Vaessen Pioniers vs. HCAW
Pioniers scored all their runs in the second inning off of starter Sander Helmendach.
The righthander hit lead-off hitter Kevin Dirksen and then made a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt by Brian Raap.
Hereafter, he gave up a runscoring single to Shurman Marlin and loaded the bases by walking Mark Smit.
Glenn Bakker followed with a baseclearing, 3-run triple and later scored himself on an one-out single by Mervin Gario that made it a 5-0 score.
...Glenn Bakker...
...3-run triple...
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And that is the story of this game!
In the remainder of the game, Pioniers got into scoring position only two more times.
In the third inning, Kevin Dirksen led off with a double, but stranded on third base.
HCAW then turned a double play in the fourth inning and Helmendach retired the side in the sixth.
In the seventh, reliever Gijs van Els did the same.
Tim Niekerk threw the eighth inning for HCAW.
He gave up a lead-off double to Quintin De Cuba, who advanced on a grounder, but Niekerk then closed with two strikeouts.
HCAW was unable to do something off of starter Lars Hujer, who had a strong outing.
The righthander struckout eleven batters, gave up only three hits and allowed only one HCAW-runner to get into scoring position.
He was supported with a double play in the fourth inning.
In the fifth, he gave up a lead-off single to Rossini Frolijk, who moved on a grounder to become the lone runner in scoring position off of Huijer.
After giving the single, Huijer retired eight of the next nine batters, including five with a strikeout.
Jonatan Isenia took over in the eighth.
With one out, he walked pinch-hitters Kevin Nieveld and Jelle Blaauw, but they stranded on first and second base.
Maickel Rietel then completed the game and retired the side in the ninth inning.
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Pioniers shuts out HCAW
HOOFDDORP (Neth.) -
Vaessen Pioniers shutout HCAW 5-0 on Thursday-evening (May 12) to break a 5-game losing streak.
On the other hand, HCAW extended its losing streak to eight games and was eliminated for the first place in the first half of the season.
Fred van Groningen Schinkel begins his 45th season as Umpire in the Dutch big league.