Like the day before, the game remained scoreless in the first five innings.
And again, both starting pitchers did a fine job keeping each other in balance.
Neptunus-starter Orlando Yntema pitched four hitless innings, while UVV-starter Jim Ploeger gave up only one hit in his five innings, striking out five batters.
Yntema retired the first ten batters he faced.
He then walked Joris van Ballegooy, who advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Tony Enos.
An error on a grounder by Gilmer Lampe led to runners on first and third base, but a flyout prevented UVV from scoring.
...Shaldimar Daantji...
...2 runs & 2 hits...
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Ploeger was supported with a double play in the second inning, then saw Neptunus get into scoring position in the third.
Urving Kemp then led off with a single and Shaldimar Daantji walked.
But after the first had advanced on a flyout, the UVV-defense turned another double play.
In the top of the fifth inning, it was Neptunus that turned a double play.
In the sixth, Joris van Ballegooy reached on an error with one out and stole second base.
Tony Enos then walked and strikeout followed.
Van Ballegooy then tried to score on a single by Omar Williams, but was eliminated at the plate.
In the bottom of the sixth, Neptunus opened the score off of Gilian van Lith, who had taken over for Ploeger.
With two outs, Benjamin Dille singled, then scored on a following double by Raily Legito.
After UVV was retired in order in the top of the seventh, Neptunus rallied for seven runs in the home half.
Dwayne Kemp led off with a walk.
Then, with one out, eight batters reached base safely.
The bases got loaded when Urving Kemp and Shaldimar Daantji singled and Mourik Huijser walked, which led to a run.
The first two then scored when Adrian Anthony followed with a double.
Hereafter, rookie Mees Cremer took over the pitching.
Neptunus re-loaded the bases when Benjamin Dille walked, then the next run was scored when Raily Legito also walked.
Next, two more runs were added when Gianison Boekhoudt's grounder ended in an error.
A sacrifice fly by Shurman Marlin then accounted for the seventh run in the inning.
In the top of the eighth inning, UVV got two runs back.
Rick Kuipers led off with a double, then moved on an one-out single by Joris van Ballegooy.
That led to a pitching change, as Kevin Kelly took over for Kenny Van Den Branden, who come into the game in the fifth.
He was greeted with an RBI-single by Sam van Dijck, then the bases got loaded when Gilmer Lampe walked and Omar Williams singled.
A following single by Friso Spruit brought in the second UVV-run, but the squad then left the bases loaded.
Neptunus added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth on a single by Adrian Anthony and an error to make it 10-2.
UVV then narrowed the deficit to 10-6 by scoring four runs in the top of the ninth inning.
With one out and Rick Kuipers (fielder's choice) on base, Brennan Nijhof singled.
An error on a grounder by Joris van Ballegooy then led to a run and a following single by Sam van Dijck made it 10-4.
A double by Gilmer Lampe and grounder by Omar Williams brought in the next two runs.
UVV then got the bases loaded when Friso Spruit and Dennis Ribbens both walked.
But for the second consecutive inning, UVV left the bases loaded.
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Neptunus needs another big rally to shake off UVV
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
On Sunday (April 5), Curaçao Neptunus again needed a big late-inning rally to win vs. UVV.