(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Small win Neptunus against Hoofddorp Pioniers
Nederlands
 ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Curaçao Neptunus won only 3-0 in its opening game against Hoofddorp Pioniers on Thursday-evening (August 24) in the Championship Pool.
The series continues on Saturday in Hoofddorp.
Last week, Neptunus swept HCAW, which also included a small 3-2 score.
Tonight, Neptunus led only 1-0 halfway the eighth inning and then added two more (unearned) runs.
The team collected only five basehits off of Lars Huijer, who went the distance for Pioniers.
Diegomar Markwell threw a complete game for Neptunus and gave up only three hits.
With a playing time of one hour and 53 minutes, the game was one of the quickest in the postseason-history.
Neptunus opened the score in the fifth when Daniel Fernandes scored on an error that followed a single by Shaldimar Daantji.
The two runs in the eighth inning were also scored on an error.
With one out and runners on first and second base, a grounder by Benjamin Dille ended in an error, enabling both runners to score.
Jeffrey Arends, who tonight played at third base for Pioniers, hit two of his team's three hits.
(complete recap will be added later)
(August 24)
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