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Game 4 - De Hazenkamp vs. Brasschaat Braves
On Saturday, Brasschaat Braves was unable to play its first game, but today, the Belgian squad was in Nijmegen and played twice.
Silicon Storks filled in for Brasschaat on Saturday and then won against Hoofddorp Pioniers.
...Leftfielder Rensver Jansen playing...
...for Sparta-Feyenoord in 2011...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
In its first game, Brasschaat rallied for six runs in the top of the first inning on only one basehit.
Lead-off hitter Sam Buelens reached on an error.
Buelens, who played professionally in the organization of the Toronto Blue Jays in 2015 and 2016 (Rookie League), then stole second base and scored the first run when Lucas Rizzi followed with a double.
The bases got loaded when starting pitcher Jurgen Paesch walked next hitters Robin Roevens and Kenny Dom.
Hereafter, Brasschaat added two runs when Yves Poesmans was hit by a pitch and Arno Bracke also walked.
Now leading 3-0, the next two runs were scored on a wild pitch and a grounder by Maxim Arnouts lifted the lead to 6-0.
Brasschaat added five more runs in the second at bat.
This time, the team collected four basehits, including runscoring doubles by Roevens and Arnouts.
Two other runs were scored on errors.
Buelens scored the first run when baserunner Rizzi stole second base and an error followed.
Rizzo then scored on the double by Roevens.
Hereafter, the bases got loaded when Dom walked and Poesmans singled.
The latter was forced out on a grounder by Bracke, but that also brought in Roevens.
When an error followed trying to complete a double play, Dom also scored.
Bracke scored the fifth run in the inning on a 2-out double by Arnouts.
The Belgian squad increased the lead to 13-0 by scoring two more runs in the third, which were scored on a double by Kenny Dom.
Brasschaat scored its last run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Bracke.
That was the fourth run scored in this game by Lucas Rizzi, who was 3-for-3.
Brasschaat-starter Arthur Driessens retired all nine hitters he faced in the three innings he pitched.
De Hazenkamp then left a runner on third base in the fourth at bat.
Trailing 14-0, De Hazenkamp scored its three runs in the bottom of the fifth.
All three were unearned.
Lead-off hitter Jackson Pietersz reached on an error and two outs followed.
Pietersz then scored on a single by Lenko Elisabeth, who was the starting pitcher for De Hazenkamp on Saturday, but was one of the two catchers today.
With the bases loaded, a single by former big league-player Rensver Jansen brought in two runs, but a strikeout then ended the game.
Jansen played in the highest league for Sparta-Feyenoord and Neptunus.
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| De Hazenkamp - Brasschaat Braves 3-14 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Brasschaat Braves | 652 | 01 | | - | 14 | 9 | 1 |
| De Hazenkamp | 000 | 03 | | - | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| pitchers Brasschaat | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Arthur Driessens, W (1-0) | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
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| Nicolas Joosens | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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| Arno Bracke | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - |
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| pitchers De Hazenkamp | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jurgen Paesch, L (0-1) | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 10 |
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| Dwight Dorant | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Peter Brink, 1B-Olav Steijger, 3B-Edwin Louisa.
Official Scorer-Rienette Hamers.
Public Address Announcer-Linda Steijger.
Starting Time-10:37 AM.
Time Played-1:52 hrs.
Site-Sportpark Stadspark Staddijk, Nijmegen.
Game Notes:
 Exhibition Game.
Game 4, MFJP Jan van de Vegte Memorial Tournament 2018.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 10,1° C (50,2° F); wind direction east-northeast;
wind speed 7 kmh (4,6 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 46%. |
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Game 5 - Hoofddorp Pioniers vs. HCAW
In the afternoon, HCAW took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but was unable to hold onto it and trailed 7-2 after four innings.
In the first inning, HCAW faced lefthander Ryan Oduber, who joined Pioniers earlier in the week.
With one out, the former pro gave up a single to Berend Ruben, then got the bases loaded when he walked Roelie Henrique and Vince Rooi.
With two outs, Oduber gave up a runscoring single to Seb Visser that gave HCAW an 1-0 lead.
Moments later, Oduber accounted for the second run himself with a wild pitch, but HCAW left runners behind on second and third base.
...Mark Smit walked twice and scored twice...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
Hereafter, Oduber recovered fine and threw two strong innings, retiring the side in the second and third.
Pioniers cut the deficit in half in its first at bat off of starter Kaj Timmermans.
He walked lead-off hitter Mark Smit, then also walked Mervin Gario and Jelle Kroft with one out, which loaded the bases.
Smit scored on a sacrifice fly by Joey de Koning.
In the bottom of the second inning, Pioniers came alongside, again without hitting a basehit.
Damian Melis led off with a walk, but he was forced out on a grounder by Duco Nuijten, who moved to second base when a throwing error followed trying to complete a double play.
Nuijten advanced on a grounder, then scored the tying run on a wild pitch.
In the third inning, Mervin Gario led off for Pioniers with the first basehit of his team.
He came into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Jelle Kroft and scored the go-ahead run on a single by Ibrahim Redan.
In the fourth inning, Pioniers rallied for four runs to increase the lead to 7-2.
Three runs were unearned due to an error.
With one out and the bases loaded, a run was scored on a sacrifice fly by Jelle Kroft.
Two runs wered added when Joey de Koning reached on an error.
He then scored the next run himself on a single by Ibrahim Redan.
HCAW narrowed the deficit to 7-4 by scoring two runs in the fifth inning off of reliever Howard Winkslaar.
With one out, the lefthander gave up a double to Delano Selassa and a single to Berend Ruben.
That was followed by runscoring singles from Roelie Henrique and Vince Rooi, but that was to be it for HCAW.
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| Hoofddorp Pioniers - HCAW 7-4 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| HCAW | 200 | 02 | | - | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Hoofddorp Pioniers | 111 | 40 | | - | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| pitchers HCAW | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kaj Timmermans, L (0-1) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| Timo van Ancum | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | 1 |
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| pitchers Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ryan Oduber, W (1-0) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Howard Winkslaar, SV (1) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Umpires: HP-Henny Jansen, 1B-Rudsel Schoobaar, 3B-Olav Steijger.
Official Scorer-Dieks Bannink.
Public Address Announcer-Rienette Hamers.
Starting Time-1:00 PM.
Time Played-1:50 hrs.
Site-Sportpark Stadspark Staddijk, Nijmegen.
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 5, MFJP Jan van de Vegte Memorial Tournament 2018.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 12,5° C (54,5° F); wind direction east-northeast;
wind speed 6 kmh (3,2 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 43%. |
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Game 6 - Brasschaat Braves vs. HCAW
In the final game of the tournament, HCAW led 4-1 after two innings, but opponent Brasschaat Braves then came alongside by scoring in the third and fourth inning.
HCAW got back on top thanks to a 7-run rally in the fifth inning.
HCAW took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning off of starter Brian Van Gaever, who two years ago pitched in the Dutch big league for Twins.
The righthander gave up a lead-off homerun to Roland Laurens, one of the new players this season on the roster of HCAW.
Hereafter, Delano Selassa walked, moved to third base on an one-out single by Vince Rooi and scored on a grounder by Bryce Cherry.
Brasschaat got one run back in its first at bat off of Chris Pfau, who came to HCAW from Hoofddorp Pioniers.
With one out, the lefthander gave up a single to Lucas Rizzi, who scored on a 2-out single by Yves Poesmans.
Rizzi was 3-for-3 and scored four runs in the first game Brasschaat played today.
In this game, he was 2-for-2 and scored twice.
HCAW enlarged its lead to 4-1 with two outs in the second inning.
Patrick Bok led off with a single and Roland Laurens walked with two outs.
A single by Delano Selassa then made it a 3-1 score and a walk for Roelie Henrique loaded the bases.
A wild pitch led to the next run.
Brasschaat narrowed the deficit to 4-3 by scoring twice in the third inning.
Lucas Rizzi led off with a walk.
He then was able to move to third base on a wild pitch and continue running to score when a throwing error followed.
Next hitter Robin Roevens was hit by a pitch and later scored on a 2-out double by Kenny Dom.
With a 4-3 lead, Seb Visser took over the pitching for HCAW in the bottom of the fourth, but he saw Brasschaat come alongside.
He gave up a lead-off double to Takura Sorita, who moved on a single by Maxim Arnouts and scored on a single by Sam Buelens.
Visser got the bases loaded when Lucas Rizzi also singled.
Hereafter, it was the defense of HCAW that avoided more runs, forcing out three baserunners on following grounders.
The first two ended in force outs at the plate, then the inning ended with a force out on second base.
In the top of the fifth, HCAW rallied for seven runs off of new pitcher Robin Roevens, who gave up six basehits.
Roelie Henrique led off with a single and he gave HCAW a renewed lead by scoring on a following double from Vince Rooi.
With one out, Seb Visser added a runscoring single.
With the bases loaded, Arthur Lugtmeijer hit the ball into centerfield, but that ended in a force play on third base, but also produced another run.
When the bases were re-loaded, Delano Selassa delivered a baseclearing, 3-run double and scored himself on another single by Henrique to make it an 11-4 score.
Roland Laurens scored three runs, while Delano Selassa batted in four runs and scored twice.
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| Brasschaat Braves - HCAW 4-11 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| HCAW | 220 | 07 | | - | 11 | 11 | 2 |
| Brasschaat Braves | 102 | 10 | | - | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| pitchers HCAW | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Chis Pfau | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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| Seb Visser, BS (1), W (1-0) | 2 | - | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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| pitchers Brasschaat | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Brian Van Gaever | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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| Daan Keunen | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
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| Robin Roevens, L (0-1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
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| Homerun: HCAW: Roland Laurens (1)(1st,solo,off Van Gaever). |
Umpires: HP-Edwin Louisa, 1B-Peter Brink, 3B-Rudsel Schoobaar.
Official Scorer-Linda Steijger.
Public Address Announcer-Dieks Bannink.
Starting Time-3:30 PM.
Time Played-1:52 hrs.
Site-Sportpark Stadspark Staddijk, Nijmegen.
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 6, MFJP Jan van de Vegte Memorial Tournament 2018.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 12,6° C (54,7° F); wind direction north;
wind speed 11 kmh (6,5 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 41%. |
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Hoofddorp Pioniers wins Van de Vegte Memorial Tournament
NIJMEGEN (Neth.) -
Hoofddorp Pioniers has won the 30th edition of the MFJP Jan van de Vegte Memorial Tournament, which is organized annually by De Hazenkamp in Nijmegen.
It was the fourth time that Pioniers won the event and the third time in four years.
Pioniers first won the tournament in 2013, then again in 2015 and 2016.
Last year, the team finished in third place, while DSS was the winner.
On Sunday (March 25), the second day of the event, Pioniers won 7-4 against HCAW in what was to be the crucial game of the tournament.
In the next game, HCAW outscored Brasschaat Braves from Belgium with an 11-4 score.
With that, both Pioniers and HCAW closed with a 2-1 record.
Based on the head-to-head result, Pioniers then was awarded first place.
