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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar) DSS winner of Mastenbroek Tournament Nederlands ENSCHEDE (Neth.) - DSS on Sunday (April 5) won the annual J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament in Enschede. It was the first time, DSS participated in the event. By winning the final, DSS won the Cees van Holstein Trophy. The second day of the tournament began with the game for fifth and sixth place. Double Stars Heiloo shutout organisor Tex Town Tigers 11-0 to finish in fifth place. Winning pitcher was Chris Pfau, who struckout eleven batters and gave up no hits in the four innings he pitched. The American also played for Double Stars last season. Next, Alcmaria Victrix win 4-3 vs. Zürich Barracudas from Switzerland. Both teams scored two runs in the first inning, but the game remained tied thereafter. In the eighth inning, Alcmaria took a 4-2 lead, then the Swiss opponent had only run left in the home of the eighth. In the final, DSS trailed 2-1 after three innings, but then scored eight runs in the next two innings to win 9-6 vs. Sparks Haarlem. With that, DSS won the tournament. Last year, the tournament was won by RCH-Pinguïns, but that team didn't participate this time. The team from Heemstede organized a 4-team tournament on its own site. Final Standings 1. DSS, 2. Sparks Haarlem, 3. Alcmaria Victrix, 4. Zürich Barracudas (Switzerland), 5. Double Stars Heiloo, 6. Tex Town Tigers. Individual Award Best Hitter: Tim van Ee (Alcmaria Victrix) (April 5) Complete Schedule Exhibition Season

Sparks Haarlem vs. DSS DSS opened the score in the first inning. Mark Smit led off with a single, stole second base and scored on a grounder by Mitchel Koot. But hereafter, DSS was unable to take more distance and saw Sparks Haarlem score twice in the home of the third inning. With two outs, Wouter Kamstra and Tom Vreeken singled off of starter Tim Halderman. Then Mathijs van Dusschoten also singled to bring in the tying run. A following single by Lindell Finsy (who last season played for DSS) gave Sparks Haarlem a 2-1 lead. This led to a pitching change. Mark van Deursen took over and ended the inning. The lead was shortlived, as DSS answered with three runs in the top of the fourth inning. Ryan Miner led off with a double, advanced on a grounder by Tino van Erk and scored the tying run on a single by Shane Boeree (ex-Pioniers). A triple by Lex Leijenaar then gave DSS a 3-2 lead and a following single by Mitchel Dautzenberg added another run. After Sparks Haarlem left the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth inning, DSS then rallied for five runs in the fifth inning. Sven Jongejans and Mitchel Koot both singled. In between, Robert Hilterman took over the pitching for starter Matthijs Naujoks. Both runners scored on a double by Ryan Miner. Later in the at bat, a basesloaded walk for Levine Gabriels and a 2-run single by Mark Smit lifted the lead to 9-2. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Sparks Haarlem also staged a rally. The team scored four runs to narrow the deficit to 9-6, but was unable to add more runs. In the fifth, Sparks Haarlem scored its runs thanks to a grounder by Tim-Jan Tio, single by Nils Mica and 2-run single by Tom Vreeken. Outfielder Allan Hazel, who last season played for DSS, is now the Assistant Coach at Sparks Haarlem. Also playing this season for Sparks Haarlem is former big league and National Team-pitcher Duko Jansen, who also will serve as Pitching Coach. Last season, he pitched for UVV, but the majority of his career, he pitched for Kinheim. Sparks Haarlem - DSS 6-9 (6 inn.) R H E DSS 100 350 - 9 10 1 Sparks Haarlem 002 040 - 6 12 1 pitchers DSS inn. SO BB H R ER Tim Halderman 2.2 1 1 6 2 2 Mark van Deursen, BS (1), W (1-0) 2 - 3 4 4 4 Jorn van Ingen, SV (1) 1.1 1 1 2 - - pitchers Sparks Haarlem inn. SO BB H R ER Matthijs Naujoks, L 4 2 3 6 5 5 Robert Hilterman 0.2 - 3 2 4 4 Guido Schoonderbeek 1.1 1 - 2 - - Standings Scores Schedule Umpires: HP-John Beltman, 1B-Rudsel Schoobaar, 3B-Efrem Silvania. Official Scorer-Jeanette van Drunen. Time-2:15 hr.

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