheim with a single, then advanced on a sac-bunt by Kevin Weijgertse (who plays professionally in the Rookie League-team of the New York Mets).
After a flyout, Henrichs scored when René Cremer tripled.
Moments later, Cremer scored the second run when Dirk van 't Klooster followed with a double.
Pioniers stranded two more runners in its sixth at bat, as well as in the seventh inning.
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L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs. Vaessen Pioniers (game 3 In Memoriam Charles Urbanus Sr. Tournament)
At Bussum, Pioniers led twice, but Pirates came alongside both times in a game that ended in a 3-3 tie.
...Ben Grover...
...Amsterdam-starter...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
Amsterdam-starter Ben Grover gave up only one hit in three innings and retired nine of the ten batters he faced.
But with one out in the fourth inning, he gave up a double to Mervin Gario, followed by a homerun by Dè Flanegin that made it 2-0.
Pionier-starter Conrad Orman also started strong and retired the first nine batters he faced.
In the fourth, he walked lead-off hitter Wesley Connor, who then advanced on a grounder and a wild pitch.
After a walk for Sidney de Jong, Connor scored on a single by Percy Isenia.
With two outs, Amsterdam got the bases loaded when Bas Nooij was hit by a pitch, but then a flyout ended the at bat.
In the fifth inning, Amsterdam tied the score.
With one out, pinch-hitter Vince Rooi singled and went on to score on a single by Sidney de Jong.
Pioniers left runners on second and third base in the fifth inning, then got two quick outs in the sixth.
Hereafter, Norbert Lokhorst (who again went 3-for-3 and therefore was 6-for-6 today) doubled, but was thrown out when he tried to stretch it into a triple.
In the next inning, Pioniers got back on top when the Amsterdam-defense committed two errors.
Linoy Croes led off with a single and advanced to third when an error was made on a grounder by Kevin Dirksen.
Another error then loaded the bases and Croes scored on a single by Zerzinho Croes, but then a double play ended the at bat.
In the home of the seventh, Amsterdam came alongside again when Wesley Connor and Koen Nooij hit back-to-back doubles with two outs.
The game then ended when next hitter Sidney de Jong lined out.
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Corendon Kinheim vs. Mr. Cocker HCAW (game 4 In Memoriam Charles Urbanus Sr. Tournament)
At Bussum, in the final game of the second day of this tournament, Kinheim handed host HCAW a big 9-1 loss.
...Duko Jansen...
...five hitless innings...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
HCAW led briefly when it opened the score in the first inning.
Kinheim-starter Duko Jansen walked lead-off hitter Wesley Bernardus, who then advanced on two grounders and scored on a wild pitch.
Kinheim answered with two runs of its own.
With two outs, Dirk van 't Klooster reached on an infield-hit and then Bryan Engelhardt followed with a 2-run homerun.
In the second inning, Kinheim added three runs.
Rafaël Jozefa, Rodney Michel and Niels van Weert all singled, which led to a run.
With one out, Remco Draijer tripled to bring in the other two runners and give Kinheim a 5-1 lead.
In the third inning, Bryan Engelhardt hit his second homerun of the game (and fifth of the exhibition season), then two runs were added in the fourth inning thanks to a sac-fly by Van 't Klooster and a single by Engelhardt (who had four RBI's).
After two scoreless innings, Kinheim made it 9-1 in the seventh when Jason Halman hit a solo-homerun.
Duko Jansen threw five hitless innings, but walked six batters.
In the sixth inning, Patrick Beljaards took over and retired the side.
Nick Stuifbergen became the third Kinheim-pitcher in the seventh and gave up a lead-off single to Adrian Anthony that broke the No-Hitter.
But hereafter, Stuifbergen retired the next three batters, including two on a strikeout.
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...Jurjen van Zijl...
...winning pitcher...
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UVV vs. Tex Town Tigers (game 1 J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament)
At Enschede, UVV opened the 29th edition of this tournament with a small 2-1 win vs. host Tex Town Tigers.
UVV-starter Jurjen van Zijl saw the opponent from the 'Overgangsklasse' take an 1-0 lead in the first inning.
Lead-off hitter Niek van Dalen reached second base when centerfielder Danny Rombley made an error, then stole third base and scored on a sac-fly by Mikkel Oosterveld.
UVV, which was retired in order in the first inning, came alongside in the second inning.
Glenn Romney led off with a double, moved on a grounder by Giovanni Samboe and scored on a grounder by Shurty Tremus.
UVV then took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning.
Rutger Veugelers led off with a single, stole second base and advanced on an error, then scored on a wild pitch.
UVV had only two hits in the game, while Tex Town Tigers registered three and reached base more frequently.
In the fourth inning, the Enschede-team got runners on second and third base after a walk for Jake Kraisinger and double by Lindner de Lima, but then two outs followed.
In the sixth, Kraisinger doubled, but also stranded.
UVV-closer Derek Tarapacki pitched the seventh and last inning and struckout the side to earn a save.
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Mainz Athletics vs. UVV (game 2 J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament)
At Enschede, UVV registered a 7-0 shutout-win in its next game of the tournament vs. Mainz Athletics from Germany.
After winning only 2-1 earlier in the day, UVV led only 2-0 after six innings vs. the Germans, then rallied for five runs in the seventh at bat.
UVV collected eight basehits, including two by catcher Giovanni Samboe, who also had three RBI's.
...Giovanni Samboe...
...1B, HR, 3 RBI's...
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In the first inning, UVV opened the score when Rutger Veugelers homered with one out.
But in the second at bat, the Utrecht-squad left the bases loaded.
Giovanni Samboe led off with a single, then Shurty Tremus walked, as did Quincy Cairo with two outs.
But then a strikeout ended the at bat.
Mainz-starter Patrick Haugen then retired eight of the next 10 batters, including four strikeouts.
UVV then added its second run in the sixth inning.
With two outs, Shurty Tremus singled, stole second, moved on a wild pitch and scored on a passed ball.
UVV then rallied for five runs in the seventh inning off new pitcher Ulli Wezmuth.
With one out, Norbert Jongerius reached on an error, then the bases got loaded when Rutger Veugelers walked and Danny Rombley singled.
A single by Glenn Romney then resulted in two runs and three more were scored when next batter Giovanni Samboe homered.
UVV-starter Orlando Yntema struckout six and gave up two hits in five innings to win his second exhibition game.
Day 1 ended with a 10-0 shutout-win by Mainz vs. host Tex Town Tigers.
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ADO vs. DOOR Neptunus (game 2 Hudson John Tournament)
At Rotterdam, DOOR Neptunus opened Day 2 of the 13th Hudson John Tournament with a 12-0 shutout-win.
The Dutch champion collected 14 basehits, including three by Raily Legito and Jeffrey Arends, who both also had three runs batted in.
Two pitchers gave up only one basehit to ADO.
...Adonis Kemp...
...fill-in player...
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Neptunus had a surprise player in its starting line-up, as 1B Coach Adonis Kemp started in leftfield.
As a result, he played together with his son Dwayne Kemp, who was the short stop.
Outfielder Eldrion Regina is recovering from an injury and first baseman Jeffrey Arends was unable to arrive on time on the field when his car broke down, meaning the coaching staff had to look for another solution.
Head Coach Jan Collins didn't want to use a pitcher in the outfield, so Adonis Kemp volunteered to start in the outfield.
Kemp played for several years himself in the Dutch big league (Sparta, ADO, Neptunus) and also is a former National Team-player.
And so, he came to bat today in the first inning with a runner on second base and two outs.
But Kemp's first at bat in a long time ended in a strikeout.
In the second inning, Arends, who in the meantime had arrived, replaced Kemp.
Neptunus opened the score in the second inning when Rien Vernooij doubled and Sape Wagenaar singled, then both scored on a double by Mourik Huijser.
Two runs were added in the third inning when Benjamin Dille, Raily Legito and Jeffrey Arends hit three consecutive doubles.
Neptunus then put the game out of reach of ADO when it rallied for six runs in the fourth at bat.
In the inning, Arends had a 2-run single and Dwayne Kemp an RBI-double, which was the seventh double of the team in this game.
The final two runs were scored in the fifth inning.
Shaldimar Daantji and Eugène Kingsale (who both walked) then scored on a basesloaded single by Raily Legito.
Neptunus-starter Tim Roodenburg gave up a 2-out single in the first inning to Harvey Gumbs, who not only hit the lone ADO-basehit, but also was the lone player to reach base for the team from The Hague.
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DOOR Neptunus vs. Savigny-sur-Orge Lions (game 3 Hudson John Tournament)
At Rotterdam, Neptunus also won 12-0 in its next game, beating Savigny Lions from France.
This time, Neptunus collected 13 basehits, including three by Eugène Kingsale, Benjamin Dille and Eldrion Regina, who returned to the line-up.
...Eugène Kingsale...
...3 doubles, 3 R, 2 RBI...
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Neptunus scored its first two runs in the first inning.
Eugène Kingsale led off with a single, then Benjamin Dille followed with a double.
Grounders by Raily Legito and Jeffrey Arends then gave Neptunus a 2-0 lead.
A double by Kingsale and single by Dille contributed to two more runs in the next at bat.
A single by Eldrion Regina increased the lead to 5-0 in the third inning, then a single by Rien Vernooij produced the sixth run in the fifth inning.
Neptunus then scored three more runs in the sixth inning on a sac-fly by Arends, wild pitch and single by Dwayne Kemp.
The last three runs were added in the seventh on back-to-back doubles by Shaldimar Daantji (2-run) and Eugène Kingsale.
Except for Sape Wagenaar, all starting Neptunus-players had at least one RBI.
Eugène Kingsale hit three doubles in this game.
The Neptunus-pitching took a No-Hitter into the seventh inning.
Starter Diegomar Markwell retired the first eleven batters he faced, then Florian Peyrichou reached on an error.
But the French international was then retired on a pick-off move by Markwell.
In the fifth, Jorian van Acker took over and walked lead-off hitter Eric Deblanc, but then retired the next three batters.
In the sixth, Arshwin Asjes struckout three batters to keep the No-Hitter intact.
In the seventh, Berry van Driel became the fourth Neptunus-pitcher and he gave up a lead-off double to Pierrick Lemestre, which ended the No-Hitter.
With one out, Van Driel gives ip a single to Eric Deblanc, then strikes out the next two batters to secure the shutout.
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Savigny-sur-Orge Lions vs. Sparta-Feyenoord (game 4 Hudson John Tournament)
At Rotterdam, Sparta-Feyenoord trailed 4-1 after two innings, then the score got tied at 5-5 after four innings, before the Rotterdam-team rallied for four runs to win the game in another come-from-behind victory.
...Brian Biezen...
...two hits... |
Gregory Gustina, the starter for Sparta-Feyenoord, gave up four runs in the first inning, which gave Savigny a surprise lead.
With one out, a single by American Eric Deblanc, an error, a single by Venezuelan Luis Aponte and a wild pitch accounted for the four French runs.
Sparta-Feyenoord got one run back in the second inning when Rudney Balentien walked and scored on an error.
In the next inning, Sparta-Feyenoord scored four runs to take a 5-4 lead.
Arthur Bonevacia led off with a single, then an error followed on a force play-grounder by Brian Biezen.
Next, a double by Ramiro Balentina and a single by Rudney Balentien then produced two runs.
A sacrifice fly by Quintin De Cuba then put the score in balance.
An error with two outs gave the Rotterdam-team a 5-4 lead, but the French opponent tied the score in the home of the third inning.
With one out, Eric Deblanc was hit by a pitch and went on to score on a single by Amin Touhari.
In the fifth inning, Sparta-Feyenoord rallied for four runs to take a 9-5 lead.
A single by Emeron Lourens, sacrifice fly by Anthony Vrolijk, single by Venezuelan Jesus Castillo and 2-out single by Rensver Jansen lifted the lead.
Savigny scored only one more run in its fifth at bat on a double by Deblanc.
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