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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Henk Seppen)

Storks records big victory against Quick Amersfoort
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AMERSFOORT (Neth.) - After having suffered two big losses in the previous two games, Silicon Storks recorded a big win itself on Sunday (April 21), winning 12-2 against Quick Amersfoort in eight innings. With that, all three games of this series ended via the mercy-rule.

In the opener on Thursday, Quick Amersfoort broke an 1-1 tie in the fifth inning and went on to win 11-1 in a mercy-rule seven inning-game.

On Saturday, Quick Amersfoort scored five runs in the third inning to take an early comfortable lead and recorded a convincing 13-2 win in an 8-inning game.

Storks hit only one more basehit than Quick, 8-7, but its batters also received twelve walks from four pitchers. The team broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning and rallied for five runs in the eighth.

(April 21)

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It was Quick Amersfoort that opened the score with two runs in the first inning, but that was to be it for the home-team. Storks came alongside in the third inning, took more distance in the middle innings and scored six more to reach a 10-run difference, win 12-2 and end the game via the mercy-rule. It was the first time that Storks recorded a mercy-rule victory since returning to the big league last season.

In the bottom of the first inning, Quick Amersfoort scored twice off of starter Nick Winkel. Joran Berkhout led off with a single and Rachid Engelhardt walked. The two moved on a grounder by Bryan Engelhardt, then respectively scored on a sacrifice fly by Jan-Willem Geerts and a triple by Jules Cremer. Hereafter, Remian Denis walked, but two runners were left behind.

Quick Amersfoort was held scoreless in the remainder of the game, despite getting several runners in scoring position.

Storks left a runner behind on second base in the second inning off of starter Taylor Clemensia, but then came alongside in the third at bat, scoring two unearned runs. With two outs, Kevin Nieveld singled, then Clemensia walked Luuk Visser and Kris Morris. With the bases loaded, an error was made on a pop-fly by Joost van den Bergh, which led to two runs.

After Quick left runners behind on first and second base in the bottom of the third, Storks took the lead in the fourth. The team scored once, but that could have been more, as it got the bases loaded with no outs. Jurriaan Dijk led off with a walk, then Milo Botman singled and Roy Winkel was hit by a pitch. With three runners on base, Brian van Laar took over the pitching from Clemensia. The lefthander walked Krisztián Tóth, which gave Storks a 3-2 lead. But hereafter, a grounder led to a force out at the plate, followed by a strikeout and groundout.

...Kevin Nieveld (left) and Giovanny Perez respectively...
...scored three and two runs for Storks...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen)
In the bottom of the fourth, it was Quick that got into scoring position with no outs, but failed to score. Jordy Burger led off with a single and when an outfield-error followed, he was able to reach third base. After next batter Sam van der Ploeg had walked, Joran Berkhout flied out to rightfielder Milo Botman. Burger took off from third base in an attempt to score, but was eliminated at the plate on a nice throw from Botman to catcher Jurriaan Dijk. In the fifth, Quick left runners behind on first and second base.

Storks then took some more distance by scoring three runs with two outs in the top of the sixth. With one out, Roy Winkel singled and with two outs, the bases got loaded when Kevin Nieveld and Luuk Visser both walked. A run was scored on a wild pitch from Brian van Laar, then Kris Morris followed with a 2-run single that lifted the lead to 6-2.

In the bottom of the sixth, there was another scoring opportunity for Quick Amersfoort. When Jordy Burger led off with a walk, Jurrian Koks was inserted to take over from Nick Winkel. He gave up a single to Sam van der Ploeg which led to runners on second and third base. With two outs and first base open, powerhitter Bryan Engelhardt was walked intentionally. A grounder ended the at bat.

Storks added another run in the seventh. Giovanny Perez led off with a walk, then scored on a sacrifice fly, which also led to an inning-ending double play. In the bottom of the seventh, the Storks-defense made its second double play.

With a 7-2 lead, Storks decided the game with a 5-run rally in the top of the eighth inning. Kevin Nieveld and Luuk Visser led off with singles, then the bases got loaded when Kris Morris walked. Hereafter, Mark Kolner became the new pitcher for Quick. He walked Joost van den Bergh, which brought in a run, then Giovanny Perez delivered a 2-run ground-rule double. Jurriaan Dijk followed with a sacrifice fly, then a single by Stephon Mohamed led to the next run and made it a 12-2 score.

In the bottom of the eighth, Jurrian Koks retired the side to end the game and earn a 3-inning save.



Quick Amersfoort - Silicon Storks 2-12 (8 inn.)
RHE
Silicon Storks00210315-1282
Quick Amersfoort20000000-271
pitchers Storksinn.SOBBHRER
Nick Winkel, W (1-1)5 (*)17422

Jurrian Koks, SV (1)3223--
(*) - Winkel pitched to one batter in the sixth inning

pitchers Quickinn.SOBBHRER
Taylor Clemensia, L (0-3)3 (*)34231

Brian van Laar2.253233

Pastor Enrique Martínez Chavez1.1 (**)-4244

Mark Kolner1-1222
(*) - Clemensia pitched to three batters in the fourth inning
(**) - Martínez pitched to three batters in the eighth inning
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Umpires: HP-Efrem Silvania, 1B-John Beltman, 3B-Aad Otsen.
Official Scorer-Leo van den Brun.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Alex van den Berg.
Public Address Announcer-Gerrit Timmerman.
Scoreboard Operator-Gerrit Timmerman.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-3:00 hrs.
Site-XL Lease Park 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort.

Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 24,3° C (75,7° F); wind direction east;
wind speed 11 kmh (6,8 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 27%.




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