(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Henk Seppen, Robert Bos & Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers Holland Series & History
Nederlands
  ROTTERDAM / HAARLEM (Neth.) -
The starting pitchers for the first two games in the best-of-seven Holland Series between reigning champion Curaçao Neptunus and Corendon Kinheim have been named.
...The Neptunus Familiestadion...
...the site for the first two games...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
The Series opens on Saturday, September 12 at the site of Neptunus in Rotterdam, where Game 2 also will be played the next day.
The Series then shifts to Haarlem for the next three games, scheduled for Thursday, September 17 and the following weekend.
When a sixth and/or seventh game is/are needed, those are scheduled for the weekend of September 26 and 27 in Rotterdam.
This year, Neptunus and Kinheim met each other nine times.
In the regular season, Neptunus won four of the six games.
In the following Play-Offs, Kinheim win the 3-game series, 2-1.
In the regular season, Neptunus finished in second place and Kinheim in third.
L&D Amsterdam Pirates finished in first place and the three got company in the Play-Offs from fourth placed Vaessen Pioniers.
As season-winner and after sweeping Pioniers in the first round, Amsterdam was the big favorite to reach the final.
The team got several opportunities to clinch a spot in the Holland Series, but failed to do so.
In the final weekend of the Play-Offs, Kinheim, which already had won its series vs. Neptunus, also won its series vs. Pioniers to become the first finalist.
Moments later, Neptunus completed a sweep against Pirates to become the second finalist.
Neptunus and Kinheim met each other four times in the Holland Series, which was played for the first time in 1987.
Both won twice.
In 1993, 1994 and 1995, the two teams met in three consecutive years when the series was a best-of-five.
Neptunus won the first one, 3-1.
In the following year, Kinheim won 3-2, then Neptunus won again in their third match-up, 3-1.
Three years ago, the two teams faced each other again in the all-deciding final, which by now had become a best-of-seven.
Kinheim almost was eliminated during the Play-Offs, which led to a change of coaches.
Kinheim not only went on to qualify for the Holland Series, but also swept Neptunus in four games.
| Holland Series-history Neptunus vs. Kinheim |
| Year | Series | Result | Winning Coach | Losing Coach |
| 1993 | Neptunus vs. Kinheim | 3-1 | Charles Urbanus | Frank Bos, Gerlach Halderman,
Haitze de Vries |
| 1994 | Kinheim vs. Neptunus | 3-2 | Frank Bos, Gerlach Halderman,
Haitze de Vries | Charles Urbanus |
| 1995 | Neptunus vs. Kinheim | 3-1 | Jan Collins | Ted Arnold |
| 2012 | Kinheim vs. Neptunus | 4-0 | Hans Lemmink | Jan Collins |
| Neptunus vs. Kinheim in 2015 |
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Date | Game | Score | W | L |
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| Regular Season |
| Apr. 23 | Kinheim vs. Neptunus | 3-4 (10) | van Mil | Asjes |
| Apr. 25 | Kinheim vs. Neptunus | 5-8 | Markwell | Veltkamp |
| Apr. 26 | Neptunus vs. Kinheim | 4-5 | Asjes | van Mil |
| June 18 | Neptunus vs. Kinheim | 4-6 | Stuifbergen | Markwell |
| June 20 | Neptunus vs. Kinheim | 8-0 | Van Den Branden | Veltkamp |
| June 21 | Kinheim vs. Neptunus | 1-11 (8) | Yntema | Wassink |
| Play-Offs |
| Aug. 13-15 | Neptunus vs. Kinheim | 2-3 (10) | Asjes | van Mil |
| Aug. 15 | Neptunus vs. Kinheim | 5-7 | Walsma | Kelly |
| Aug. 16 | Kinheim vs. Neptunus | 0-19 (7) | Van Den Branden | Veltkamp |
| Game One |
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Lefthander Diegomar Markwell has been named as starting pitcher for Curaçao Neptunus for the opening game on Saturday.
He will face righthander David Bergman, who will start for Corendon Kinheim.
In the regular season, Markwell was 9-2, making twelve starts (one complete) for Neptunus.
He finished with a 2.06 ERA and struckout 54 batters in 74 1/3 inning, while walking 23 batters.
Markwell gave up 58 hits and 25 runs.
Bergman concluded the regular season with an 8-2 record and an 1.90 ERA.
He pitched in 21 games, initially as reliever, but he returned as starter later in the season.
Bergman started eight games and pitched 80 2/3 inning, striking out 40 batters and walking 15.
He gave up 77 hits and 23 runs.
In the regular season, the two didn't face each other.
They did in Game 2 of the Play-Offs on August 15.
Both went seven innings and both had a no-decision in the game, which was won by Kinheim (7-5).
For Bergman, this was his lone start against the Rotterdam-squad.
Markwell started three games (including Play-Offs) vs. Kinheim, winning and losing once with one no-decision.
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| Game Two |
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On Sunday, righthander Orlando Yntema will take the mound for Neptunus, while righthander Glenn Wassink is the starter for Kinheim.
Yntema close the regular season with an 8-2 record and a 2.86 ERA.
He started 15 games and completed one.
Yntema pitched 78 2/3 inning and struckout 77 batters, while walking 35.
He gave up 63 basehits and 26 runs.
Wassink pitched in 12 games for Kinheim, starting ten of them.
He finished the season with a 5-2 record and one save.
Wassink pitched in 57 2/3 inning in which he struckout 25 batters and walked 23.
He gave up 49 hits and 26 runs.
Yntema and Wassink faced each other in the final meeting between the two teams in the regular season, which was won by Neptunus (11-1).
Including the Play-Offs, Yntema started three games against Kinheim, winning one and two with a no-decision.
Wassink started twice, losing once, while the other ended in a no-decision.
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(September 10)
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