L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs. Vaessen Pioniers
Pioniers scored its first run in the top of the first inning off of starter Dennis Burgersdijk.
The righthander gave up a lead-off single to former professional Christopher Garia.
He had left last Sunday's game in the second inning with a minor injury, but returned to the line-up again tonight.
Garia stole second base, then scored the first run when Zerzinho Croes followed with another single.
But hereafter, Burgersdijk retired the next three batters.
After Pioniers-starter Lars Huijer retired the side in his first inning, he was supported with two more runs in the second at bat.
Brian Raap led off with a double and Shurman Marlin followed with a double, then both scored when next batter Max Draijer also doubled.
Pirates got two runs back in the bottom of the second inning.
Kenny Berkenbosch led off with a single and Remco Draijer walked.
With one out, a run was scored on a single by Linoy Croes, which brought Draijer to third base.
Draijer then scored on a nice sacrifice squeeze-bunt by Rashid Gerard to narrow the deficit to 3-2.
In the top of the third inning, Burgersdijk struckout two batters, then got some offensive support from his teammates.
Nick Urbanus led off with a single and was moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Michael Duursma.
Urbanus advanced to third on a grounder by Gilmer Lampe and scored the tying run on a single by Kenny Berkenbosch.
Hereafter, Pirates got the bases loaded when Remco Draijer singled and no out was made on a fielder's choice-grounder by Danny Rombley.
The inning then ended when Rombley was forced out on a grounder by Linoy Croes, meaning three runners stranded.
In the fourth, it was Pioniers that left three runners behind, but also re-took the lead.
Shurman Marlin led off with a single and moved on a passed ball, then Max Draijer reached on an error.
The bases got loaded when Mark Smit also singled.
Hereafter, Christopher Garia grounded to first base, which resulted in an error at the plate, enabling Marlin to score.
With the bases still loaded, a double play and flyout followed.
Pioniers added a run in the fifth when Quintin De Cuba led off with a homerun, but Amsterdam also scored again in its fifth.
Gilmer Lampe led off with a walk, moved to third base on a single by Kenny Berkenbosch and scored on a force play-grounder by Remco Draijer.
But the home team also left two runners behind.
After two scoreless innings, Amsterdam Pirates struck in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring four runs to take an 8-5 lead.
In the top of the seventh inning, with two outs and after a walk, Daan Hendrix took over the Pirates-pitching for Dennis Burgersdijk.
The righthander ended the inning, then retired the side in the eighth (two strikeouts).
In the bottom of the eighth, Amsterdam was productive with three basehits, scoring four runs and having the bases loaded when the inning ended.
Linoy Croes led off with a single, then the bases got loaded when Rashid Gerard walked and Jesse Aussems also singled.
That led to a pitching change and Maickel Rietel was brought in to take over for Lars Huijer.
Koen Nooij was inserted as pinch-runner for Gerard, but Rietel began by striking out Nick Urbanus.
But hereafter, Amsterdam struck.
First, Michael Duursma delivered a runscoring single that tied the score.
Gilmer Lampe then walked to bring in the go-ahead run.
The next run was then added on a sacrifice fly by Kenny Berkenbosch.
While the ball was thrown back to the infield, an error followed, which enabled Duursma to score the fourth run in the at bat and increase the Amsterdam-lead to 8-5.
In the top of the ninth, closer Tom de Blok took over for Amsterdam.
He retired the side and ended the game with a strikeout to complete the come-from-behind-victory.
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Pirates comes from behind to win Play-Off opener
AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
L&D Amsterdam Pirates came from behind to win 8-5 in its Play-Off opener on Friday-evening (August 12) against Vaessen Pioniers.
Play-Offs.