De Glaskoning Twins vs. Vaessen Pioniers
In the third game of their series, Pioniers was silenced today by the Twins-pitching, which gave up only two basehits.
Pioniers got into scoring position only twice and that happened in the eighth and ninth inning.
Veteran Elton Koeiman dominated for eight innings and threw one of the best games of his long career.
He started the game against his former team with two strikeouts, then gave up a single to Mervin Gario, but he stranded on first base.
From that moment on, Koeiman retired the next 13 batters in a row.
Lefthander Nick Keur started for Pioniers and had a good start.
He struckout the first two batters and retired the first five batters he faced.
With two outs in the second, Keur walked a batter, but he stranded.
Keur then gave up the first run in the third at bat.
He walked lead-off hitter Anthony Vrolijjk, who was awarded second base on a balk.
With one out, the game was interrupted for 13 minutes by rain.
When the game resumed, Keur returned to the mound and gave up an infield-hit to Jarreau Martina.
That moved Vrolijk to third base, who then scored when a throwing error followed Martina's basehit.
Moments later, Martina was eliminated in a rundown after a pick-off.
...Winning pitcher Elton Koeiman...
...one basehit in eight innings...
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Twins added a run in the fifth inning, but also stranded three runners.
Keur struckout the first two batters (he struck seven, as did Koeiman), but then gave up a single to Bob van der Meer and walked Jarreau Martina and Shurty Tremus, which loaded the bases.
Keur was replaced by Jonah Van Bemmelen, but he also started with a walk for Adrian Anthony, which led to a run.
The submariner then closed with a strikeout.
In the top of the sixth inning, after having retired 13 batters, Elton Koeiman walked Mark Smit.
With one out, Smit was also eliminated in a rundown after a pick-off.
Pioniers got its first runner into scoring position in the top of the eighth inning.
With one out, Brian Raap struckout, but reached on a passed ball.
His pinch-runner Brennan Nijhof then advanced on a wild pitch, but was left on second base.
In the eighth, Twins scored its third run, but also left the bases loaded again.
Adrian Anthony led off with a double, then scored on a following single by Jeffrey Arends.
A single by Berry van Donselaar and walk for Stijn Janssens loaded the bases.
With no outs, Maickel Rietel took over for Van Bemmelen and he retired the next three batters.
The righthander began with a strikeout, then a flyout followed.
Rietel then also struckout Bob van der Meer, who didn't agree with the call made by Home Plate Umpire Henri van Heijningen.
When Van der Meer reacted, he was ejected.
Brendan Schoemaker threw the ninth inning for Twins.
With two outs, he gave up a single to Mervin Gario, who advanced on a wild pitch.
Schoemaker then closed the inning and the game with a strikeout.
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Veteran Koeiman shuts out Pioniers
OOSTERHOUT (Neth.) -
Veteran Elton Koeiman dominated for De Glaskoning Twins on a cold Sunday-afternoon (April 24) and led the squad to a surprise 3-0 shutout against Vaessen Pioniers.
Twins had lost the first two games of the series with scores of 4-2 and 6-2.
13-minute rain-delay in bottom 3rd inning with one out, runner on 2nd base and no score.