DSS set the tone for today's game with a 4-run rally in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Brendan Schoemaker.
He gave up a lead-off single to Odion Gouverneur, then hit next batter Levine Gabriëls with a pitch.
Gabriëls would be replaced by a pinch-hitter in the next inning.
The bases got loaded when Kevin Nieveld walked, then Omar Williams followed with a 2-run single and Tino van Erk added a sacrifice fly.
The fourth run in the inning was scored on a wild pitch.
Twins got two runs back in its second at bat off of starter Donny Breek.
With two outs and Menno Lenting (walk) on second base, Mick Molenaar singled to put runners at the corners.
When Molenaar stole second base, Lenting took off to steal the plate and score a run.
Molenaar went on to score on a single by former DSS-player Melvin Perdue.
In the bottom of the second inning, DSS added a run.
Thomas Bos led off with a double and Odion Gouverneur walked, which was followd by a pinch-hit runscoring single by Mitchel Dautzenberg.
Gouverneur moved to third base, then took off to score on a force play-grounder by Kevin Nieveld.
On this play, Dautzenberg was forced out, but also interfered and because of that, Gouverneur also was ruled out.
The 5-2 lead not enough, as Twins rallied for five runs in the top of the third inning.
After lead-off hitter Dennis De Quint was hit by a pitch, the bases got loaded with one out when Bram Grooten walked and Menno Lenting singled.
Hereafter, the bases were cleared when Christopher Ge hit a 3-run double, which tied the score.
However, Ge overran second base, got into a rundown and was eliminated.
Mick Molenaar followed with a homerun that put Twins ahead and then Bart Janssen singled, stole second base and scored on a single by Melvin Perdue to make it a 7-5 score.
Twins scored another run in the fourth thanks to a sacrifice fly by Christopher Ge, but the team also left two runners behind.
Trailing 8-5, DSS scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to come alongside.
Jordan Illis and Djewi Appelman began with walks and advanced on a sacrifice bunt.
The two scored respectively on a grounder by Thomas Bos and a single by Odion Gouverneur.
Moments later, Gouverneur scored the tying run on a double by Mitchel Dautzenberg.
Twins re-took the lead in the top of the sixth when it scored twice.
Gino Jonis led off with a walk and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Menno Lenting to put Twins ahead 9-8.
Later in the at bat, Christopher Ge scored the next run on an error.
Again, DSS answered and this time, the Haarlem-squad rallied for five runs in the bottom of the sixth.
The bases got loaded when Omar Williams and Tino van Erk singled and Jordan Illis was hit by a pitch.
A force play-grounder by Djewi Appelman then brought in a run.
With two outs, four unearned runs were added.
First, the bases were loaded when Thomas Bos walked.
Hereafter, Odion Gouverneur's fly into the outfield was missed, resulting in three runs.
A single by Mitchel Dautzenberg brought in Gouverneur to lift the lead to 13-10.
In the top of the seventh, Twins got one run back thanks to a double by Bram Grooten.
Leading 13-11, DSS staged a 10-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to not only reach the 10-run, mercy-rule difference, but even scored two additional runs.
In the inning, Tino van Erk, Jordan Illis and Djewi Appelman all had two basehits.
Tino van Erk led off with a single and Jordan Illis doubled, then Djewi Appelman delivered a 2-run single and Sven van de Sanden added a runscoring double.
With one out, a pitching change followed.
Thijs Steenwijk, who had taken over the pitching during the previous inning, was replaced by Shurty Tremus, who is one of the coaches of Twins and initially retired as an active player after last season.
He gave up a sacrifice fly to Mitchel Dautzenberg.
With runners on first and third base, Tremus gave a 2-run double to Omar Williams and an RBI-single to Tino van Erk in his second at bat in the inning.
With DSS now leading 20-11, it needed only one more run to end the game.
With two runners on base, Tremus faced Djewi Appelman, who then hit a walk-off, 3-run homerun to make it a 23-11 score.
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DSS registers huge win against Twins
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
DSS trailed 8-5 in the fifth inning and 10-8 in the sixth on Saturday (April 22) against De Glaskoning Twins, but then scored five runs in the sixth and added a 10-run rally in the seventh at bat to win 23-11 in a game that lasted seven innings, taking three hours and 39 minutes.
Last Thursday, DSS won the opener with a 7-5 score.
The teams closes their series on Sunday in Oosterhout.