DSS led three times, but also trailed twice in today's game.
In the ninth, the Haarlem-squad took the lead for the fourth time and hold onto it to win its third consecutive game.
DSS opened the score in the top of the first inning off of starter Reynaldo Sarmiento Claro.
Odion Gouverneur led off with a triple and scored on a following grounder by Mitchel Dautzenberg, but the minimal lead was shortlived.
Twins reacted with two runs in its first at bat off of starter Sander Helmendach.
With one out, the righthander saw two Belgian players reach base.
He first walked Jamie Verheyleweghen, then gave up a homerun to Dennis De Quint.
This 2-1 lead stayed on the scoreboard until the fourth inning.
DSS left a runner on second base in the second inning, then was retired in the third, but scored two runs in the fourth at bat.
With two outs, Tino van Erk singled and Jordan Illis was hit by a pitch.
Djewi Appelman, who had six RBI's the day before, followed with a runscoring single to tie the score.
Illis advanced to third base and then scored when Appelman stole second base to make it 3-2 in favor of DSS.
The lead switched sides again in the bottom of the fifth when Twins scored twice.
Rookie Denzel Bryson led off with a single and scored the tying run when Melvin Perdue followed with a double.
With two outs, Perdue scored the go-ahead run on a single from another rookie, Gino Jonis.
In the top of the sixth, it was the turn of DSS to score two runs again.
Kevin Nieveld led off with a walk and the bases got loaded when Omar Williams and Tino van Erk singled.
With one out, Nieveld scored the tying run on a wild pitch by Sarmiento.
DSS took a 5-4 lead on a grounder by pinch-hitter Sven van de Sanden.
With two outs in the top of the seventh, DSS had runners on first and second base with two outs when Mic van de Ven took over the pitching for Twins.
He got a grounder and so, the two runners were left behind.
The DSS-defense turned a double play in the seventh inning, but then saw Twins come alongside in the bottom of the eighth.
Dennis De Quint led off with a walk, which led to a pitching change.
Sander Helmendach, who threw seven fine innings, was relieved by Tim Halderman.
He saw pinch-runner Nick Peels steal second base, advance on a grounder and then score the tying run on a single by Bram Grooten.
DSS reacted immediately and took the lead for the fourth time in the top of the ninth inning, scoring an unearned run.
Rookie Damian Melis led off with a walk.
Next batter Thomas Bos then bunted to move Melis to second base.
Bos bunted the ball towards pitcher Mic van de Ven and it appeared that Melis would be forced out.
However, Van de Ven made a throwing error, which led to runners on second and third base.
With first base open, Levine Gabriëls was walked intentionally to set up a force play, but moments later, a wild pitch enabled Melis to score.
The other runners moved to second and third base, then were unable to advance on a following grounder.
With one out, another force play was created by walking Kevin Nieveld intentionally.
This time, the decision worked, as a double play followed to end the at bat.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Tom Stuifbergen took the mound for DSS in his first appearance for his new club.
With one out, the righthander walked Denzel Bryson, who then was hit by the batted ball by Melvin Perdue.
With that, Bryson was ruled out, while Perdue reached on an infield-hit.
Hereafter, Stuifbergen closed the inning and the game with strikeout, earning his first save in a DSS-uniform.
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DSS nips Twins to complete sweep
OOSTERHOUT (Neth.) -
A day after winning 23-11, DSS won only 6-5 on Sunday (April 23) against De Glaskoning Twins in the third and final game of their series.
With this, DSS completed a sweep and moved into a tie for third place with Pickles UVV.
On the other hand, Twins remained winless and is in last place.