Kinheim vs. DSS
DSS trailed only 1-0 after six innings and came alongside in the seventh, but was uable to avoid a 5-2 loss.
With that, DSS became the first team to be eliminated for the first and second place in the first half of the season.
For the record, this is the earliest date that a team is eliminated since the introduction of this competition format in the 2014 season.
The first team to be eliminated in this format was ADO Lakers, which was eliminated on May 17, 2014 by UVV.
Last year, Mampaey The Hawks was eliminated on May 10 by L&D Amsterdam Pirates.
And so, today, May 8, becomes the earliest date that a team is eliminated in the first half.
Oh, by the way in both last years game and today's, Peter Brink was the 3B Umpire and Marco Stoovelaar was one of the Official Scorers.
Kinheim opened the score in the second inning off of starter Tim Halderman.
Dudley Leonora and Niels van Weert led off with singles, then both advanced when next batter Oliver van der Wijst Severino flied out.
Hereafter, a walk for Dexter de Weert loaded the bases.
Next batter Jochem Koedijk then flied out to centerfield.
Both Leonora and Van Weert took off to advance.
Leonora scored, but that happened just moments before Van Weert was eliminated at third base on a throw from centerfielder Melvin Perdue.
And with that, Leonora scored just in time to give Kinheim the lead.
This was to be the lone run for the home team in the first six innings, as it was unable to take more distance.
In the fourth inning, Niels van Weert singled with one out, then moved on a pick-off error and a grounder.
With two outs and Dexter de Weert in the batter's box, he tried to steal home plate, but was unsuccessful to do so and that ended the inning.
In the sixth, with one out, Bryan Engelhardt and Dudley Leonora singled, but this time, a force out and flyout followed.
DSS got only three baserunners in its first six innings off of starter David Bergman, who retired the side in the first, third, fourth and sixth inning.
In the second, with one out, the righthander gave up a single to Mitchel Koot, but a double play followed.
In the fifth, Bergman gave up a lead-off single to Melvin Perdue, then again was supported with a double play.
With two outs, he gave up a bunt-single to Joffrey Heus, but he stranded on first base.
DSS then came alongside in the top of the seventh.
With one out, Koen Halderman singled, then scored all the way from first base on a double down the leftfield-line by Melvin Perdue.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, DSS had to turn to the bullpen and saw Kinheim score four runs, two of which were unearned.
Halderman walked Dexter de Weert and then gave up a runscoring double to Jochem Koedijk that gave Kinheim a renewed lead.
Hereafter, Max Ploegstra was brought in as new pitcher.
He saw Jasper Keijzer reach on an error, which enabled Koedijk to score.
Keijzer advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Julio Hernandez and a throwing error.
Kevin Moesquit then walked and Bryan Engelhardt followed with an RBI-single.
The bases got loaded when Dudley Leonora also singled.
A sacrifice fly by Niels van Weert brought in the next run and made it a 5-1 score.
DSS got one run back in the top of the eighth.
The at bat began with a nice defensive play by Kevin Moesquit, who had just taken over at third base, on a hard grounder by Sven van der Sanden.
Hereafter, Seb Visser singled and went on to score on a 2-out triple by Ryan Miner.
Leading 5-2, Reggie Bomberg closed the game for Kinheim in the ninth inning.
DSS got two baserunners and might have scored at least once, but it was Bomberg who really saved the inning and also earned a save.
He gave up a lead-off single to Koen Halderman, who then reached second base when an error was made on a force play-grounder with one out by Mitchel Koot.
Bomberg followed with a strikeout, then faced pinch-hitter Tino van Erk, who made his first appearance of the season after having recovered from a hamstring-injury he sustained in the exhibition season.
Van Erk lined the ball back to Bomberg, who initially caught the ball, saw it jump up, then caught it again barehanded.
When the ball would have dropped to the ground, DSS would have had the bases loaded.
When Bomberg would have been unable to catch the line drive, it would have led to at least one run.
But the righthander made an inning-saving catch and that ended the game.
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DSS eliminated for top two spots
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
On Sunday-afternoon (May 8), Kinheim broke an 1-1 score against DSS with a 4-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning and went on to win 5-2.
DSS eliminated for first and second place in first half of regular season.