Curaçao Neptunus vs. De Glaskoning Twins
Neptunus-starter Orlando Yntema had another fine outing on the mound, but he faced a brief 1-0 deficit.
In the opening at bat, he got the bases loaded quickly.
The righthander gave up a lead-off single to Jarreau Martina, then saw Bart Hanegraaff reach on a bunt-single.
The bases got loaded when Yntema hit next batter Jeffrey Arends with a pitch.
Berry van Donselaar followed with a sacrifice fly that gave Twins an early lead, but it would be the lone run for the team in this game.
Yntema followed with a strikeout, then Arends was caught stealing to end the inning.
Neptunus came alongside right away in its first at bat off of veteran righthander Elton Koeiman.
With one out, Stijn van der Meer and Christian Diaz singled.
The latter was forced out on a grounder by Gianison Boekhoudt that moved Van der Meer to third base and he scored on a following single by Daniel Fernandes.
After Yntema had retired the side in the top of the second inning, Neptunus scored three unearned runs due to two errors in the bottom of the at bat.
With one out, Urving Kemp was hit by a pitch, then Shadrach Meulens reached on an error.
The two advanced on a wild pitch, then both scored when a grounder by Dwayne Kemp ended in a throwing error.
Kemp advanced on a passed ball, then scored the third run in the inning on a single by Stijn van der Meer, who today was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 34th round of the Major League Amateur Draft.
Neptunus added two runs in the fourth inning.
Stijn van der Meer led off with a single, moved on a wild pitch and scored on a triple by Christian Diaz.
Gianison Boekhoudt followed with a runscoring single to lift the lead to 6-1.
...Orlando Yntema won his 7th game of the season...
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Neptunus got a chance to score again in the fifth.
A grounder by lead-off hitter Urving Kemp ended in a throwing error.
Kemp then collided with first baseman Jeffrey Arends, who was standing near his base.
Kemp was awarded second base on an obstruction, then advanced to third base on a flyout.
Moments later, he was eliminated at the plate trying to score on a grounder towards first base from his brother Dwayne.
After two scoreless innings, Neptunus scored another run in the seventh.
With one out, Shadrach Meulens singled and stole second base.
Hereafter, Dwayne Kemp drove the ball into rightfield for a triple.
Meulens scored and Kemp tried to turn his triple into an inside-the-park-homerun, but ended up short, as he was eliminated at the plate.
Twins was retired in order in the second and third inning, then got into scoring position again in the fourth.
Berry van Donselaar led off with a single, then Anthony Vrolijk reached on a bad-hop single towards third base.
A strikeout and force out then followed.
Yntema retired the side again in the fifth, then gave up an one-out double in the sixth to Jeffrey Arends, but he stranded on second base.
In the seventh inning, Yntema was supported with a double play and he threw another one-two-three inning in the top of the eighth.
In the bottom of the eighth, off of new pitcher Floris Timmer, Neptunus reached the 10-run difference to end the game via the mercy-rule.
The inning began with a pop-up from pinch-hitter Tijani Dunlop, who made his big league-debut.
Dunlop is the son of former big league-player/coach Aldric Dunlop.
Hereafter, the bases got loaded when Gianison Boekhoudt walked, Daniel Fernandes doubled and Steven Wharwood also walked.
Shaldimar Daantji followed with a 2-run single and the bases got loaded again moments later when Urving Kemp walked.
That led to a pitching change.
Berry van Donselaar, who was the DH, took over the mound to make his first pitching appearance of the season.
He got a full count off of Shadrach Meulens, who then delivered a 2-run, walk-off single that ended the game.
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Neptunus outscores Twins in eight innings
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Curaçao Neptunus briefly trailed 1-0 in the first inning on Saturday (June 11), but came alongside, took the lead in the second at bat and went on to win 11-1 in eight innings against De Glaskoning Twins.
Game started four minutes late because of field maintenance due to rain.