L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs. Vaessen Pioniers
After the festivities to honor players, coaches and staff of Amsterdam Pirates had ended, the ceremonial first pitch was thrown and the photographers and cameramen had left the field, the game was about to start.
However, it started with a brief delay.
Pioniers' Head Coach Dè Flanegin, while not yet fully dressed in uniform, had a 2-minute discussion with Home Plate Umpire Martijn Bosschaart whether or not the rightfield foul-line was correct.
The 3-man umpiring crew got together, but nothing was changed and the game went underway.
Due to injuries in its pitching staff, Amsterdam's Head Coach Charles Urbanus confirmed he has to make some changes in the starting assignments and the use of his pitchers.
He will now might take decisions who will start day-by-day, as the team has to deal with these injuries.
In the meantime, some pitchers, who are playing in lower teams of the club have been added to the big league-roster.
Lefthander Robin Schel, who had a great outing during the European Champions Cup, started today for Amsterdam, while Pioniers also had a lefthanded starter, Nick Keur.
With that, it made it the second game on two consecutive days between the same teams that two lefthanders started, which is very rare.
On Saturday, southpaws Chris Pfau (Pioniers) and Kyle Ward (Pirates) started.
After both teams left a runner behind in the first inning, Pioniers opened the score in the second at bat.
Kevin Dirksen led off with a wak, moved on a sacrifice bunt by Glenn Bakker and scored on a following double by Shurman Marlin.
With two outs, Marlin scored the next run on a single by Brennan Nijhof.
Pioniers was retired in order in the top of the third inning, then Pirates got a run back moments later in its third at bat.
With one out, Jesse Aussems walked and scored on a 2-out double by Michael Duursma.
In the fourth, Kevin Dirksen led off with a double for Pioniers, then Austin Weymouth was hit by a pitch.
The inning ended when the latter was caught stealing in a double steal-situation.
In the bottom of the fourth, Remco Draijer singled for Amsterdam with one out, but hereafter, Rashid Gerard grounded into a double play for the second time in this game.
...KNBSB-President Ron Schel throws the ceremonial first pitch...
...Standing at right is Amsterdam-sponsor John Witte...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Pioniers rallied for six runs in the top of the fifth inning on six basehits.
With one out, the bases got loaded when Zerzinho Croes singled, Mervin Gario walked and Max Draijer reached on an infield-hit.
A following single by Quintin De Cuba brought in a run and also a new pitcher, as Pim Walsma took over for Robin Schel.
He was greeted with a runscoring single by Kevin Dirksen.
Hereafter, Glenn Bakker also delivered a runscoring single, but when an outfield-error followed, two more runs could be added.
Shurman Marlin added another RBI-single to bring in the sixth run in the at bat.
The bases got loaded again when Austin Weymouth walked and Brennan Nijhof was hit by a pitch.
But they were left behind when a strikeout and groundout ended the inning.
The 8-1 lead appeared to be comfortable, but then Amsterdam came back in the game by scoring five runs in its fifth at bat.
With one out, Koen Nooij was hit by a pitch and Jesse Aussems walked, then Nick Urbanus followed with a 3-run homerun.
Michael Duursma followed with a single and hereafter, it was Danny Rombley, who homered to narrow the deficit to 8-6.
It led to a pitching change, as Maickel Rietel took over.
He walked Kenny Berkenbosch and gave up a single to Remco Draijer, which led to runners on first and third base.
But hereafter, Draijer was caught stealing and a grounder ended the at bat.
In the top of the sixth inning, Pioniers immediately added two insurance runs of its own to increase the lead to 10-6.
Victor Draijer led off with a single and Quintin De Cuba walked.
Daan Hendrix then took over the pitching for Amsterdam, but gave up a single to Kevin Dirksen that loaded the bases.
A force play-grounder by Glenn Bakker and double by Shurman Marlin then accounted for the runs.
In the remainder of the game, Pioniers reached second base only one more time, which happened in the ninth inning off of new pitcher Tom de Blok.
Maickel Rietel completed the game for Pioniers.
He was supported with a double play in the sixth, then retired the side in the seventh and eighth inning.
In the ninth, the righthander gave up a lead-off single to Linoy Croes, but he was forced out.
The game then ended when Jesse Aussems grounded into a double play, the fourth this afternoon made by the Pioniers-defense.
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Pioniers completes sweep against Pioniers
AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
Vaessen Pioniers won 10-6 against L&D Amsterdam Pirates on Sunday (June 12) to complete a 3-game sweep and win its ninth game in a row.
Before the game, players, coaches and staff of L&D Amsterdam Pirates are honored for winning the European Champions Cup.