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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Henk Seppen)
 HCAW leads after first day of Ringvaart Tournament
Nederlands
 HEEMSTEDE (Neth.) -
HCAW leads the ranking after the first day of the fifth edition of the annual Ringvaart Tournament, organized by RCH-Pinguïns in its site in Heemstede.
All games are played on a time-limit with a maximum of one-and-a-half hour.
RCH-Pinguïns plays in the 'Overgangsklasse' (second highest league), but the other three participating in the tournament all play in the big league.
On Day 1 of the two-day tournament, HCAW won 8-3 against Silicon Storks, then came from behind to win 4-2 against Meerlease Pioniers.
The tournament opened with a 4-0 shutout-win for Pioniers against host RCH-Pinguïns.
The day also ended with a shutout, as RCH-Pinguïns recorded a minimal 1-0 win against Storks.
Last season, RCH-Pinguïns finished in third place in the 'Overgangsklasse', six points behind champion Kinheim.
By finishing in first place, Kinheim went on to play in the best-of-five Promotion/Relegation Series against Storks.
That series was won by Storks to stay in the big league.
With that, Kinheim will play again in the second highest league this year.
RCH-Pinguïns, which is coached by Marlon Frolijk, has several players on its roster who have big league-experience.
The players with the most big league-experience are Jordan Illis, Dion Steijl, Rossini Frolijk and his brother Gianni Frolijk.
Illis played for UVV (2013-2017) and DSS (2017), Steijl pitched for Kinheim (2012-2013) and Hoofddorp Pioniers (2017-2018), Rossini Frolijk played for UVV (2012-2013) and HCAW (2014-2017) and Gianni Frolijk played for HCAW (2016) and Hoofddorp Pioniers (2017).
Darryl Williams (Pioniers, 2015), Donny Hamelink (Pioniers, 2009) and Ties van der Beeke (2016, DSS) appeared in some big league-games in the past.
In its pitching-staff, RCH-Pinguïns has former professional Matz Schutte, but he never pitched in the Dutch big league.
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Game 1 - RCH-Pinguïns vs. Meerlease Pioniers
In the opening game of the tournament, Meerlease Pioniers shutout host RCH-Pinguïns 4-0.
For both teams, this was their first game of the short exhibition season.
In the previous two weeks, several games were cancelled due to weather conditions.
The regular season opens on April 4.
Dion Steijl started for RCH-Pinguïns and pitched against his former teammates, as he played for Pioniers in the last two seasons.
Steijl retired the first five batters he faced.
With two outs in the second inning, the lefthander gave up singles to Jorrit Penseel and Nolan Beugeling, but they were left behind.
...Dion Steijl pitching for Pioniers in 2017...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
Pioniers opened the score in the third at bat.
With one out, newcomer Raul Jacobs singled.
Moments later, he appeared to be eliminated in a rundown, but reached second base safely on an error.
Jacobs advanced on a grounder by Mark Smit, then scored the first run on a wild pitch.
Pioniers added two runs in the fourth inning.
With one out, Joey Eeman doubled and scored on a following triple by Jorrit Penseel.
The latter scored when a grounder by next batter Nolan Beugeling ended in an error.
Pioniers scored its fourth run in the fifth inning off of new pitcher Laurens Hijgenaar.
With one out, Penseel struckout, but reached on a passed ball.
He then stole second base, advanced on a grounder by Beugeling and was awarded home plate on a balk.
RCH-Pinguïns got into scoring position only once off of starter Luuk ter Beek, who threw four innings.
After being retired in order in the first inning, Rossini Frolijk led off for the Heemstede-team in the second inning.
He reached on an error and advanced on a grounder by Jordan Illis to become the lone player to reach second base.
In the fourth, Gianni Frolijk singled with one out, but was forced out.
And in the fifth, Thomas Richards walked, but stranded on first base.
In the sixth, RCH-Pinguïns got two baserunners.
Darryl Williams led off with a walk.
With one out, he was forced out on a grounder by Jelger Algra, who then was left behind on first base.
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| RCH-Pinguïns - Meerlease Pioniers 0-4 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Meerlease Pioniers | 001 | 201 | | - | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| RCH-Pinguïns | 000 | 000 | | - | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| pitchers Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Luuk ter Beek, W (1-0) | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
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| Daniel Vos, SV (1) | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
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| pitchers RCH-Pinguïns | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Dion Steijl, L (0-1) | 4 | - | - | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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| Laurens Hijgenaar | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
Umpires: HP-René Ras, 1B-Aad Otsen, 3B-Yme van der Lugt.
Scorer-Luc Fliervoet (RCH-Pinguïns).
Starting Time-10:30 AM.
Time Played-1:30 hrs.
Site-Honkbalveld RCH-Pinguïns, Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede.
Game Notes:
 Exhibition Game.
Game 1 Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Partly cloudy, 8,7° C (47,7° F); wind direction north-northeast;
wind speed 18 kmh (11,2 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 61%. |
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Game 2 - HCAW vs. Silicon Storks
In the second game today, Storks had a good start, but eventually ended up empty-handed vs. HCAW, losing 8-3.
The team from The Hague immediately got into scoring position in the top of the first inning.
Giovanny Perez led off with a walk and Kendrick Delima followed with a single.
But hereafter, the HCAW-defense turned a double play and Perez stranded on third base.
...Patrick Bok hit a 2-run double for HCAW...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
Storks then opened the score with three runs in the second at bat off of lefthander Chris Pfau.
With one out, Krisztian Toth reached on an infield-hit.
The Hungarian player then moved when Roy Winkel reached on an error.
A walk for Eduardo Guerra loaded the bases.
Hereafter, Stephon Mohamed connected for a double.
Toth scored, but it appeared that Winkel would be eliminated at the plate.
He also scored when an error was made, which also enabled the third runner to score, which lifted the lead to 3-0.
On the error, Mohamed moved to third base, but he was left behind, as the next two batters struckout.
HCAW answered with a 6-run rally in the bottom of the second inning off of starter Gijs Timmer.
All runs were scored with two outs and five were unearned, as three errors contributed to the scoring.
With one out in the second inning, Ruendrick Piternella walked for HCAW and stole second base.
With two outs, he scored on a single by Berend Ruben.
The latter scored the second run when Norbert Jongerius reached on an error.
After Jongerius had stolen second base, he scored the tying run on a double by Jeandro Tromp.
Next, HCAW took a 4-3 lead when and error followed on a hit by Oliver van der Wijst Severino.
The bases then got loaded when Seb Visser and Rodney Daal both walked.
In his second at bat in the inning, Patrick Bok delivered a 2-run double to make it a 6-3 score.
The Storks-defense turned a double play in the third inning, but then saw HCAW add two more runs in the fourth.
Oliver van der Wijst Severino led off with an infield-hit and Rodney Daal singled with one out.
An error on a force play-grounder by Patrick Bok loaded the bases.
Hereafter, Ruendrick Piternella hit a runscoring single and another run was scored with two outs when Berend Ruben walked.
In the top of the fourth inning, Storks had left two runners behind in scoring position.
With one out, Roy Winkel and Eduardo Guerra walked.
The two moved on a passed ball, but a strikeout and groundout then ended the inning.
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| HCAW - Silicon Storks 8-3 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Silicon Storks | 030 | 0 | | - | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| HCAW | 060 | 2 | | - | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| pitchers Storks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Gijs Timmer, L (0-1) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
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| Jurrian Koks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
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| pitchers HCAW | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Chris Pfau, W (1-0) | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | - |
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| Timo van Ancum, SV (1) | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Yme van der Lugt, 1B-Jeroen Rekveld, 3B-René Ras.
Scorer-Luc Fliervoet (RCH-Pinguïns).
Starting Time-12:15 PM.
Time Played-1:30 hrs.
Site-Honkbalveld RCH-Pinguïns, Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede.
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 2 Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Partly cloudy, 10,2° C (50,4° F); wind direction north-northeast;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,8 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 60%. |
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Game 3 - Meerlease Pioniers vs. HCAW
In its second game of the day, HCAW came from behind to win 4-2 against Meerlease Pioniers.
With that, HCAW's new Head Coach Dè Flanegin was successful against his former team, for whom he played many years and whom he coached for two seasons.
Pioniers opened the score in the second inning off of starter Kaj Timmermans.
Joey Eeman led off with an infield-hit.
Next batter Nolan Beugeling connected for a double.
That brought Eeman to third base, but he continued running towards the plate.
Eeman scored when a throwing error was made.
That brought Beugeling to third base and he then scored the second run on a grounder by newcomer Jaison Gijsbertha, who last year played for RCH-Pinguïns.
...Berend Ruben hit a deciding 2-run double...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
In the remainder of the game, Pioniers got only two more baserunners.
One of them got into scoring position.
HCAW initially was silenced by the Pioniers-defense and starting pitcher Lars Broersen, who threw three innings.
In the first inning, Jeandro Tromp led off with a walk, but was eliminated after a pick-off.
In the second inning, runners were left behind on first and second base.
In the third and fourth inning, Pioniers turned a double play.
And in the fifth, HCAW again left two runners behind.
HCAW then turned the game its way in the top of the sixth inning, which was to be the last inning in this game.
The team scored four runs (three unearned) to take 4-2 lead off of reliever Nick Loos, who had taken over the pitching in the fourth inning.
Oliver van der Wijst Severino led off with a double.
He moved on a grounder, then scored when Rodney Daal reached on an error.
With two outs, Daal advanced when Ruendrick Piternella also reached on an error.
Next batter Berend Ruben followed with a 2-run double to put HCAW ahead and moved to third base on the throw to the plate.
Hereafter, Pascal Zegwaard was hit by a pitch and stole second base.
With runners on second and third base, a passed ball accounted for the fourth run in this inning.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Pioniers was retired in order by Jiorgeny Casimiri, who was credited with a save.
He took over the pitching from rookie Arij Fransen, who had thrown the previous inning and therefore became the winning pitcher.
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| Meerlease Pioniers - HCAW 2-4 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| HCAW | 000 | 004 | | - | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Meerlease Pioniers | 020 | 000 | | - | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| pitchers HCAW | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kaj Timmermans | 4 | 4 | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| Arij Fransen, W (1-0) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
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| Jiorgeny Casimiri, SV (1) | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
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| pitchers Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Lars Broersen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
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| Nick Loos, BS (1), L (0-1) | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Jeroen Rekveld, 1B-René Ras, 3B-Aad Otsen.
Commissioner-Coen van Lierop.
Scorer-Luc Fliervoet (RCH-Pinguïns).
Starting Time-2:16 PM.
Time Played-1:30 hrs.
Site-Honkbalveld RCH-Pinguïns, Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede.
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 3 Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Partly cloudy, 11,3° C (52,3° F); wind direction north-northeast;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,8 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 62%. |
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Game 4 - Silicon Storks vs. RCH-Pinguïns
The first day ended with a suspenseful game between host RCH-Pinguïns and Silicon Storks.
RCH-Pinguïns was the most productive team, reached base frequently, but won only 1-0.
Storks was unable to get into scoring position in the first five innings.
The team got only two baserunners in the first four at bats off of starter Matz Schutte.
The righthander walked lead-off hitter Kendrick Delima in the bottom of the first inning, but he was eliminated in a long rundown following a pick-off.
Schutte then struckout the next two batters and retired the side in the second and third inning.
After having retired nine consecutive hitters, Schutte hit Giovanny Perez with a pitch, but he was then eliminated in a double play.
Schutte had a fine outing, striking out four batters and giving up no basehits in the four innings he pitched.
...Gianni Frolijk playing in the Dutch big league...
...for Hoofddorp Pioniers in 2017...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
The 21-year old Schutte pitched professionally in the organization of Minnesota Twins in 2015-2017.
The righthander pitched three seasons in Rookie League and was primarily used as a reliever.
Schutte pitched in 33 games (two starts) and was 3-2 with a 4.11 ERA in his three professional seasons.
He struckout 36 batters in 61 1/3 inning, giving up 52 basehits.
Schutte was released in July 2017.
In the fifth inning, reliever Lucca van der Schouw walked Stephon Mohamed with two outs, but closed with a strikeout.
RCH-Pinguïns got into scoring position right away in the top of the first inning off of starter José Moreno.
With one out, Daan Groenewoud reached on a bunt-single.
A double play-grounder by Gianni Frolijk followed.
Groenewoud was eliminated, but Frolijk reached on an error.
A walk for his brother Rossini Frolijk followed, but the two were left behind.
After being retired in order in the second inning, RCH-Pinguïns scored what would be the lone run in the third inning.
With one out, Moreno hit Darryl Williams with a pitch.
Williams stole second base and with two outs, he scored when Gianni Frolijk reached on an error.
In the top of the sixth inning, RCH-Pinguïns got close to another run.
With one out, Rossini Frolijk doubled and moved to third base when Jordan Illis flied out.
But another flyout then ended the at bat.
In the bottom of the sixth, Storks got the bases loaded, but was held scoreless.
Lucca van der Schouw saw lead-off hitter Milo Botman reach on an infield-hit, then gave up a single to Joost van den Bergh.
Van der Schouw followed with a strikeout, but then got the bases loaded when he walked Giovanny Perez walked.
However, the three runners were left behind, as a strikeout and a foul-fly ended the inning and the game.
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| Silicon Storks - RCH-Pinguïns 0-1 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| RCH-Pinguïns | 001 | 000 | | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Silicon Storks | 000 | 000 | | - | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| pitchers RCH-Pinguïns | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Matz Schutte, W (1-0) | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
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| Lucca van der Schouw, SV (1) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
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| pitchers Storks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| José Moreno, L (0-1) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
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| Sem Lauf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Aad Otsen, 1B-Yme van der Lugt, 3B-Jeroen Rekveld.
Commissioner-Coen van Lierop.
Scorer-Hilda Wiers (RCH-Pinguïns).
Starting Time-4:16 PM.
Time Played-1:30 hrs.
Site-Honkbalveld RCH-Pinguïns, Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede.
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 4 Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Partly cloudy, 10,9° C (51,6° F); wind direction north-northeast;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,8 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 62%. |
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