Pioniers-starter Lars Huijer held UVV scoreless in the seven innings he pitched.
He struckout four batters and gave up five hits in that span.
The former pro retired the first eleven batters he faced, then gave up a single to Gilmer Lampe, who advanced on an error, but UVV left two runners behind.
In the fifth, he walked Sam van Dijck with two outs, then gave up singles to Jamie Verheyleweghen and Norbert Jongerius.
Van Dijck tried to score on the last hit, but was eliminated at the plate.
At that moment, Pioniers already led 4-0.
The team scored its first run in the first at bat when Dirk van 't Klooster reached on an error with two outs and scored when another error followed a single by Mark-Jan Moorman.
Venezuelan starter Claudio Bavera then didn't encounter big problems in the next three innings, but gave up three more runs in the fifth.
He walked lead-off hitter Daniel Fernandes, then gave up an one-out single to Dirk van 't Klooster.
Vince Rooi followed with a 2-run double, then Mark-Jan Moorman also singled, as did Quintin De Cuba to bring in the next run and make it 4-0.
In the sixth, Pioniers added its next run off of Kevin Noordzij, thanks to an RBI-single by Dirk van 't Klooster, but the team also left three runners.
The lead was increased to 8-0 in the top of the eighth.
Danny Rombley led off with a double and Dirk van 't Klooster singled.
Vince Rooi then brought in the first run via a sacrifice fly and two more were added when Mark-Jan Moorman followed with a homerun.
In the bottom of the eighth, Sedley Karel took over for Huijer and he gave up the first run allowed by the Pioniers-pitching staff.
Norbert Jongerius led off with a single and Tony Enos walked, then Gilmer Lampe added an RBI-double.
UVV scored its second run in the ninth off of Swen Huijer on a grounder by Jongerius.
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