Amsterdam Pirates took an early comfortable lead, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning off of starter Jan Evertse on four basehits, including three doubles.
Roelie Henrique led off with a single, moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Niels van Weert and scored on a double by Gilmer Lampe.
When a throwing error was made on a grounder by next batter Denzel Richardson, he ended up on second base, while Lampe scored.
Hereafter, Kenny Berkenbosch and Delano Selassa followed with back-to-back RBI-doubles to make it a 4-0 score.
Twins Oosterhout cut the deficit in half in its first at bat by scoring two runs off of starter Jim Ploeger.
The lefthander walked lead-off hitter Joshua Zara, then gave up a single to Yuki Yoshimura, which led to runners on second and third base.
They respectively scored on a grounder by Dennis De Quint and a sacrifice fly by Jason Halman.
Amsterdam Pirates immediately answered with two runs in the top of the second inning.
Lead-off hitter Roelie Henrique reached on an error and stole second base.
With one out, he scored on a groud-rule double by Gilmer Lampe.
With two outs, Lampe scored the next run on a single by Kenny Berkenbosch to make it a 6-2 score.
Twins again got its first two batters on base in the bottom of the second inning.
Jamie Verheyleweghen and Nick Peels both walked, but this time, the next three batters were retired.
...Roelie Henrique...
...3 hits, double, 3 runs, 2 stolen bases...
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Pirates scored another run in the fourth.
Roelie Henrique reached base for the third consecutive time as lead-off hitter and also scored again.
This time, he led off with a single.
Thomas Roijers then took over the pitching for Twins.
He saw Henrique steal second base, advance on a throwing error, then score when he gave up a single to Niels van Weert.
Twins didn't get a runner in scoring position from the fourth through eighth inning.
In these five innings, the team got only two baserunners, but both stranded on first base.
Pirates increased the lead to 8-2 in the top of the seventh inning off of Roijers.
Denzel Richardson led off with a walk, moved on a grounder, then scored when an error followed when Delano Selassa flied out.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Twins Oosterhout was able to score two runs off of closer Tom Stuifbergen, but the Amsterdam-lead never got into jeopardy.
With one out, Nick Peels singled and Brian Biezen walked.
The two moved on a grounder, then both scored on a single by Joshua Zara.
But hereafter, Stuifbergen closed the game with a strikeout.
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Amsterdam Pirates completes sweep against Twins Oosterhout
OOSTERHOUT (Neth.) -
L&D Amsterdam Pirates completed a 3-game sweep against Twins Oosterhout on Sunday (April 28) with an 8-4 victory.