 Flanegin ties unique record; 4 shutouts on one day
Nederlands
    DORDRECHT / AMSTERDAM / HAARLEM / THE HAGUE (Neth.) -
On Thursday, veteran player Dè Flanegin of Vaessen Pioniers equaled an unique all-time record.
When he entered the game against Mampaey The Hawks in the bottom of the sixth inning as new first baseman, he appeared in his 691st big league-game for Pioniers.
With that, he tied the all-time record for most big league-games played for one team.
Flanegin now shares the record with Jurjan Koenen, who played all his 691 career big league-games for Mr. Cocker HCAW, the last of which he played in 2009.
Flanegin can become the recordholder on Saturday when Pioniers plays its next game against The Hawks in Dordrecht.
Also on Thursday, all four games played ended in a shutout, which is a rare feat.
Last year, on June 26, all three scheduled games on that day ended in a shutout.
In 2011, there were two days on which three of the four scheduled games ended in a shutout.
The top-3 extended their winning streaks.
Corendon Kinheim won 8-0 vs. Mr. Cocker HCAW, DOOR Neptunus defeated ADO Lakers 9-0 and L&D Amsterdam Pirates outscored UVV 15-0.
Vaessen Pioniers shutout Mampaey The Hawks, 13-0.
Mampaey The Hawks vs. Vaessen Pioniers
At Dordrecht, Vaessen Pioniers led 5-0 when it staged a 7-run rally in the fifth inning in the opener of their 3-game series against Mampaey The Hawks.
Pioniers collected 13 basehits, including three by catcher Mark Duursma.
American lefthander Josh Rickards gave up only two basehits in six innings, before being relieved by Daley Paalvast, who threw the seventh and final inning, in which he gave up one more basehit to The Hawks.
Pioniers opened the score in the first inning on an error, but also left the bases loaded.
Two runs were added in the second at bat, which also were the result of an error, as two runners scored when a fly into the outfield was missed.
Singles by Kevin Dirksen and Jefferson Muzo brought in two more runs in the third inning to make it 5-0.
Pioniers then decided the game with a 7-run rally in the fifth at bat.
After a lead-off single by Duursma, a pitching change followed.
While new pitcher Tim Sloots began with a walk for Mark-Jan Moorman, he appeared to come out of the inning unharmed, as two flyouts followed.
But then the bases were loaded when Jefferson Muzo also walked.
Another walk followed, this time for Chris Williams, to bring in a run, but also a new pitcher.
Rick van Dijck took over and was greeted with a 2-run single by Phil Ortez.
Danny Rombley and Vince Rooi then also received free passes to bring in another run.
Hereafter, Mark Duursma brought in the next two runs with a single and a following double by Mark-Jan Moorman then brought in the seventh run in this at bat to lift the lead to 12-0.
In the sixth inning, Pioniers scored another run on a single by Ortez.
In the home of the sixth inning, Dè Flanegin entered the game as new first baseman of Pioniers to equal an unique all-time record.
The veteran player appeared in his 691st big league-game for Pioniers and with that, he tied the all-time record for most big games played for one team in an entire big league-career.
Flanegin now shares the record with Jurjan Koenen, who played all his 691 career big league-games for Mr. Cocker HCAW, the last of which he played in 2009.
| Mampaey The Hawks - Vaessen Pioniers 0-13 (7) |
| R | H | E |
| Vaessen Pioniers | 122 | 071 | 0 | - | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| Mampaey The Hawks | 000 | 000 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| pitchers Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Josh Rickards, W (2-2) | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Daley Paalvast | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| pitchers The Hawks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kevin van Veen, L (1-4) | 4 (*) | - | 2 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
| Tim Sloots | 0.2 | - | 3 | - | 3 | 3 |
| Rick van Dijck | - (**) | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ronald de Bont | 2.1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| (*) - Van Veen pitched to one batter in the fifth inning |
| (**) - Van Dijk pitched to five batters in the fifth inning |
Umpires: HP-Peter Brink, 1B-Edwin Louisa, 3B-Henri van Heijningen.
Official Scorer-Maaike Houtkamp.
Play-by-Play-Harry Wedemeijer.
Umpire Observer-Gerben Hardeveld.
Time-2:33 hr. |
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L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs. UVV
At Amsterdam, L&D Amsterdam Pirates handed UVV a big 15-0 shutout-loss to open their 3-game series.
The home team set the tone with a 5-run rally off of UVV-starter Jurjen van Zijl, who gave up six basehits.
Lead-off hitter Michael Duursma was hit by a pitch, then the bases got loaded when Jesse Aussems and Percy Isenia followed with singles.
A passed ball then led to a run, as did a grounder by Bas de Jong.
Pirates got runners on first and third base when next batter Kenny Berkenbosch singled.
Bas Nooij and Kevin Weijgertse followed with back-to-back RBI-singles and with two outs, Björn Hato connected for the sixth basehit in this inning to bring in the fifth run.
The team then had batted around and the at bat ended when Duursma flied out in his second turn at bat in the opening-inning.
Amsterdam added a run in the second inning.
With one out, Percy Isenia singled, but during his at bat, he hit catcher Joris van Ballegooy twice with his bat on a follow-through.
A strikeout followed, then Berkenbosch also singled.
Hereafter, Van Ballegooy left the game and was replaced by Giovanni Samboe, then Bas Nooij followed with a single to make it 6-0.
But Pirates also left the bases loaded.
A sac-fly by Jesse Aussems made it 7-0 in the third inning, then an 8-run rally in the fourth off of two pitchers put the game out of reach for UVV.
The eight runs were scored on only four hits, as the UVV-defense contributed with three errors.
Oscar Meuris took over the pitching for Van Zijl, but was greeted with a single by Bas de Jong.
With one out, he hit Bas Nooij with a pitch.
A single by Kevin Weijgertse was then followed by a throwing error, leading to a run and single by Rashid Gerard produced the next Amsterdam-run.
Björn Hato then walked and with two outs, a wild pitch put runners on second and third base.
Next, then bases were loaded when Jesse Aussems walked, followed by another walk for Percy Isenia, which led to a run and marked the end for Meuris.
Jeroen de Haas took over, then saw an error being made on a force play-grounder by Bas de Jong, which would have been the third out.
Instead, a run was scored and the bases remained loaded.
De Haas, who pitched four seasons in Rookie League/Single-A Short Season for the Seattle Mariners (2008-2011) then gave up a single to pinch-hitter Raoell Kortstam, which was followed by an outfield-error, clearing the bases and bringing in three runs.
Kortstam tried to advance to third base himself, but was thrown out there to end the inning.
UVV collected only three basehits in five innings off of veteran righthander Rob Cordemans, who struckout nine batters and earned his league-leading fifth win of the season.
One of the hits Cordemans gave up was a lead-off single by Nick Peels in the third inning, who made his big league-debut and hit a basehit in his first at bat.
Ben Grover pitched the final two innings and held UVV hitless.
| L&D Amsterdam Pirates - UVV 15-0 (6 1/2) |
| R | H | E |
| UVV | 000 | 000 | 0 | - | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| L&D Amsterdam Pirates | 511 | 800 | X | - | 15 | 13 | 0 |
| pitchers UVV | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jurjen van Zijl, L (3-2) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Oscar Meuris | 0.2 | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
| Jeroen de Haas | 0.1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Jerremyh Angela | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Hylke van Viersen | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| pitchers Pirates | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Rob Cordemans, W (5-0) | 5 | 9 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Ben Grover | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Olav Steijger, 1B-Jan-Willem van der Paauw, 3B-Henny Jansen.
Official Scorer-Alex van den Berg (debut).
Play-by-Play-Linda Steijger.
Umpire Observer-Willem Broertjes.
Time-2:25 hr. |
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Corendon Kinheim vs. Mr. Cocker HCAW
At Haarlem, Corendon Kinheim defeated Mr. Cocker HCAW 8-0 on eight basehits, while the HCAW-defense contributed with three errors.
Kinheim opened the score in the first inning when René Cremer led off with a single.
With one out, he stole second base, then scored on two consecutive wild pitches by pitcher Sander Helmendach.
The next run was added in the second inning when Rachid Engelhardt led off with a walk and went on to score on a 2-out single by Remco Draijer.
Kinheim doubled its lead by scoring twice in the third at bat.
With one out, Bryan Engelhardt singled and stole second base, then Jeffrey Arends walked and Rachid Engelhardt followed with a single to load the bases.
A sac-fly by Roy Seltenrijch was then dropped in the outfield, resulting in a run, followed by a 'regular' sac-fly by Björn Henrichs, that made it 4-0, but Kinheim also stranded three runners.
After two scoreless innings, Kinheim added three runs in the sixth inning on a 2-run double by Ramiro Balentina and a throwing error.
The final run was scored in the eighth.
Kinheim got the bases loaded when René Cremer and Dirk van 't Klooster walked, then Bryan Engelhardt also walked with one out after a pitching change.
Next, Jeffrey Arends hit an infield-fly, but Cremer took off from third base and scored.
HCAW hit only three basehits off of starter David Bergman, who threw six innings and struckout four batters.
He was succeeded by three relievers, who each threw one inning, giving one more additional hit to HCAW.
Bergman retired the first 10 batters he faced, then gave up a double to Jorin van Amstel with one out in the fourth inning.
Kinheim turned three double plays in today's game.
| Corendon Kinheim - Mr. Cocker HCAW 8-0 |
| R | H | E |
| Mr. Cocker HCAW | 000 | 000 | 000 | - | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Corendon Kinheim | 112 | 003 | 01X | - | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| pitchers HCAW | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Sander Helmendach, L (1-2) | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Jasper de Heus | 3 | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| Marco Schel | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Klaarenbeek | 0.2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| pitchers Kinheim | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| David Bergman, W (3-1) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Jean-Paul Gulinck | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pim Walsma | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Arshwin Asjes | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Roy van de Wateringen, 1B-Johan Brandsma, 3B-Rudsel Schoobaar.
Official Scorer-Fred Haak.
Play-by-Play-Eddy van Loon.
Umpire Observer-Arnold Verbrugge.
Time-2:37 hr. |
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ADO Lakers vs. DOOR Neptunus
At The Hague, DOOR Neptunus shutout ADO Lakers 9-0, but failed to reach a 10-run difference, meaning the game had to go over the full nine innings.
Neptunus scored its first run in the first inning when Shaldimar Daantji led off with a single, moved to third base on a failed pick-off and scored on a grounder by Gianison Boekhoudt.
Neptunus then rallied for four runs in the second at bat to take a commanding lead.
Benjamin Dille reached on an error and moved to third base on a single by Mourik Huijser, who himself advanced on the throw.
The bases got loaded when Stephen Henson reached on an infield-hit to short.
Next, two runs were scored when Gianison Boekhoudt singled with two outs.
A double by Raily Legito then lifted the lead to 5-0.
Neptunus added its next run in the fourth inning when Shaldimar Daantji walked with two outs, stole second base, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a following throwing error by the catcher.
In the fifth, Neptunus made it 7-0, but then failed to raise the lead to a 10-run difference, as it left the bases loaded.
The run was scored by Benjamin Dille, who singled with two outs and scored on a wild pitch.
Neptunus scored its final two runs in the top of the ninth inning on back-to-back doubles by Rafaël Jozefa and Benjamin Dille.
Lefthander Diegomar Markwell went the distance for Neptunus and needed only 93 pitches in his nine innings.
He struckout six batters and gave up only three basehits.
This was Markwell's first complete game since June 24 of last year, when also went the distance against ADO Lakers, giving up six hits in a 2-1 victory.
In 2011, the lefthander also threw only one complete game, which he also accomplished against ADO in a 7-inning, 12-0 win on August 6.
| ADO Lakers - DOOR Neptunus 0-9 |
| R | H | E |
| DOOR Neptunus | 140 | 110 | 002 | - | 9 | 11 | 2 |
| ADO Lakers | 000 | 000 | 000 | - | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| pitcher Neptunus | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Diegomar Markwell, W (3-1) | 9 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - |
| pitchers ADO Lakers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Timo van Ancum, L (0-5) | 4.2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Rick van der Post | 4.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Umpires: HP-Fred Groenewegen, 1B-Rob Has, 3B-Jos van Eijsden.
Official Scorer-Stefan Slinger.
Play-by-Play-Francis Speters.
Umpire Observer-Paul Bokern.
Time-2:40 hr. |
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(May 9)
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