HCAW struck early off of former teammate Sander Helmendach, who was tonight's starter for DSS.
In the first two series, Helmendach had been the starter in the third game, but DSS Head Coach Jerry Breek had slightly changed his rotation for this week.
He will use use the same three starters, but in another order.
Mike Groen, who had been the starter in the opening games, now will start in the second game on Saturday.
That moved Donny Breek, who been the Game 2 starter, to Sunday's third game.
In the top of the first inning, HCAW scored three runs off of Helmendach, who had played for the Bussum-squad in the past few seasons.
The righthander walked lead-off hitter Roelie Henrique, who then moved to third base on a following single by Delano Selassa.
Both scored when next hitter Vince Rooi doubled.
After the veteran powerhitter had moved to third base on a wild pitch, he score on an one-out double by Kevin Dirksen to make it a 3-0 score.
In the second at bat, HCAW struck with a 9-run rally to take a commanding lead, which also led to an early departure of Helmendach.
HCAW got the bases loaded when Sven Jongejans struckout, but reached on a wild pitch, Raoell Kortstam walked and an error was made on a force play-grounder by Roelie Henrique.
All three scored when rookie Delano Selassa connected for a baseclearing triple.
Moments later, Selassa scored himself on a single by Vince Rooi.
The hitting continued, as next batters Rossini Frolijk and Kevin Dirksen also singled, resulting in another run.
After retiring the next two batters, Helmendach gave up another runscoring single to Sven Jongejans in his second at bat in the inning.
That marked the end for the righthander, who was relieved by Lars Vogelaar.
The rookie was greeted with a 3-run homerun by Raoell Kortstam, which lifted to lead to 12-0.
The long inning then finally ended when Vogelaar struckout next batter Roelie Henrique.
HCAW was held scoreless in the next two innings.
First, Vogelaar encountered no problems in the third inning, then Robyn Clara took over the pitching in the fourth.
He gave up two singles with one out, but also didn't gave up additional runs.
HCAW score three more runs in the fifth inning to increase the lead to 15-0.
Delano Selassa led off with a single and Vince Rooi reached on an error, then Rossini Frolijk delivered an RBI-double.
The bases got loaded when Kevin Dirksen was hit by a pitch and the next run was scored when Kevin Weijgertse walked.
That led to another pitching change, as third baseman Kevin Nieveld took over the pitching.
He got a force play-grounder from Boyd Tuhumury, but that also led to another run.
DSS was held to only one basehit by HCAW-starter Jim Ploeger, who threw five innings.
With two outs in the bottom of the first inning, the lefthander gave up a single to Kevin Nieveld.
Moments later, Nieveld was eliminated after a pick-off.
His basehit remained the lone one for DSS tonight.
DSS got its first runner in scoring position in the fourth inning when Kevin Nieveld and Omar Williams both walked with two outs, but a grounder closed the at bat.
Ploeger was relieved by Tim Niekerk in the sixth inning.
He walked lead-off hitter Thomas Bos, who got into scoring position on a wild pitch with two outs, but also was left behind.
For HCAW, the scoring wasn't over yet, as it scored two more runs in the top of the seventh inning.
Kevin Weijgertse led off with a single and next batter Boyd Tuhumury walked.
With one out, the two moved on a passed ball then respectively scored on a grounder by Raoell Kortstam and an error.
In its seventh at bat, DSS got a final chance to score a run.
Wit one out, Jordan Illis and rookie Daniel Heiligers (who made his debut) both reached on an error.
They were left behind, as Tim Niekerk ended the inning and the game by striking out the next two batters.
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HCAW wins big and moves into first place
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
HCAW recorded a big 17-0 victory in seven innings on Friday-evening (April 28) against DSS to win its fifth consecutive game.
With the win, HCAW took sole possession of first place in the Dutch big league.
Daniel Heiligers (DSS) makes his debut in the Dutch big league.