Pioniers opened the score with four runs in the first inning.
Danny Rombley led off with a double in his first game of the season as lead-off hitter for Pioniers.
Daniel Fernandes, who had been the lead-off hitter for Pioniers in all previous games, today batted in the number 8 position of the batting order.
With Rombley on second base, Dirk van 't Klooster singled to account for the first run.
With one out, the bases got loaded when Vince Rooi singled and Mark-Jan Moorman walked.
Next, Kevin Dirksen, who was the hero of Thursday's game, singled to bring in two runners.
With two outs, Daniel Fernandes added a single to make it 4-0.
Pioniers left a runner in the second inning, then Moorman led off with a walk in the third inning, which led to a pitching change.
New pitcher Steven van Groningen then got a force play-grounder and later was supported with a double play.
Van Groningen retired the side in the fourth, then gave up a run in the fifth.
With one out, Vince Rooi reached on an error, then the bases got loaded via singles by Mark-Jan Moorman and Kevin Dirksen.
A sac-fly by Kevin Weijgertse then made it 5-0.
In its first four innings off of Lars Huijer, HCAW reached base three times, but never got beyond first base.
HCAW then scored its first (and lone) run in the bottom of the fifth.
The run was scored by Gianni Frolijk, who was supported by the Hoofddorp-battery to do to.
First, he walked.
He then advanced on a passed ball, reached third base via a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch.
Pioniers was retired in the sixth by Van Groningen.
He was then relieved by Tim Niekerk, who made his big league-debut when he took the mound in the seventh inning.
Niekerk began by striking out Quintin De Cuba.
With two outs, he walked Mark-Jan Moorman, who then was forced out.
In the eighth, Niekerk got two quick outs, then walked two batters and was relieved by Gijs van Els.
A flyout ended the at bat.
Pioniers then scored two more runs in the ninth.
Van Els walked lead-off hitter Quintin De Cuba, then gave up a 2-run homerun to Vince Rooi that made it a 7-1 score.
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Pioniers wins convincingly at HCAW
BUSSUM (Neth.) -
Vaessen Pioniers was held to only one run before scoring three in the eighth inning on Thursday-evening in its first game against HCAW, which then played a very good game.'
On Saturday, Pioniers struck with four runs in the first inning, which gave the team a convincing early lead en route to a 7-1 victory.