Storks got some baserunners off of Lars Huijer, who struckout seven batters, but also walked three and hit a batter.
However, Storks got into scoring position only twice.
The first time, a runner stranded on second base in the first inning.
In the second inning, the team left a runner behind on third base.
From the fourth inning on, Huijer retired the last eleven batters he faced in a row.
Pioniers struck early, scoring two runs in the first inning off of Storks-starter José Moreno, who made his first start of the season.
With a 5-0 lead after four innings, Pioniers rallied for seven runs in the fifth at bat to lift the lead to 12-0.
Pioniers collected 12 basehits, including three by lead-off hitter Mark Smit, who scored twice and batted in two runs.
Nolan Beugeling was 2-for-2 with a double and also scored twice, while batting in two runs.
Bodhi de Vreede also had two basehits and batted in three runs.
Hoofddorp Pioniers opened the score in the bottom of the first inning with two runs off of starter José Moreno.
Mark Smit led off with a single and advanced on an outfield-error.
He then moved to third base on a grounder by Raul Jacobs and scored the first run on a following single by Nolan Beugeling.
The latter then stole second base, advanced on a grounder by Mervin Gario and scored on a wild pitch.
With the bases now empty, Joey Eeman and Jorrit Penseel both walked, but were left behind.
Another run was added in the second inning.
With one out, Joey de Koning singled and also got an additional base thanks to an outfield-error.
He then scored when Mark Smit followed with a single.
The scoring continued in the third at bat.
This time, Nolan Beugeling led off with a double and moved to third base on an one-out infield-hit by Joey Eeman.
After the latter had stolen second base, the bases got loaded when Jorrit Penseel walked.
With two outs, Bodhi de Vreede delivered a 2-run single that lifted the lead to 5-0.
...Lars Huijer...
...7-inning No-Hitter...
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After leaving three runners behind in the fourth inning, Pioniers rallied for seven runs on only four basehits in the fifth at bat to take a commanding 12-0 lead.
David van Heyningen started the inning in relief for José Moreno, but he ran into problems.
With one out, he walked Bodhi de Vreede and Joey de Koning, then gave up an RBI-single to Mark Smit.
Next, the bases got loaded when Raul Jacobs also walked.
A sacrifice fly by Nolan Beugeling accounted for the second run and the second out, but hereafter, five more runs were added.
First, the bases got loaded again when Mervin Gario walked, then a wild pitch led to the next run.
Again, the bases were loaded when Joey Eeman received the fifth walk issued by Van Heyningen, who was replaced hereafter.
Third baseman Kevin Nieveld took over the pitching, but he gave up three consecutive runscoring singles.
First, a run was scored on a single by Jorrit Penseel, then Damian Melis hit a 2-run single and Bodhi de Vreede added another RBI-single to make it a 12-0 score.
Storks got four baserunners in the first two innings and then also got a chance to do some scoring.
In the final five innings, the team from The Hague got only one baserunner off of Lars Huijer, who retired the final eleven batters in a row.
With one out in the top of the first inning, Jurriaan Dijk walked, as did Joost van den Bergh with two outs, but a flyout then ended the inning.
In the second inning, Storks reached third base.
Lead-off hitter Milo Botman was hit by a pitch.
Next batter Stephon Mohamed then hit a hard grounder towards short stop Nolan Beugeling.
This initially was ruled a bad-hop basehit, but that was changed after the game into an error.
Official Scorers have the option to discuss situations with the Umpiring crew afterwards and then have 24 hours time to change a decision.
The error led to runners on first and third base.
Next batter Roy Winkel hit a line drive, but that was caught by first baseman Jorrit Penseel, who completed an unassisted double play.
Huijer then closed by striking out Soekarno Phelipa.
He was added to the team for tonight's game and played in his first big league-game since 2012.
Back then, Phelipa appeared in three games for Sparta-Feyenoord and was 2-for-7.
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Lars Huijer No-Hits Storks; Throws 50th No-Hitter in Dutch baseball-history
HOOFDDORP (Neth.) -
Lars Huijer threw a 7-inning No-Hitter on Friday-evening (April 26) in a 12-0 shutout for Hoofddorp Pioniers against Silicon Storks.
The game ended after 6½ inning because of the 10-run difference mercy-rule.
Lars Huijer (Hoofddorp Pioniers) throws the 50th No-Hitter in Dutch baseball-history.