Neptunus opened the score in the first inning off of starter Jurjen van Zijl.
With one out, Stijn van der Meer walked and scored on a 2-out double by Dwayne Kemp.
In the second inning, Neptunus rallied for six runs to take a comfortable lead.
Five of the runs were scored with two outs.
Daniel Fernandes led off with a double and moved on an infield-hit by Ruar Verkerk.
The latter was forced out on a grounder by Gregory Muller, but that enabled Fernandes to score.
Next batter Jochem Koedijk then reached on a comeback line drive infield-hit that hit Van Zijl.
Hereafter, with two outs, the righthander gave up four hits and walked a batter.
The bases got loaded when Stijn van der Meer reached on a line drive, bad-hop, infield-hit that jumped up against the chest of first baseman Steven van Reem and then ended up in foul territory.
A run was then scored when Christian Diaz followed with another infield-hit and Dwayne Kemp added a 2-run double.
The bases were loaded again when Gianison Boekhoudt walked and two more runs were scored on a single by Daniel Fernandes in his second at bat in the inning to lift the lead to 7-0.
Neptunus-pitcher Elton Koeiman retired the first five batters he faced.
He then gave up a 2-out single to Mike Bazuin in the second, but he stranded on first base.
In the top of the third, the righthander gave up a lead-off single to Sergino Martis down the rightfield-line.
He tried to stretch his hit into a double, but ended up short on second base.
Koeiman then closed with two strikeouts.
Neptunus got into scoring position again in the bottom of the third.
With two outs, Shaldimar Daantji popped up the ball into the 'Bermuda Triangle' in right-centerfield.
There, the short stop reached backwards, while the second baseman and centerfielder almost tripped during their attempt to catch the ball.
It landed between them on the ground and Daantji ended up with a double, as there was no one covering second base.
He moved to third on an infield-hit by Stijn van der Meer, but the two were left behind.
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A scoreless fourth inning followed.
The top half of the fourth, was briefly interrupted for a rain-delay, but Koeiman retired the side, just as he did in the fifth.
In the bottom of the fifth, Neptunus scored another run.
With one out, there first was a 20-minute interruption due to rain and hail.
With two outs, Shaldimar Daantji tripled and later scored on a single by Christian Diaz.
Last Tuesday, in the make-up game against Hoofddorp Pioniers, Daantji returned to the lead-off spot for Neptunus.
He already had been the lead-off hitter in the first five games, but then moved to the number ninth position in the batting order.
In his return to the lead-off spot, Daantji homered twice last Tuesday.
Today, he was 2-for-5.
Neptunus reached the 10-run difference in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Jimmy Osinga became the new pitcher for UVV, but he ran into problems quickly.
The righthander walked lead-off hitter Gianison Boekhoudt, who advanced when an error followed a flyout.
He then walked Ruar Verkerk, but as ball-four ended in a wild pitch, Boekhoudt moved to third base.
Another walk-wild pitch followed on next batter Gregory Muller, which led to a run.
The bases got loaded when Osinga also walked Jochem Koedijk and that resulted in a pitching change.
Berend Ruben, who started the game as leftfielder, but had moved to first base at the beginning of this at bat, took over the pitching.
He got a force play-grounder from Shaldimar Daantji, which brought in a run, then gave up a runscoring single to Stijn van der Meer that lifted the lead to 11-0.
Elton Koeiman gave up another two-out single in the top of the sixth to Roland Laurens, who also stranded on first base.
He was the third and final runner for UVV.
As Koeiman retired the side again in the seventh, it meant that UVV didn't get into scoring position in this game.
For Koeiman, this was his fourth win of the season.
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Neptunus records big shutout against UVV
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Curaçao Neptunus recorded a big 11-0 shutout-victory on Saturday (May 20) against Pickles UVV in the second game of their 3-game series.
The teams close the series on Sunday in Vleuten.
7-minute rain-delay in top 4th with Neptunus leading 7-0, 2 outs and no baserunners.