Curaçao Neptunus vs. De Glaskoning Twins
Neptunus appeared to be en route to its third victory of the season, but instead lost its first home-opener in 14 years.
Neptunus opened the score with two runs off of veteran starter Elton Koeiman.
Dwayne Kemp led off with a single and stole second base, then moved to third base on a single by Benjamin Dille and scored on a following basehit by Raily Legito.
With one out, Christian Diaz delivered another runscoring single to make it 2-0.
Moments later, Legito was picked off on second base by catcher Bart Janssen.
Dashenko Ricardo added a single, but Neptunus left two runners behind.
In the next two innings, Neptunus had no luck on the bases.
In the second, Shaldimar Daantji walked with one out, but was caught stealing.
And in the the third, Raily Legito singled with one out, but then a double play followed.
Neptunus then added a run in the fourth,
Christian Diaz led off with a bunt-single, advanced to third on a single by Dashenko Ricardo, then scored when Rien Vernooij grounded into a double play.
Neptunus-starter Kenny Van Den Branden held Twins scoreless in the five innings he pitched.
He gave up a lead-off single to Jarreau Martina in the first inning, but he was caught stealing.
That was repeated in the next at bat.
Jeffrey Arends then led off with a single, but also was caught stealing later.
Twins got the bases loaded in the third.
With one out, Bob van der Meer singled.
With two outs, Jarreau Martina was hit by a pitch and Bart Hanegraaff walked, but Van den Branden closed with a strikeout.
Twins left several more runners behind in the next innings, including two in the sixth off of reliever Berry van Driel.
In the final three innings, Neptunus didn't played well defensively, as it committed three costly errors.
...Twins celebrates the victory...
...At right, Jeffrey Arends hugs winning pitcher Brendan Schoemaker...
(© Photo: Robert Bos) |
Twins came alongside in the top of the seventh inning off of reliever Steven van Groningen.
Bart Janssen led off with a single, then an error followed on a force play-grounder by Jarreau Martina.
The two moved on a sacrifice bunt by Bart Hanegraaff, then former Neptunian Adrian Anthony delivered a runscoring double down the leftfield-line, which brought in two runners.
The bases got loaded when Stijn Janssens and Berry van Donselaar both walked.
A single by Anthony Vrolijk then tied the score, but Janssens was eliminated at home when he also tried to score.
Neptunus left a runner on first base in the seventh and eighth inning, then Twins struck with four runs in the top of the ninth inning off of closer Bayron Cornelisse.
Bart Hanegraaff reached on an error, then another error followed on a force play-grounder by Adrian Anthony.
A bunt-single by Stijn Janssens loaded the bases.
Twins then took the lead on a single by Berry van Donselaar, who was replaced by pinch-runner Nick Peels.
A sacrifice fly by Anthony Vrolijk then made it 5-3.
Two consecutive passed balls then enabled Janssens and Peels to score and that lifted the lead to 7-3.
Twins-closer Brendan Schoemaker retired the side in the bottom of the ninth to seal the victory.
With that, Neptunus lost its first home-opener since April 7, 2002.
Some numerical facts.
Since the above mentioned date, there have been 5124 days or 732 weeks.
When you add 5124 together you get 12.
When you add 732 together you get 12.
When you the uniform number of Bayron Cornelisse (39) together, you also get 12!
When you do 12 times two, you get 24, which is the uniform number of Bart Hanegraaff, who scored what would be the winning run.
By the way, '24', also are the last two numbers in the 5124 days since 2002.
The first two numbers of 5124 together is six and that also is the total of 42 combined, which is the uniform number of Berry van Donselaar, who batted in what would be the winning run.
Oh, and when you count the total of letters in 'Van Donselaar', you also get 12.
And how about this one?
When you count the letters in the name of winning pitcher Brendan Schoemaker you get 17.
When you add the numbers in the date September 2, 2004 (9-2-2-4), you also get 17.
On that date, Twins won its last game at the big league-level!
On September 2, 2004, Twins also won in Rotterdam and then shutout Sparta-Feyenoord, 6-0.
In that game, Kevin Roovers was the winning pitcher for Twins.
He went the distance, struckout ten batters and gave up only two basehits.
Today, Roovers also celebrated the next big league-victory of Twins, as he is the team's Head Coach since last year.
And guess what, when you count the total of letters in his name, you get 12!
In the game in 2004, Robert Bos was the 1B Umpire, who today made the photos that illustrate this article.
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Twins strikes in 9th inning to win vs. Neptunus
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
De Glaskoning Twins trailed 3-0 after six innings, then came alongside in the seventh and scored four runs in the ninth to win 7-3 against Curaçao Neptunus on Sunday (April 17).
With this, Twins handed reigning champion Neptunus its first loss of the season after it had won the first two games.
Opening Weekend Season 2016.