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 The Hawks opens Ringvaart Tournament with tie & win
Nederlands
 HEEMSTEDE (Neth.) -
Mampaey The Hawks opened the Ringvaart Tournament on Saturday (April 4) with a tie and a victory.
The team from Dordrecht played a 2-2 tie against Storks in its first game, then closed the day with a big 11-5 win vs. organisor RCH-Pinguïns.
The day had begun with a 4-3 win of RCH-Pinguïns vs. Onze Gezellen, which later went on to win 1-0 vs. Storks.
The finals of the event will be played on Sunday.
The Hawks is the lone participant in this tournament that plays in the big league, the other three play in the second highest league ('Overgangsklasse').
The tournament is named after the Ringvaart (in full Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer Polder), which is a 61 km (38 miles) canal in the province of North Holland.
Ringvaart means 'ring canal'.
Construction of the canal began in 1839 when thousands of laborers dug a canal through the existing land.
The canal was completed in 1845.
The Ringvaart is used for commercial and recreational boat traffic.
The Ringvaart, the Cruquius Pump House (near Heemstede) and various other components, including the Stelling van Amsterdam, are considered a World Heritage site.
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Storks vs. Mampaey The Hawks
In its first game of the day, Mampaey The Hawks was outhit 3-2, scored two unearned runs, but nevertheless ended the match-up against Storks with a 2-2 tie.
It was Storks that opened the score in the first inning off of Evan Simons.
He walked lead-off hitter Quinlan de Windt, who then stole second base, moved on a sacrifice bunt by Gino Gill and scored on a sacrifice fly by Phillip Brandt.
Storks-pitcher Martin Kram retired the first six batters he faced, but then gave up two unearned runs in the top of the third inning.
With one out, Julian Goins reached third base on a throwing error by the catcher.
Next, Brian Raap walked and stole second base.
With two outs, both runners scored on a single by Stephen Henson, who then stranded on second base.
Simons retired the side (two strikeouts) in the second inning, but then saw Storks come alongside in the third at bat.
Koen Huijgens led off with a single, then an error was made on a sacrifice bunt by Timo van Aanholt.
A double steal then failed, as the lead runner was thrown out at third base.
But with two outs, Van Aanholt went to score the second run for the team from The Hague on a single by Gino Gill.
In the top of the fourth inning, Steven Wharwood led off with a double for The Hawks and with one out, Gino Hersilia was hit by a pitch.
But hereafter, the game ended, as the tournament-timelimit had been reached.
| Storks - Mampaey The Hawks 2-2 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Mampaey The Hawks | 002 | 0 | | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Storks | 101 | X | | - | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| pitcher The Hawks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Evan Simons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| pitcher Storks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Martin Kram | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
Umpires: HP-Willem Leleulya, 1B-Aad Otsen.
Scorer-Jerry de Cloe (The Hawks).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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Mampaey The Hawks vs. RCH-Pinguïns
In its second game of the day, The Hawks was more productive and won 11-5 against host RCH-Pinguïns.
The team from Dordrecht immediately took some distance with a 4-run rally with two outs in the first inning.
With Amir Dou (fielder's choice) on first base, Steven Wharwood doubled.
Next batter Gregory Trinidad then struckout, but reached on a passed ball, which led to the first of the four unearned runs.
The bases then got loaded when Gino Hersilia walked and Tim Roodenburg followed with a 3-run single!
The Hawks added a run in the next inning when Brian Raap led off with a double and later scored, but the 5-0 lead was not enough.
Hereafter, in the top of the third inning, RCH-Pinguïns came alongside off of starter Kevin van Veen.
With one out, Denny Hamel walked and Koen Werkman singled.
With two outs, singles by Brendon Rijnbergen and Nick Heij brought in two runs.
Ferd van Stekelenburg then followed with a 3-run homerun to tie the score.
The Hawks reacted with another 4-run rally in the bottom of the third.
Steven Wharwood led off with a double and gave his team a renewed lead when he scored on an one-out double by Gino Hersilia.
Next batter Tim Roodenburg then reached on an error.
Hereafter, a single by Wijnand Ruben, failed pick-off and sac-fly by Brian Raap made it a 9-5 score in favor of The Hawks.
The Dordrecht-squad then added two more runs in the fourth inning.
Stephen Henson (error) and Amir Dou (single) then respectively scored on a single by Steven Wharwood (who was 3-for-3) and a grounder by Gregory Trinidad.
| Mampaey The Hawks - RCH-Pinguïns 11-5 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| RCH-Pinguïns | 005 | 0 | | - | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Mampaey The Hawks | 414 | 2 | | - | 11 | 10 | 1 |
| pitcher RCH-Pinguïns | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Robin Leis, L | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 3 |
| pitchers The Hawks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kevin van Veen, W (1-0) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Denny Stolk | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Homerun: RCH-Pinguïns: Ferd van Stekelenburg (3rd,3-run,off Van Veen). |
Umpires: HP-Jos van Eijsden, 1B-Willem Leleulya.
Scorer-Jerry de Cloe (The Hawks).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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