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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Henk Seppen, Robert Bos & The Pitching Center)
 Pioniers shuts out HCAW to win Tournament
Nederlands
 HEEMSTEDE (Neth.) -
Meerlease Pioniers is the winner of the fifth edition of the annual Ringvaart Tournament.
On Sunday (March 24), the team from Hoofddorp won 3-0 in the Final against HCAW, which had won the event last year.
A year ago, the second day of the tournament had to be cancelled due to rain.
HCAW was then named tournament-winner based on the results on the day before.
Pioniers became the fifth different winner since the first edition was organized in 2015.
Back then, The Hawks became the first winner.
Thereafter, the tournament was won by Sparks Haarlem (2016), Storks (2017) and HCAW (2018).
Day 2 of the tournament began with the two remaining games from the preliminary round, which were decisive to determine the two finalists.
All four participants were still able to reach the Final.
Also, there were two scenarios that could result in a 3-way tie to determine one or both finalists.
With that, the final scores of these two remaining games could be decisive to serve as a tie-breaker.
That didn't happen.
In today's first game, Meerlease Pioniers shutout Silicon Storks, 3-0.
With that, Storks was eliminated for the Final.
Pioniers had to wait for the outcome of the next game, as that also could create a 3-way tie.
That also didn't happen, as HCAW outscored host RCH-Pinguïns, 6-1.
With that, HCAW remained unbeaten and reached the Final.
Because of the loss, RCH-Pinguïns was eliminated, a 3-way tie was not possible anymore and so, Pioniers was the second finalist.
The game for third and fourth place between RCH-Pinguïns and Silicon Storks ended in a scoreless tie.
With that, both teams finished in a tie for third place.
Final Standings:
1. Meerlease Pioniers, 2. HCAW, 3. RCH-Pinguïns/Silicon Storks.
(March 24)
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Game 5 - Meerlease Pioniers vs. Silicon Storks
In the first game on Sunday, Meerlease Pioniers recorded a 3-0 shutout to eliminate Silicon Storks for the Final.
...Mark Smit...
...double, triple, RBI...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
Gilian van Lith started for Pioniers and gave up only one basehit in the three innings he pitched.
The lefthander gave up his lone basehit in the first inning.
Pioniers collected eight basehits, including two by Mark Smit, Joey Eeman and Jorrit Penseel.
In the top of the first inning, rookie Milo Botman led off for Storks with a single.
He came into scoring position when Krisztian Toth walked with one out.
When next batter Luuk Visser flied out, Botman advanced to third base.
However, on the throw to third base, Toth tried to move to second base, but he was eliminated there to complete an inning-ending double play.
Botman's basehit remained the lone one for Storks.
In the next four innings, Storks would get several baserunners, four of them walked.
But the team stranded five runners, three of them in scoring position.
In the final two innings, Storks got one baserunner off of rookie Nathan Diaby.
Pioniers left a runner behind on third base in its first at bat off of Darryl Jamoena, who in 2017 played himself for the team from Hoofddorp.
With two outs, Joey Eeman doubled and advanced when Tyler Boersma reached on an error, but the two were left behind.
Pioniers then opened the score with two runs in the second inning.
Joey de Koning led off with a single and moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Jaison Gijsbertha.
The team got runners at the corners when next batter Duco Nuijten reached on an infield-hit.
De Koning scored the opening run on a sacrifice fly by Raul Jacobs, then Nuijten scored the next run on a double by Mark Smit.
In the fourth inning, Smit hit a triple with two outs off of new pitcher Stephon Mohamed, but stranded on third base.
Pioniers added its third run in the fifth inning off of José Moreno.
Joey Eeman led off with a single, moved to third base on a single by Jorrit Penseel and scored when Joey de Koning reached on an error.
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| Meerlease Pioniers - Silicon Storks 3-0 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Silicon Storks | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Meerlease Pioniers | 020 | 01 | | - | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| pitchers Storks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Darryl Jamoena, L (0-1) | 3 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 2 |
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| Stephon Mohamed | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
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| José Moreno | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| pitchers Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Gillian van Lith, W (1-0) | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
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| Nathan Diaby, SV (1) | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Aad Otsen, 1B-Jeroen Rekveld, 3B-Yme van der Lugt.
Commissioner-Peter Brink.
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 5 Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 9° C (48,2° F); wind direction west;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,8 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 62%. |
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Game 6 - RCH-Pinguïns vs. HCAW
The final game of the preliminary round could create a 3-way tie in case RCH-Pinguïns should have won.
In that situation, the score of this game would become important, a run-difference rule is been used as a tie-breaker.
But HCAW recorded a convincing 6-1 victory and with that, it decided the ranking for the final two games.
With its win, HCAW reached the Final.
And because RCH-Pinguïns now was eliminated, Meerlease Pioniers became the second finalist.
...Ruendrick Piternella...
...walk, single, 2 runs, RBI...
(© Photo: Henk Seppen) |
HCAW opened the score in the top of the first inning off of starter Bas Timmer.
With one out, he gave up singles to Oliver van der Wijst Severino and Seb Visser to give HCAW runners on first and third base.
The lead runner then scored on a grounder by Rodney Daal.
HCAW added two runs in the second at bat.
Ruendrick Piternella led off with a walk and Berend Ruben singled.
Hereafter, Arthur Lugtmeijer delivered a runscoring single.
Moments later, the bases got loaded when Brandon Rijnbergen reached on an infield-hit.
Next batter Jeandro Tromp grounded into a double play, but that enabled Ruben to score to increase the lead to 3-0.
After being retired by HCAW-starter Dennis Burgersdijk in the first inning, RCH-Pinguïns got on base in the next at bat, but didn't score.
Rossini Frolijk led off with a single and Jordan Illis reached on an infield-hit.
The latter was forced out on a grounder by Joey Kuijsten.
With runners at the corners, Burgersdijk struckout the next two batters.
A 3-run rally for HCAW followed with two outs in the third at bat.
Seb Visser led off with a double.
With two outs, he scored when Ruendrick Piternella singled.
Berend Ruben then walked and rookie Arthur Lugtmeijer then delivered a runscoring double.
That was followed by an outfield-error, resulting in another run to make it a 6-0 score.
In the fourth inning, Timothy Richards pitched for RCH-Pinguïns.
He walked four batters, but didn't gave up additional runs.
Richards walked Jeandro Tromp and Oliver van der Wijst Severino.
But hereafter, Seb Visser grounded into a double play.
With Tromp on third base, the bases got loaded when Rodney Daal and Patrick Bok also walked.
But the three runners stranded when a flyout ended the inning.
In the bottom of the fourth, RCH-Pinguïns scored its lone run off of reliever Timo van Ancum.
With one out, Jordan Illis walked and scored on a following double by Joey Kuijsten.
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| RCH-Pinguïns - HCAW 1-6 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| HCAW | 123 | 0 | | - | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| RCH-Pinguïns | 000 | 1 | | - | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| pitchers HCAW | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Dennis Burgersdijk, W (1-2) | 3 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - |
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| Timo van Ancum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| pitchers RCH-Pinguïns | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Bas Timmer, L (0-1) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
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| Timothy Richards | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Aad Otsen, 1B-Yme van der Lugt, 3B-Jeroen Rekveld.
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 6 Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 10° C (50° F); wind direction west;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,8 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 60%. |
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Game 7 - RCH-Pinguïns vs. Silicon Storks (3rd/4th place)
The game for third and fourth place ended in a scoreless tie after five innings.
With that, both teams shares third place.
...Evan Brisentine...
...nine strikeouts...
(© Ph: The Pitching Center) |
Storks got a scoring opportunity in the second and fourth inning off of Evan Brisentine, who went the distance for RCH-Pinguïns.
The lefthanded American pitcher threw a fine game, striking out nine batters, walking none and giving up four basehits.
After having played for Santa Clara University, Brisentine went on to play for Melbourne Demons in the Victorian Baseball League in Australia.
Thereafter, he played for Zurich Barracudas in Switzerland in 2017 and 2018.
Brisentine also coached several youth teams in the USA, Australia and Switzerland.
The pitching instructor also has been an assistant coach of the Swiss National Under-15 Team.
For more than ten years, Brisentine also has been a pitching instructor the The Pitching Center in Pleasanton, California.
In the second inning, Glennton Poulo led off for Storks with a single, but he was forced out on a grounder by Luuk Visser.
With one out, Visser stole second base, advanced on a grounder, but stranded on third base.
Storks was retired in order in the third and fourth inning.
After Brisentine had retired ten batters in a row since the second inning, Storks got the bases loaded with two outs in the top of the fifth.
Stephon Mohamed, Joost van den Bergh and Milo Botman then all singled.
But they all stranded, as Brisentine closed with a strikeout.
Newcomer David van Heijningen started for Storks.
In the second inning, he walked lead-off hitter Jordan Illis, who moved on two grounders, but was left behind in third base.
This was the only time that RCH-Pinguïns got into scoring position.
In the fifth, off of new pitcher Kevin Nieveld (last season DSS), RCH-Pinguïns got its lead-off hitter on base again when Teun van der Meer walked.
But he was forced out on a grounder by Jelger Algra, who was eliminated himself moments later after overrunning first base.
The inning and the game then ended when Riley Gonesh flied out.
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| RCH-Pinguïns - Silicon Storks 0-0 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Silicon Storks | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| RCH-Pinguïns | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| pitchers Storks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| David van Heyningen | 2.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
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| Krisztian Toth | 1.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Kevin Nieveld | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
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| pitchers RCH-Pinguïns | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Evan Brisentine | 5 | 9 | - | 4 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Yme van der Lugt, 1B-Jeroen Rekveld, 3B-Aad Otsen.
Scorer-Hilda Wiers (RCH-Pinguïns).
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-1:30 hrs.
Site-Honkbalveld RCH-Pinguïns, Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede.
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 7 (3rd/4th place) Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 11,3° C (52,3° F); wind direction west;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,8 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 61%. |
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Game 8 - HCAW vs. Meerlease Pioniers (Final)
The Final between Hoofddorp Pioniers and HCAW remained scoreless for four innings.
On Saturday, HCAW trailed 2-0, but turned the game around to win 4-2.
Today, Pioniers took the lead again and this time, the team from Hoofddorp hold onto it, winning 3-0.
Both teams got scoring opportunities in the first inning.
...Lars Huijer pitched 5 innings for Pioniers...
(© Photo: Robert Bos) |
Pioniers got the bases loaded in its first at bat off of starter Ian Delemarre.
With one out, he gave up singles to Joey Eeman and Nolan Beugeling.
With two outs, a walk for Tyler Boermsa loaded the bases, but a flyout then ended the inning.
In the bottom of the first, off of starter Lars Huijer, HCAW got its lead-off hitter on base when Jeandro Tromp reached on an error.
He moved to second base on a wild pitch, but also stranded.
In the second, third and fourth inning, Pioniers got a runner on first base.
The HCAW-defense turned a double in the second and fourth, while the runner in the third at bat stranded on first base.
Patrick Bok led off the second HCAW-at bat with a single and stole second base.
But Huijer then retired the next three baters.
In the third, it was the Pioniers-defense that turned a double play.
And in the fourth, HCAW stranded a runner on first base.
Pioniers opened the score with one run in the top of the fifth off of new pitcher Arij Fransen.
With one out, he walked Bodhi de Vreede, but he was forced out on a grounder by Mark Smit.
That was followed by a walk for Joey de Koning and moments later, Smit scored on a double by Nolan Beugeling, who was 3-for-3.
Pioniers took more distance by adding two runs in the sixth off of Jiorgeny Casimiri.
He walked Raul Jacobs, Jorrit Penseel and Damian Melis.
A grounder by Duco Nuijten then ended in an error and two runners were able to score.
A strikeout, force out and groundout followed, but Pioniers now led 3-0.
Lars Huijer, who had retired the side in the fifth, was relieved by Daniel Vos in the sixth.
He also retired the side to end the game and earn a save.
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| HCAW - Meerlease Pioniers 0-3 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Meerlease Pioniers | 000 | 012 | | - | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| HCAW | 000 | 000 | | - | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| pitchers Pioniers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Lars Huijer, W (1-0) | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
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| Daniel Vos, SV (1) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
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| pitchers HCAW | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ian Delemarre | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | - |
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| Arij Fransen, L (1-1) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Jiorgeny Casimiri | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Jeroen Rekveld, 1B-Aad Otsen, 3B-Yme van der Lugt.
Commissioner-Peter Brink.
Scorer-Hilda Wiers (RCH-Pinguïns).
Starting Time-3:45 PM.
Time Played-1:30 hrs.
Site-Honkbalveld RCH-Pinguïns, Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede.
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 8 (Final) Ringvaart Tournament 2019.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 9° C (48,2° F); wind direction west;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,8 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 61%. |
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