 Pioniers moves into top-4; Huge win Neptunus
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    HAARLEM / BUSSUM / ROTTERDAM / HOOFDDORP (Neth.) -
Vaessen Pioniers on Saturday won 4-2 vs. UVV to move into a tie with this team for fourth place.
Pioniers is placed ahead of UVV, as it currently leads 4-1 in their respective series.
The teams will meet each other for the last time in the regular season on Sunday.
DOOR Neptunus crushed Sparta-Feyenoord 20-4 in a 7-inning game, but again did the majority of their scoring beyond the fifth inning.
After five at bats, Neptunus led only 4-1, then added sixteen runs in the next two innings.
Neptunus collected 22 basehits in this game.
Mr. Cocker HCAW trailed twice vs. L&D Amsterdam Pirates and was able to tie the score both times, but in the end the result was the same for the Bussum-squad, as it lost 9-4 to extend its losing streak to seven games.
Corendon Kinheim led only 3-1 in the eighth inning vs. ADO, then added four runs and went on to win 7-1.
Corendon Kinheim vs. ADO
At Haarlem, Corendon Kinheim rallied for four runs in the eighth inning to increase a 3-1 lead and win 7-1 vs. ADO.
Winning pitcher Duko Jansen threw eight innings and struckout nine batters.
In the first inning, ADO got the bases loaded with two outs when Jansen gave up a lead-off double to Gyenuar Lopez, then walked Harvey Gumbs and Sidney Ensermo with two outs, but then ended the at bat with a strikeout.
Kinheim then opened the score in its first at bat.
Remco Draijer led off with a triple off starter Carlos Tabares Castro, who was the third named starter for this game.
Initially, Jurandy Girigori was announced as starter, but earlier today, Head Coach Aldric Dunlop announced that he had switched his Game 2 and Game 3 starters.
This meant that Girigori moved to Sunday's game and that Quincy Lambertina was to start today.
However, it was Tabares who started the game instead.
With Draijer on third base, Tabares gave up an infield-hit to René Cremer that led to a run, but as ADO did in the top half, Kinheim also left three runners behind.
After giving up the run, two outs followed, but then Tabares walked Jason Halman and Rafaël Jozefa to load the bases.
However, a force play-grounder by Rodney Michel ended the inning.
In the second inning, Kinheim had Onno Jansen (single) and Remco Draijer (walk) on second and first base respectively with one out.
Next, René Cremer grounded out to short and when Jansen tried to score on this play, he was eliminated at home in a double play.
Kinheim added a run in the third, but again left the bases loaded.
Dirk van 't Klooster and Bryan Engelhardt led off with back-to-back doubles to make it 2-0.
After a strikeout, a hit batter and a walk loaded the bases, but then two flyouts followed.
In the fourth inning, Kinheim made it 3-0 when René Cremer reached on a bunt-single with one out, then stole second base, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a passed ball.
After leaving the bases loaded in the first inning, ADO got three runners again in the fourth, but they also were left.
Harvey Gumbs led off with a single, Bas Mol singled with one out and Remco Seitzinger walked with two outs, but a foul-out ended the at bat.
In the fifth, Duko Jansen gave up a lead-off single to Gyenuar Lopez, but he was caught stealing, then Jansen retired the next nine batters in a row.
With one out in the eighth, pinch-hitter Kevin Nieveld reached on an error and Jaïr Roseburg singled, then a grounder by Harvey Gumbs led ot a run and made it a 3-1 score.
In the seventh inning, Kinheim left the bases loaded for the third time off new pitcher Patrick Wabbijn, but then rallied for four runs in the eighth inning to take more distance.
Remco Draijer reached on an error and scored on a single by René Cremer (who was 4-for-5), who was eliminated himself trying to advance to second base.
Hereafter, Dirk van 't Klooster and Bryan Engelhardt walked and advanced on a passed ball.
Van 't Klooster was then safe when a throwing error to home followed on a grounder by Jason Halman.
The bases got loaded when Rafaël Jozefa followed with an infield-hit.
A sacrifice fly by Rodney Michel and a passed ball then accounted for two more runs to make it 7-1 in favor of Kinheim, which left 14 runners in this game.
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Mr. Cocker HCAW vs. L&D Amsterdam Pirates
At Bussum, L&D Amsterdam Pirates led 4-1, then Mr. Cocker HCAW came alongside.
But in the seventh, Amsterdam rallied for four runs en route to a 9-4 victory.
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...Vince Rooi is tagged out by catcher...
...Rodney Daal in the seventh inning...
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In the third inning, both teams scored once.
Koen Nooij led off with Amsterdam with a single, moved on a sac-bunt by Tim Vermij and scored on a sac-fly by Roelie Henrique.
HCAW came alongside in the home of the third.
With one out, Mitchel Koot walked and scored on a 2-out double by Michael Pluijmers, but two runners were left behind in this inning.
Amsterdam scored three runs in the fourth to take a 4-1 lead.
With one out, Percy Isenia doubled, then Bas de Jong was hit by a pitch.
Hereafter, a double by Bas Nooij, error on a grounder by Seb Visser and single by Koen Nooij resulted in the three runs.
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HCAW started to come back in the home of the fourth when Juan Miguel Gonzalez led off with a homerun, then scored twice in the fifth at bat.
Wesley Bernardus then led off with a double and Michael Pluijmers walked.
After the two moved on a sac-bunt by Dirimi Enrique Chavez, Pluijmers was eliminated on a grounder by Lennart Koster, but that enabled Bernardus to score.
Next, Gonzalez walked and Koster stole third base, then Randy Daal singled to bring in the tying run, but then two runners stranded.
For HCAW, the scoring stopped here, as only two more players would reach base in the remainder of the game off relievers Frank van Heijst and Al Morales Gomes, who wouldn't allow a basehit.
Amsterdam re-took the lead in the seventh inning when it scored four runs with two outs.
With one out, Vince Rooi walked and Sidney de Jong doubled, but then the first was thrown out at the plate on a grounder by Percy Isenia.
Pirates then scored the go-ahead run on a single by Bas de Jong, which also brought in new pitcher Joran Klarenbeek.
He was greeted with a 2-run double by Bas Nooij, who moments later scored himself on a single by Seb Visser.
A lead-off homerun by Sidney de Jong in the ninth inning lifted the lead to 9-4.
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Sparta-Feyenoord vs. DOOR Neptunus
At Rotterdam, DOOR Neptunus collected 22 basehits and won big vs. Sparta-Feyenoord 20-4.
Whilst Neptunus ended in a big score, it again did the majority of their scoring beyond the fifth inning and initially trailed 1-0 after the first inning.
After five at bats, Neptunus led only 4-1 (2-1 after four), then added sixteen runs in the next two innings.
All nine players in the Neptunus batting order hit at least one basehit, with seven of them hitting at least two.
Shaldimar Daantji went 4-for-5 and only missed the homerun to got for-the-cycle.
Benjamin Dille, Dwayne Kemp and Eldrion Regina all had three hits.
All nine also scored at least once, while seven had at least one RBI.
Daantji scored four runs, Rien Vernooij had six runs batted in.
Neptunus registered 22 basehits in this game, but 14 of them were hit in the last two innings.
Sparta-Feyenoord took an 1-0 lead in the first inning off starter Kevin Heijstek.
With one out, Emeron Lourens doubled, then scored when a grounder by Brian Biezen was misplayed.
Neptunus came alongside in the second at bat when Jeffrey Arends led off with a double and scored on a single by Dwayne Kemp.
The team then took the lead in the next at bat when Eugène Kingsale walked and scored on a 2-out double by Arends.
Neptunus doubled its run-production by scoring two runs (the only two unearned) in the fifth inning.
Shaldimar Daanti led off with a double and scored when an error was made on a sac-bunt by Eugène Kingsale, who later scored on a 2-out single by Dwayne Kemp.
Leading 4-1 after five inning, Neptunus took a decisive big lead when it scored seven runs in the sixth inning.
In the at bat, eleven batters stepped up to the plate.
The first three reached base safe, then a sac-fly led to the first run.
A basesloaded walk then led to a pitching change, as Quinn Tramm took over for starter Gregory Gustina.
But then a passed ball led to a new run and Rien Vernooij added an one-out, 3-run double, followed by an RBI-single by Eldrion Regina.
Sparta-Feyenoord got two runs back in the home of the sixth on RBI-singles by Jourick Blanco and Rensver Jansen, but then Neptunus put the lead out of reach by adding nine more runs on eight hits in the seventh inning.
In the inning, Raily Legito hit a 2-run single, which brought in new pitcher Marc Hennep.
With the bases loaded, Dwayne Kemp added an RBI-single, then Rien Vernooij delivered another baseclearing double.
Later, with two runners on base, Shaldimar Daantji hit a 2-run triple (he had led of the inning with a double) and scored on a single by rookie Gregory Trinidad to make it 20-3.
Sparta-Feyenoord scored only one more run in its seventh when Neptunus committed two errors.
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Vaessen Pioniers vs. UVV
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...Winning pitcher Eddie Aucoin delivers a pitch...
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At Hoofddorp, Vaessen Pioniers was outhit 12-10, but won 4-2 vs. UVV.
Pioniers took an early 3-0 lead after two innings, but then it took until the seventh inning for the team to score the next run.
In the first inning, UVV-starter Jurjen van Zijl hit lead-off batter Michael Duursma with a pitch, who then advanced on a single by Mark Duursma and scored on a single by Norbert Lokhorst.
In the second inning, Pioniers added two runs.
Kevin Dirksen (who has played for UVV in the past) led off with a homerun and later Michael Duursma (who had singled) scored on a basesloaded single by Nik Gumeson to make it 3-0.
Hereafter, Van Zijl settled down and retired the next 13 batters in a row.
Pionier-starter Eddie Aucoin encountered no big problems in the first six innings.
He gave up a lead-off single to Juriën Overman in the third inning, but Pioniers then turned a double play.
Quincy Cairo then followed with a double, but was left behind.
In the fourth and fifth two more runners stranded.
In the sixth, Danny Rombley singled with two outs and advanced to third on a single by Fausto Álvarez Rizo, but they also were left behind, as a strikeout ended the at bat.
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...Veterans Fausto Álvarez and Dè Flanegin...
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In the seventh inning, UVV finally got on the board.
Glenn Romney led off with a single, moved on a single by Juriën Overman (who was eliminated after having reached first base) and scored on a single by Jirka Bliek, but then another double play followed to end the inning.
Pioniers got the run back immediately when Jefferson Muzo led off the seventh with a single, stole second and later scored on a sac-fly by Norbert Lokhorst.
UVV was able to move a little closer in the eighth inning.
With one out, Rutger Veugelers and Danny Rombley singled, then Jean-Paul Gulinck took over the pitching for Aucoin.
Veugelers then scored when Fausto Álvarez Rizo hit a force play-grounder, but a flyout then ended the inning.
In the ninth, UVV had its first two batters on base off Gulinck and his successor Dave Draijer, but then two force outs and a strikeout ended the game.
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