The Hawks initially had a productive start and took an 1-0 lead.
In the first at bat, Odion Gouverneur led off with a single off of starter Mike Groen.
He then stole second and advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Jules Peters.
However, he then started somewhat too early on a grounder towards third base by Berend Ruben and was eliminated at the plate.
The Hawks then opened the score in the next at bat after Kevin van Veen had retired three DSS-batters.
With one out, Julian Goins reached on an error, then moved to third base on a single by Brian Raap and scored on a single by Louie-Jay Sienders.
In the bottom of the third inning, DSS turned the game its way by scoring three unearned runs, thanks to two errors.
Lead-off hitter Tino van Erk reached on an error, but was forced out on a grounder by Ryan Miner.
With two outs, Joffrey Heus singled and Levine Gabriëls followed with a 2-run double to give DSS the lead.
Hereafter, Mitchel Dautzenberg also reached on an error, resulting in the third run in the at bat.
DSS added three more runs in the third inning.
Lex Leijenaar led off with a double and Mitchell Koot singled, then a run was scored on a grounder by Tino van Erk.
A following double by Ryan Miner lifted the lead to 5-1.
With two outs, Miner moved to third base on a wild pitch, then scored when another error was made.
In the top of the fifth, The Hawks got one run back.
Amir Daou led off with a single, moved to third base on two grounders, then scored on a single by Berend Ruben.
Stephen Henson also singled, but two runners were left behind.
In the bottom of the fifth, DSS also scored again.
With one out, Tino van Erk singled and went on to score on a 2-out single by Ruud Naaktgeboren.
Two scoreless innings followed, but DSS left the bases loaded in the sixth at bat.
In the top of the eighth, The Hawks scored its final run.
This time, the DSS-defense made two errors.
Stephen Henson led off with a single, then advanced when an outfield-error followed.
With one out, Julian Goins singled down the leftfield-line, but DSS-short stop Mitchel Dautzenberg was able to field the ball on foul territory.
He had no chance of eliminating Henson, who scored, but was able to eliminate Goins, who tried to stretch his hit into a double.
Next, Brian Raap reached on an error, stole second and advanced on a wild pitch, but stranded there.
DSS was retired in order in its eighth inning, then the top of the ninth inning saw a situation that appeared to be confusing, but was very clear after all.
First, Amir Daou led off with a walk.
Hereafter, reliever Max Ploegstra (who had come on in the seventh inning) faced Chris Williams.
Ploegstra threw an inside pitch which went by Williams, who duck backwards, fell to the ground, appeared to be hit and waved his arms.
As the ball went by the catcher, Daou moved to third base and then the confusion started.
Was Williams hit by the ball? Then he should have been awarded first base and Daou had to return to second base.
Was it a foul ball? Then Williams had to come back at bat and Daou had to be send back to first base.
Or did the ball hit neither Williams or the bat?
After a brief discussion, Williams stayed in the batter's box, while Daou was send back to second base.
That led to reactions from the side of DSS, as Daou was coming from first base, resulting in another discussion between the three umpires.
In the end, the explanation was very simple.
The ball did not hit Williams and also was no foul ball.
As the ball went by the catcher, it simply was a wild pitch, which entitled Daou the right to advance.
However, he of course could have advance to third base on the wild pitch, but he was send back to second base, as the reaction of Williams more or less had accounted for the confusion, leading to a time out.
And so, Daou was given the base he was entitled to and the game continued after a 3-minute brief on-field delay.
Moments later, Daou did reach third base when Williams grounded out.
Hereafter, Steven Wharwood flied out to rightfield and Daou tried to score, but was eliminated at the plate in a double play, ending the game.
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DSS continues winning streak in Play-Downs
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
DSS won 7-3 on Saturday (August 22) vs. Mampaey The Hawks to remain unbeaten and extend its winning streak to five games in the Play-Downs.