Kinheim vs. Curaçao Neptunus
On a cold afternoon in Haarlem with a wind chill of only 0,8 degrees Celsius (33,4 Fahrenheit), Kinheim was limited to only three basehits off of three pitchers.
Neptunus didn't hit much more hits, collecting five, but held Kinheim scoreless and won 3-0.
Kinheim reached second base only twice in the game.
Belgian righthander Kenny Van Den Branden started for Neptunus and saw Kinheim get into scoring position in the bottom of the first inning after the Rotterdam-squad had been retired in order by David Bergman.
Jasper Keijzer led off with a single, then Bryan Engelhardt walked with two outs, but then was forced out to end the inning.
After Neptunus had been retired again in the second inning, it got its first baserunner with one out in the third when Urving Kemp doubled.
But he would strand, as a strikeout and groundout followed.
Neptunus then opened the score in the fourth inning.
Benjamin Dille led off with a single, then an error followed on a force play-grounder by Raily Legito, which led to runners on first and third base.
Next batter Gianison Boekhoudt grounded into a double play, but that enabled Dille to score the first run.
...Diegomar Markwell shows that...
...it was a cold afternoon...
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Kinheim got its second and last runner in scoring position in the fifth inning.
With two outs, Jochem Koedijk singled, then Jasper Keijzer was hit by a pitch, but a strikeout ended the at bat.
Neptunus then doubled its lead in the top of the sixth inning and that also was an unearned run, as the Kinheim-defense commited four errors in this game.
With two outs, Benjamin Dille reached on an error and went on to score on a following double by Raily Legito.
The Rotterdam-squad scored its third run in the top of the ninth inning off of reliever Nick Veltkamp.
Benjamin Dille led off with a double, but was eliminated trying to advance to third base on a following grounder by Raily Legito.
The veteran then was safe when an error was made on a force play-grounder by Gianison Boekhoudt.
The bases got loaded when Christian Diaz reached on an infield-hit.
Moments later, Legito scored the third Neptunian run on a sacrifice fly by Dashenko Ricardo, who last season played for Kinheim.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Kevin Kelly threw for Neptunus.
He walked lead-off hitter Bryan Engelhardt, but then a double play followed.
Kelly then closed with a strikeout to end the game.
With that, the game ended just under the two hours and was officially listed at one hour and 59 minutes.
Home Plate Umpire in this game was Roy van de Wateringen, who has a reputation of being involved in long games.
The shortest 9-inning game last season was one hour and 58 minutes.
In that game, played on August 8, DSS win 4-1 vs. HCAW.
The umpire crew in that game was Rutger Druijve (HP), Edwin Louisa (1B) and Mario Blaauw (3B).
Van de Wateringen's shortest 9-inning game last season was two hours and 15 minutes on April 19 with Kinheim winning 6-2 vs. DSS.
In that game, Van de Wateringen was joined by Martijn Bosschaart (1B) and Peter Brink (3B).
Bosschaart also was the 1B Umpire in today's game.
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Neptunus closes series vs. Kinheim with shutout
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Curaçao Neptunus closed its 3-game series against Kinheim on Sunday (April 24) with a 3-0 shutout-victory.
The series opened with a 9-9 tie in Thursday, then Neptunus won 6-3 on Saturday.
