DSS vs. Vaessen Pioniers
Pioniers got the bases loaded in the top of the first inning with two outs off of starter Donny Breek.
First, Austin Weymouth doubled, then Quintin De Cuba and Kevin Dirksen walked.
But the three were left behind when a grounder ended the at bat.
Pioniers then opened the score with one run in the second inning.
Glenn Bakker led off with a single and was awarded second base on a balk.
With one out, he stole third base, then scored on a throwing error.
Breek followed with a strikeout, then gave up a triple to Zerzinho Croes, but hereafter another strikeout closed the at bat.
In his previous two starts, Breek had won against Kinheim and Curaçao Neptunus, but tonight, he was less successful.
Also because DSS was held scoreless for five innings by Lars Huijer, who struckout eight batters in the seven innings he threw in which he gave up only four hits.
Pioniers scored two more runs in the fifth inning.
Stephen Henson led off with a walk, stole second base and scored when Austin Weymouth followed with a triple.
Hereafter, Breek was replaced by Gijs Timmer, who gave up a runscoring single to Quintin De Cuba that made it 3-0.
Later in the at bat, DSS turned an inning-ending double play.
After not being into scoring position in its first five innings, DSS got one run back in the bottom of the sixth.
With Menno Lenting (fielder's choice) on first base, Koen Halderman delivered an RBI-double, but that would be the lone run tonight for DSS.
Pioniers then took more distance from the seventh inning on.
In the seventh, with one out, Austin Weymouth singled, which led to another pitching change.
Max Ploegstra took over and he would give up a 2-out, runscoring single to Kevin Dirksen.
In the eighth, Pioniers added another run.
Glenn Bakker led off with a double, moved on a single by Brennan Nijhoff and scored when next batter Mark Smit also singled.
Hereafter, Zerzinho Croes hit the ball into centerfield, but that would end in a double play, as both Smit and Nijhof were eliminated at the basepaths.
Trailing 5-1 in the bottom of the eighth, DSS got its first two batters on base off of Jonah Van Bemmelen, who became the new pitcher for Pioniers.
He gave up a lead-off single to Ryan Miner, then made an error while attempting a pick-off and walked next batter Joffrey Heus.
Van Bemmelen was then relieved by Maickel Rietel, who with this entered the game in a save-situation.
Rietel began with a strikeout, then an infield-fly and grounder ended the inning.
In the top of the ninth inning, Pioniers rallied for five runs to lift the lead to 10-1.
With one out, reliever Kevin Geestman got the bases loaded when Quintin De Cuba singled, Kevin Dirksen was hit by a pitch and Shurman Marlin walked.
Hereafter, an error followed on a force play-grounder by Glenn Bakker.
The following run was then scored when Brennan Nijhof was hit by a pitch.
Nijhof left the game and was replaced by pinch-runner Jonatan Isenia, who is one of the pitchers of Pioniers.
A sacrifice fly by Mark Smit and a 2-run double by Zerzinho Croes then made it 10-1.
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Pioniers registers comfortable win against DSS
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Vaessen Pioniers registered a comfortable 10-1 victory against DSS on Thursday-evening (May 19).
With the win, Pioniers moved into fourth place and with that, for the first time this season, the current top-4 is the traditional top-4 of the previous seasons, consisting of L&D Amsterdam Pirates, Curaçao Neptunus, Kinheim and Pioniers.