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Neptunus outscores Twins to win 1100th game
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OOSTERHOUT (Neth.) - Curaçao Neptunus won 8-4 on Saturday (April 29) to win its second game against De Glaskoning Twins. For the Rotterdam-squad, it was its 1100th big league-victory to become the first team to reacht his milestone.

The game was highlighted by eight double plays, five of which were made in five consecutive innings by Neptunus.

Neptunus opened the 3-game series on Friday with a 10-5 win.

Today, Stijn van der Meer made his comeback in the Neptunian squad. Initially, the short stop started the season in Single-A Advanced in the organization of the Houston Astros for what was to be his second professional season. However, on April 16, he was released a week after the new season had opened. Van der Meer played in six games and returned home to the Netherlands. In his first game back, Van der Meer was the lead-off hitter for Neptunus and batted 1-for-4, which was a double, and scored twice. On the other hand, he also was credited with three defensive errors.

(April 29)

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Neptunus led 6-0 halfway the fifth inning against Twins, which was able to do some scoring in the last five innings.

Veteran righthander Elton Koeiman gave up only four basehits in the seven innings he pitched, while striking out five batters. Neptunus collected nine basehits off of Twins-starter Reynaldo Sarmiento Claro in five innings, resulting in a 6-0 lead.

Neptunus got a chance to open the score in the top of the first inning, as it got the bases loaded with one out, but a double play then ended the at bat.

After being retired in order in the second inning, Neptunus scored two runs in the third. With one out, Stijn van der Meer walked and Benjamin Dille singled. The two moved on a flyout, then scored when Dwayne Kemp followed with a double.

Neptunus rallied for four runs on four hits and two errors in the fifth. Due to the errors, two runs were unearned. Stijn van der Meer led off with a double and Benjamin Dille reached on a bunt-single. With runners at the corners, an error followed on a force play-grounder by Christian Diaz, resulting in the first run. Dwayne Kemp followed with another RBI-double and Gianison Boekhoudt added a runscoring grounder. With two outs, the next run was scored on a double by Daniel Fernandes, making it a 6-0 lead.

Elton Koeiman retired the side in the first two innings, then was supported with two double plays in the next two innings. Trailing 6-0, Twins got two runs back in the bottom of the fifth, which were both unearned. Lead-off hitter Gino Jonis reached on an error, then the bases got loaded when Bram Grooten and Menno Lenting both singled. The lead runner scored on a force play-grounder by Mick Molenaar, then an error on a force play-grounder by Christopher Ge led to the second run. The inning ended when the Neptunus-defense turned its third consecutive double play.

Neptunus got the two runs back in the top of the sixth. Shaldimar Daantji led off with a ground-rule double, which led to a pitching change. Nick Peels took over, saw Daantji steal third base with one out, then gave up a runscoring single to Benjamin Dille. The Belgian infielder later moved on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Christian Diaz to make it an 8-2 score. The inning ended when Twins turned its second double play in the game.

Neptunus then made another double play in both the sixth and seventh inning. With this, Neptunus had made a double play in five consecutive innings, which is a very rare occasion. Twins made a third double play in the seventh, making this one of the highest total of double plays in a single game ever.

Twins narrowed the deficit to 8-4 in the eighth inning. When Elton Koeiman walked lead-off hitter Christopher Ge, the veteran was relieved after having pitched a fine games against his former team. Last season, Koeiman pitched for Twins. Rookie Stefan Iannelli took over and gave up a runscoring double to Nick Peels. The latter scored the next run on a grounder by Jamie Verheyleweghen, but that was to be it for the home team.



De Glaskoning Twins - Curaçao Neptunus 4-8
RHE
Curaçao Neptunus002042000-8123
De Glaskoning Twins000020020-462
pitchers Neptunusinn.SOBBHRER
Elton Koeiman, W (2-0)7 (*)54431

Stefan Iannelli1.1-1211

Berry van Driel0.2-----
(*) - Koeiman pitched to one batter in the eighth inning

pitchers Twinsinn.SOBBHRER
Reynaldo Sarmiento Claro, L (0-1)4 (*)13975

Nick Peels411311
(*) - Sarmiento pitched to one batter in the sixth inning
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Umpires:
HP-Fred van Groningen Schinkel, 1B-Winfried Berkvens, 3B-Peter Brink.
Official Scorer-Alex van den Berg.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Brendy De Smet.
Public Address Announcer-Frans Vuister.
Scoreboard Operator-Piet van Gool.
Starting Time-3:00 PM.
Time Played-2:55 hrs.
Site-Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout.

Game Notes:
1100th big league-victory for Neptunus.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 12,3° C (54,1° F); wind direction east;
wind speed 8 kmh (4,2 mph); wind force 1 Bft; humidity 46%.



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