 Starting Pitchers Easter Weekend
Nederlands
       THE HAGUE / ROTTERDAM / BUSSUM / UTRECHT / AMSTERDAM / HAARLEM / HOOFDDORP (Neth.) -
In the upcoming Easter Weekend, four 3-game series are scheduled, meaning twelve games will be played and so, 24 pitchers have gotten an asignment from eight Head Coaches to start these games, which will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Six of the coaches announced on Thurday that they stick with the same starting rotations as they used in their previous series, one coach made a change and the eighth decided on his rotation on Friday.
Listed below, are the starters for the upcoming series.
Standings & Schedule
ADO vs. L&D Amsterdam Pirates
Charles Urbanus, the Head Coach of league-leader L&D Amsterdam Pirates (5-1), is using the same rotation as he did in the first two weeks of the season vs. DOOR Neptunus and Mr. Cocker HCAW.
In the upcoming series vs. ADO, Amsterdam will have to do without Kenny Berkenbosch, who was operated on his knee on Wednesday and now will work on his recovery.
Aldric Dunlop, Head Coach of ADO (0-3), is using the same rotation as last week against Corendon Kinheim, meaning he will start the first two games with a lefthander.
Returning to the field this weekend is veteran Harvey Gumbs, who was sidelined with a shoulder-injury and therefore missed the Opening Series.
In 1999, Gumbs played for the Amsterdam-squad.
Last weekend, Amsterdam swept Mr. Cocker HCAW in a 3-game series, while ADO was swept in three games by Corendon Kinheim.
| Probable Starting Pitchers |
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 | | LHP Jurandi Girigori (0-1)
LHP Nick Martin (0-1)
RHP Raynard Doran (0-1) | |
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3 | |
RHP Rob Cordemans (1-1)
RHP Jos de Jong (1-0)
RHP Ben Grover (2-0) | |  |
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DOOR Neptunus vs. Corendon Kinheim
Jan Collins and Eelco Jansen, the Head Coaches of respectively DOOR Neptunus (4-2) and Corendon Kinheim (3-0), will use the same rotation as last week when they both swept their series.
Neptunus started the season with another rotation vs. L&D Amsterdam Pirates, then changed its Number 3 starter for last week's series vs. Sparta-Feyenoord and these same pitchers are assigned again for coming weekend.
Kinheim comes back with the same rotation it used last week vs. ADO and also will have a happy Patrick Beljaards in the bullpen, as the veteran lefthander became the father of a daughter on Wednesday.
Last week, Neptunus swept Sparta-Feyenoord, while Kinheim swept ADO in three games.
| Probable Starting Pitchers |
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 | | LHP Diegomar Markwell (2-0)
RHP Kevin Heijstek (1-0)
RHP Tim Roodenburg (0-0) | |
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3 | |
RHP David Bergman (1-0)
RHP Duko Jansen (1-0)
LHP Nick Veltkamp (1-0) | |  |
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Mr. Cocker HCAW vs. Vaessen Pioniers
Robert Klaver, the Head Coach of Vaessen Pioniers (2-1), will use the same rotation he used last weekend vs. UVV, which resulted in two victories.
Bill Froberg, the Head Coach of Mr. Cocker HCAW (0-3), announced his rotation on Friday, as he and his staff had to make some decisions regarding their starters.
HCAW still has to do without Venezuelan righthander Roger Luque, who was scheduled to arrive before the start of the season a week ago, but then encountered visa problems and was unable to travel.
No new arrival date has been announced yet.
Besides that, lefthander Joey Eijpe slightly injured himself, but he will be available.
Froberg will use the same three starters as last week, but switched the Game 2 and 3 starters.
Last weekend, HCAW was swept in three games by L&D Amsterdam Pirates, while Pioniers won two out of three vs. UVV.
| Probable Starting Pitchers |
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 | | RHP Kevin Miner (0-1)
LHP Joey Eijpe (0-1)
RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (0-1) | |
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3 | |
LHP Conrad Orman (1-0)
RHP Eddie Aucoin (1-0)
RHP Lars Huijer (0-0) | |  |
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UVV vs. Sparta-Feyenoord
Royce Holder, the Head Coach of UVV (1-2), comes back with the same rotation as in the Opening Weekend.
Luty Bernadina, his colleague at Sparta-Feyenoord, made a change to his rotation.
Lefthander Gregory Gustina will start Game 1, while American Bobby Carrington gets the ball for Game 2.
Initially, this also was scheduled for last weekend, but then Gustina was stricken by the flu, resulting in the two being switched for the first two games.
Bernadina also changed his Game 3-starter, as RHP Rudy Seebus starts instead of RHP Maikel Berghmans.
Last week, Sparta-Feyenoord was swept by DOOR Neptunus, while UVV avoided a sweep vs. Vaessen Pioniers by winning the third game of their series.
| Probable Starting Pitchers |
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 | | RHP Orlando Yntema (0-1)
RHP Jurjen van Zijl (0-1)
LHP Martijn Riphagen (0-0) | |
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3 | |
LHP Gregory Gustina (0-1)
RHP Bobby Carrington (0-1)
RHP Rudy Seebus (0-0) | |  |
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(April 21-22)
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