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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Henk Seppen)
 Amsterdam Pirates wins Loevendie Tournament & exhibition season
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
Day 2 of the second edition of the Loek Loevendie Tournament on Sunday (April 12) began with an 11-7 victory of Corendon Kinheim against Mampaey The Hawks.
In the afternoon, host L&D Amsterdam Pirates met The Hawks in what was the final game of the exhibition season.
And it proved to the the decisive game for the 'exhibition championship'.
It was an unlikely combination.
Last season, Amsterdam reached the Holland Series and was one win away from the Dutch championship, while The Hawks finished in last place and relegated.
But last month, The Hawks returned to the big league taking the vacant spot after the withdrawal of ADO Lakers.
The Hawks took over most players of ADO Lakers and had a fine exhibition period.
That resulted in the set-up for this final game, as the winner would become the 'winner' of the exhibition season.
Amsterdam won 8-1 and with that not only won the Loek Loevendie Tournament, but also the exhibition season.
For all teams, these games were the final preparations for the upcoming season, which opens next Thursday-evening, April 16.
Amsterdam Pirates opens at home in Amsterdam vs. UVV.
The Hawks opens in Hoofddorp at Vaessen Pioniers, while Kinheim opens at DSS.
All games begin at 7:30 PM.
Final Standings Loek Loevendie Tournament
1. L&D Amsterdam Pirates, 2. Curaçao Neptunus, 3. Corendon Kinheim, 4. Mampaey The Hawks.
(April 12)
Complete Schedule Exhibition Season
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Mampaey The Hawks vs. Corendon Kinheim
Corendon Kinheim outhit Mampaey The Hawks 14-10, but also committed six errors.
Kinheim went on to win 11-7, but only four runs were earned.
...Niels van Weert...
...two triples...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
It was The Hawks that opened the score with two runs in the first inning.
With one out, Chris Williams was hit by a pitch, then scored with two outs on a single by Gregory Trinidad, who advanced on an outfield-error and a wild pitch.
He then scored on a single by Gino Hersilia.
The bases were loaded when Tim Roodenburg walked and Julian Goins reached on an error, but three runners stranded.
Kinheim came alongside in the second inning.
With one out, Jeffrey Arends singled and scored on a following triple by Niels van Weert, who then scored when rookie Dexter de Weert singled.
Kinheim then decided the game with a 9-run rally in the third inning off of starter Bobby Carrington.
In the inning, only two runs were earned.
Seven basehits were registered in this at bat, including another triple by Niels van Weert.
The first seven runs were scored on an RBI-single by Jeffrey Arends, 2-run triple by Niels van Weert, RBI-grounder by Dexter de Weert, runscoring singles by Kevin Moesquit and Mervin Gario (who also had started the inning with a single) and a runscoring error on a grounder by Bryan Engelhardt.
Hereafter, Kevin van Veen took over the pitching, but gave up a 2-run double by Dudley Leonora that closed the rally and made it 11-2.
After the huge rally, Kinheim was held scoreless in the remainder of the game by Van Veen and José Moreno, who pitched the final two innings.
In the sixth, Kinheim got close to another run when Niels van Weert singled and Dexter de Weert hit a ground-rule double, but both were left behind.
The Hawks was held scoreless in the second and third inning by starter Nick Veltkamp, then Glenn Wassink added three scoreless innings.
The Hawks left the bases loaded in the sixth, then scored four runs (one earned) with two outs in the seventh at bat.
Jules Peters led off with a double, then two outs followed.
A single by Gregory Trinidad brought in Peters, then Gino Hersilia doubled.
An error on a grounder by Tim Roodenburg led to two runs and he later scored himself on a single by Julian Goins.
The Hawks narrowed the deficit to 11-7 in the eighth inning when Chris Williams (error) scored on a single by Odion Gouverneur, but that was all for the team from Dordrecht.
| Mampaey The Hawks - Corendon Kinheim 7-11 (8 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Corendon Kinheim | 029 | 000 | 00 | - | 11 | 14 | 6 |
| Mampaey The Hawks | 200 | 000 | 41 | - | 7 | 10 | 2 |
| (4-minute 'broken base'-delay in the third inning) |
| pitchers Kinheim | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Nick Veltkamp, W (2-0) | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Glenn Wassink | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| David Bergman | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| pitchers The Hawks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Bobby Carrington, L (1-1) | 2.2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 |
| Kevin van Veen | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| José Moreno | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Rob Has, 1B-Martijn Bosschaart, 3B-Edwin Louisa.
Official Scorer-Stefan Slinger.
Time-2:49 hr. |
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L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs. Mampaey The Hawks
...Remco Draijer...
...2-run triple...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
L&D Amsterdam Pirates trailed 1-0 after five innings, but then scored five runs in the sixth en route to an 8-1 victory.
With the win, Amsterdam won its second game of the tournament to win the event.
Also with the win, Amsterdam moved into first place of the exhibition ranking, passing The Hawks.
Like in the first game today, The Hawks initially held the lead.
The team opened the score in the third inning when Chris Williams led off with a triple and scored on a single by Wijnand Ruben.
But that was to be the lone run for the team.
In the remainder of the game, The Hawks got a runner into scoring position only one more time.
Amsterdam-starter Kevin Heijstek retired the side in the fourth, then Kyle Ward threw three fine innings.
The lefthander allowed only one batter to reach base and struckout four.
In the eighth, Daan Hendrix was supported with a double play.
Dennis Burgersdijk threw the ninth.
He gave up an one-out single to Amir Dou, whose pinch-runner Odion Gouverneur later stranded on third base.
In its first three at bats, Pirates was silenced by The Hawks-starter Jeldwin Orman, who struckout five batters.
After giving up a 2-out single to Michael Duursma in the first inning, the righthander retired seven batters in a row.
Maikel Berghmans took over in the fourth inning and saw Pirates strand a runner on second base in the fourth and on third base in the fifth at bat.
Amsterdam then scored five unearned runs in the sixth inning to turn the game its way.
Lead-off hitter Linoy Croes reached on an error, stole second base and moved on a single by Nick Urbanus, who advanced on the throw to third base.
With one out, the latter was eliminated in a rundown on a grounder by Kenny Berkenbosch, but that enabled Croes to score the tying run.
Next, Bas Nooij was hit by a pitch, then Remco Draijer followed with a 2-run triple that put Amsterdam ahead, 3-1.
Jesse Aussems added an runscoring single.
After Rashid Gerard had also singled, Patrick Bok connected for an RBI-double to make it 5-1.
Pirates added thee runs in the eighth at bat off of José Moreno.
With one out, Rashid Gerard was hit by a pitch, then Patrick Bok doubled again.
A single by Koen Nooij, double by Nick Urbanus and sacrifice fly by Michael Duursma then made it 8-1.
| L&D Amsterdam Pirates - Mampaey The Hawks 8-1 (8½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Mampaey The Hawks | 001 | 000 | 000 | - | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| L&D Amsterdam Pirates | 000 | 005 | 03X | - | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| pitchers The Hawks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jeldwin Orman | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Maikel Berghmans, BS (1), L (0-1) | 2.2 | 1 | - | 6 | 5 | - |
| Jesper Krützen | 1.1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| José Moreno | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| pitchers Pirates | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kevin Heijstek | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Kyle Ward, W (4-1) | 3 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Daan Hendrix | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Dennis Burgersdijk | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Winfried Berkvens, 1B-Niek Elshof, 3B-Peter Brink.
Official Scorer-Stefan Slinger.
Time-2:27 hr. |
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