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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Alfred Cop)

Pioniers registers second shutout vs. The Hawks
Nederlands
HOOFDDORP (Neth.) - Vaessen Pioniers registered its second consecutive shutout-victory of the season on Saturday (April 16). After winning 6-0 on Thursday-evening, Pioniers today won 5-0.

Leading only 1-0, Pioniers rallied for four runs in the fourth inning, but then was held scoreless. The Hawks hit only five basehits off of four pitchers.

(April 18)




Lars Huijer started for Pioniers and threw six strong innings. The righthander struckout five batters, gave up only three basehits and was supported with a double play in the first inning.


...Winning pitcher Lars Huijer...
(© Photo: Alfred Cop Fotografie)
In the third at bat, Huijer gave up a lead-off single to Brian Raap, but he stranded on second base. Amir Daou then singled for The Hawks with one out in the fourth, but he also was left behind.

After Raap connected for his second basehit off of Huijer with one out in the fifth, the former pro retired the next five batters in a row.

Pioniers stranded two runners in the first inning off of starter Evan Simons, then opened the scored in the second. Quintin De Cuba led off with a single and advanced on a following outfield-error. After moving to third base on a grounder, De Cuba scored on a single by Kevin Weijgertse.

Pioniers then broke open the game with a 4-run rally in the fourth. De Cuba again led off with a single. This time, he reached second base when an error was made on a force play-grounder by Kevin Dirksen. After the two runners moved on a sacrifice bunt by Kevin Weijgertse, then a sacrifice fly by Max Draijer doubled the lead for the home team. A single by Daniel Fernandes followed, then Danny Rombley reached on an error, which led to the next run. Singles by Dirk van 't Klooster and Vince Rooi then accounted for two more runs. All runs in this at bat were unearned, but Pioniers was now leading 5-0.

In the next four innings, Pioniers reached base only one more time. In the fifth, Simons retired the side. José Moreno then took over in the sixth. He gave up an one-out single to Daniel Fernandes, but then retired the next eight batters in a row.

In its last four innings, The Hawks added only two more hits. They were registered off of Sedley Karel, who pitched the eighth inning for Pioniers. He gave up singles to Brian Raap (who was caught stealing) and Kevin van Veen (who was forced out). Raap hit three of the five hits of The Hawks.



Vaessen Pioniers - Mampaey The Hawks 5-0
RHE
Mampaey The Hawks000000000-053
Vaessen Pioniers01040000X-592
pitchers The Hawksinn.SOBBHRER
Evan Simons, L (0-1)511851
José Moreno32-1--
pitchers Pioniersinn.SOBBHRER
Lars Huijer, W (1-0)6513--
Dennis Buring11----
Sedley Karel1--2--
Bayron Cornelisse1-----
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Umpires: HP-Fred van Groningen Schinkel, 1B-Olav Steijger, 3B-Fred Oosterling.
Official Scorer-Linda Steijger.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Alex van den Berg.
Public Address Announcer-Jason Houtkamp.
Time-2:16 hr.

Game Notes: Opening Weekend 2015 season.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 14° C (57° F), northeastern wind 19 kmh (11 mph), humidity 43%.




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