On Saturday, the score was tied at 5-5 after four innings.
Neptunus took the lead in the fifth and added more runs in following innings.
Today, Neptunus took an early 3-0 in the top of the first inning off of starting pitcher Sander Helmendach.
Stijn van der Meer led off with a triple and scored on a following single by Benjamin Dille.
With one out, Dwayne Kemp also singled.
A double by Christian Diaz and a single by Daniel Fernandes then lifted the lead to 3-0.
Neptunus got a chance to add another run in the second inning.
With one out, Shaldimar Daantji reached on an error.
Hereafter, Stijn van der Meer walked.
Daantji took off from first base on the final pitch (which ended in ball four).
Probably not realizing that the batter walked, catcher Levine Gabriëls threw the ball to second base when Daantji 'stole'.
The throw ended up in centerfield, enabling Daantji to move to third base.
The runners stranded on first and third base, as a pop-up and strikeout followed.
Neptunus added a run in the fourth when Daantji homered into deep leftfield.
The bases then got loaded when Stijn van der Meer walked and both Benjamin Dille and Gianison Boekhoudt reached on an infield-hit.
The three were left behind when a flyout ended the at bat.
DSS also got into scoring position right away in its first at bat off of starter Kevin Kelly.
He walked lead-off hitter Kevin Nieveld, who then stole second base.
With one out, he advanced on a grounder, then Omar Williams walked.
But DSS left the runners behind on first and third base.
Kelly retired the side in the next two innings (three strikeouts), but then gave up a run in the fourth.
With two outs, Tino van Erk singled and scored all the way from first base on a single by Djewi Appelman.
Neptunus rallied for four more runs in the top of the sixth off of new pitcher Robyn Clara.
With one out, Benjamin Dille walked, then his pinch-runner Den Seelbach moved on a single by Dwayne Kemp and scored on a following single by Christian Diaz.
The bases got loaded when Daniel Fernandes walked and all three runners scored when Gregory Muller connected for a 3-run double to increase the lead to 8-1.
Neptunus reached base again in the next two innings, but didn't score.
With one out in the seventh, Den Seelbach reached on an infield-hit, which was his first big league basehit.
For Seelbach, this was his first at bat since making his debut in the season-opener on April 20 against L&D Amsterdam Pirates and then struckout in his lone at bat.
In the eighth, Daniel Fernandes and Gregory Muller singled with one out and moved on a grounder, but then stranded.
In the ninth inning, Neptunus scored three runs to lift the lead to 11-1.
Stijn van der Meer led off with a single and scored on an one-out grounder by Gianison Boekhoudt.
Dwayne Kemp then walked and scored when Christian Diaz homered, which was his fifth basehit in the game.
After scoring its first run in the fourth inning, DSS reached base in each of the next innings, but added only one more run.
In the fifth, Levine Gabriëls and Thomas Bos led off with walks, but the next three batters were retired.
In the sixth, Tino van Erk walked with one out, but Neptunus then turned a double play.
In the seventh, Misja Harcksen took over the pitching from Kevin Kelly.
He saw Gabriëls reach on an error with one out and gave up a 2-out single to Kevin Nieveld, but then closed with a strikeout.
With one out in the eighth, Bayron Cornelisse reached on an infield-hit for DSS and moved to second base when a throwing error followed, but then was left behind on third base.
Cornelisse, who is a relief pitcher (he made two starts in the last two series), entered the game in the sixth as a pinch-hitter.
He then flied out and took over in leftfield.
For Cornelisse, this were his first two big league at bats since 2009.
He made his debut in that season, playing for Hoofddorp Pioniers and he then also recorded his first basehit.
DSS scored its last run of the regular season in the bottom of the ninth inning off of Berry van Driel, who took over the pitching for Neptunus.
The righthander got two quick outs, but then gave up a double to Tommy van de Sanden and a single to Kevin Nieveld.
Van de Sanden then scored when Odion Gouverneur also singled, but a force out then ended the inning and the game.
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