Hoofddorp Pioniers scored early off of Australian pitcher Nick Veale and led 6-1 halfway the fourth inning.
Twins Oosterhout came back from the fifth inning, but ended up empty-handed again, losing 7-5.
In the top of the first inning, Pioniers scored twice off of Veale.
With one out, Raul Jacobs was hit by a pitch and Nolan Beugeling singled.
Jelle Kroft then also singled to open the score.
With runners on first and third base, Kroft was forced out on second base on a grounder by Joey Eeman, but that also enabled Beugeling to score.
Twins immediately cut the deficit in half in its first at bat off of Pioniers-starter Luuk ter Beek.
With one out, he gave up a single to Yuki Yoshimura.
The Japanese outfielder was awarded second base on a balk, then scored on a following single by Dennis De Quint.
Pioniers got the run back in the second inning.
Joey de Koning led off with a single and moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt, but then was eliminated on a grounder to third base by Duco Nuijten.
Moments later, Nuijten scored on a double by Mark Smit.
Pioniers increased the lead to 5-1 by scoring two more runs in the top of the third.
With one out, Jelle Kroft doubled and Joey Eeman singled.
The two scored when next batter Jorrit Penseel followed with a double.
...Jelle Kroft had three basehits for Pioniers...
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Pioniers scored another run in the fourth when Mark Smit singled with one out and scored on a double by Raul Jacobs.
Trailing 6-1, Twins got a chance to do something back in the fifth inning.
The team scored one run, but also stranded two runners.
With one out, Stijn Janssens singled, who then stole second base with two outs.
He scored on a following single by Dennis De Quint.
Hereafter, Jason Halman also singled, but a flyout ended the at bat.
Twins got another scoring opportunity in the sixth.
Jamie Verheyleweghen led off with a triple, then scored on a grounder by Christopher Ge.
The Belgian player beat the throw to the plate, which ended in an error, enabling Ge to move to second base.
Joshua Zara followed with a single, but Ge was then eliminated at the plate trying to score.
Brian Biezen became the next baserunner for Twins when he reached on an infield-hit.
After he had stolen second base, a foul-out and flyout ended the bat, which could have been more productive.
In the top of the seventh, it was Pioniers that failed to score some more runs.
The team scored once, but left three runners behind.
Mic van de Ven took over the Twins-pitching in this inning, but he walked lead-off hitter Nolan Beugeling, then gave up a single to Jelle Kroft.
The two moved on a sacrifice bunt by Joey Eeman.
After striking out the next batter, Van de Ven got the bases loaded when he hit Joey de Koning with a pitch.
Another pitching change followed, as Marvin Brown took over.
He was greeted with a runscoring infield-hit by Damian Melis.
Pioniers left three runners behind when Brown closed with a strikeout.
In the bottom of the ninth, Twins narrowed the deficit off of Nathan Diaby.
He took over the pitching from Nick Loos, who had pitched the seventh and eighth inning for Pioniers.
Stijn Janssens led off for Twins with a basehit and stole second base.
Next batter Yuki Yoshimura walked and the two runners advanced on a wild pitch.
With one out, both scored on a single by Jason Halman.
That was to be it for the home-team, as Diaby followed with a strikeout, then a flyout ended the game.
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Hoofddorp Pioniers outhit, but wins against Twins Oosterhout
OOSTERHOUT (Neth.) -
On Saturday (April 20), Hoofddorp Pioniers also won its second game against Twins Oosterhout, this time with a 7-5 score.