L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs. De Glaskoning Twins
Amsterdam Pirates got its lead-off hitter on base in the bottom of the first inning when Nick Urbanus walked, but hereafter, a double play and a strikeout followed.
Amsterdam then did reach base again in the second at bat and this time rallied for four runs off of veteran starter Elton Koeiman.
But these would be the lone runs in the game.
And all runs were unearned due to a throwing error.
With one out in the second inning, Danny Rombley reached second base when a throwing error followed on his grounder.
He then advanced on a passed ball and scored on single by Linoy Croes.
Patrick Bok then also singled, but hereafter Croes was forced out on third base on a grounder by Max Clarijs.
This would have been the third out when the error wasn't made.
But now, there were two outs and there were two runners on base.
These runners advanced on a wild pitch, then the bases got loaded when Jesse Aussems walked.
Nick Urbanus followed with a 2-run single, then stole second base.
Hereafter, Michael Duursma singled to bring in Aussems and made it 4-0.
Urbanus also tried to score, but he was eliminated at the plate to end the inning.
In the next three innings, Koeiman retired eight of the nine batters he faced.
After having retired seven in a row, he gave up a bunt-single with one out to Urbanus in the fifth, but a double play followed.
In the sixth, Koeiman was replaced by Keiji Uezono.
With this, the 31-year old Japanese righthander made his debut in the Dutch big league.
Uezono is an experienced pitcher, who has played (parts) of seven seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the highest professional league in Japan.
There, he played for Hanshin Tigers (2007-2010) and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2012-2014).
Last winter, Uezono played for Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League.
Uezono is not the first former NPB-pitcher in the Dutch big league.
In 2000-2002, righthander Tetsuhiro Monna was the pitching-ace for ADO.
He had pitched in the NPB for Tokyo Yomiuri Giants in 1993-1994 and 1996-1999.
Monna went on to play in Croatia after the 2002 season.
He got the Croatian nationality and pitched for the National Team of the South-European country in the 2003 and 2005 European Championship.
Playing in and coaching the Croatian National Team was Mexican-born American Jimmy Summers.
Before moving to Croatia, Summers also pitched and coached for ADO in the same period that Monna played for the The Hague-based team.
Uezono was greeted into the Dutch big league with a lead-off single by Gilmer Lampe in the sixth inning.
Lampe advanced to second base on a throwing error, but then stranded.
In the seventh inning, Uezono gave up an one-out triple to Max Clarijs.
He was eliminated at the plate trying to score on a grounder towards second base by Jesse Aussems.
In the eighth inning, off of Belgian reliever Matthew Latta, Amsterdam again got into scoring position.
After the Twins-defense had made a double play, Remco Draijer singled, stole second base and advanced on a passed ball, but stranded on third base.
Twins collected only five basehits off of two pitchers and got into scoring position only four times, but never reached third base.
In the second inning, off of starter Dennis Burgersdijk, Stijn Janssens singled for Twins with two outs and advanced on an outfield-error, but was left on second base.
In the fourth, Adrian Anthony led off with a double, but also stranded on second base, as the next three batters were retired.
In the fifth, Anthony Vrolijk doubled with one out, but hereafter Burgersdijk struckout the next two batters.
Pim Walsma took over the pitching in the eighth.
With one out in the ninth, he walked Dennis De Quint, who then moved on a grounder, but became the fourth Twins-runner to strand on second base.
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Amsterdam Pirates shuts out Twins second consecutive day
AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
League-leader L&D Amsterdam Pirates registered its second consecutive shutout-victory on Sunday (May 15), winning 4-0 against De Glaskoning Twins and completed its fourth sweep in a row.
Keiji Uezono (Twins) makes his debut in the Dutch big league.