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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar) Amsterdam Pirates leads Urbanus Tournament after two days Nederlands BUSSUM (Neth.) - L&D Amsterdam Pirates leads the four participating teams after Day 2 of the 37th edition of the In Memoriam Charles Urbanus Sr. Tournament. On Saturday (March 30), Amsterdam Pirates met Curaçao Neptunus in the first game of the day. That game ended in a 2-2 tie. In the next game, Neptunus lost 6-4 to Twins Oosterhout and therefore, the reigning champion was eliminated for first place. The second day ended with a 5-1 win for host HCAW against Twins. Amsterdam Pirates opened the event on Friday-evening with a 3-1 victory against HCAW. On Saturday, Amsterdam Pirates took an early 2-0 lead against Neptunus, scoring two unearned runs in the second inning. Neptunus then came alongside in the seventh inning, which was the last of the game. In the afternoon, Neptunus again trailed early, but led 4-2 after three innings. However, the team failed to hold onto the lead, gave up three runs in the sixth and lost. In the third game today, HCAW struck early against Twins in the first inning, added three runs in the fifth and recorded a convincing victory. On Sunday, the final two games will be played at HCAW's site in Bussum. Both will be decisive for the tournament-win and there are still several scenarios possible. The lone thing that's sure at this moment is that Neptunus will not finish in first place. In the first game, Amsterdam Pirates meets Twins. When Pirates wins, it will be the tournament-winner and the final game then will determine second place. When Twins wins, the second game becomes important. When Neptunus wins that game against HCAW, Twins will be the tournament-winner. But when HCAW wins against Neptunus, it will end up in a tie with Twins. The tie-breaker then will be the head-to-head game, which was won by HCAW, which then will be the tournament-winner. (March 30) Complete Schedules Exhibition Season, Regular Season and More Preliminary Rosters Dutch Major League

Game 2 - L&D Amsterdam Pirates vs. Curaçao Neptunus After the Neptunian defense had turned a double play in the first inning, Amsterdam Pirates scored twice in the next at bat off of starter Diegomar Markwell. With one out, the lefthander walked Kenny Berkenbosch and Max Clarijs. Hereafter, Linoy Croes grounded towards short for what might be another possible double play-grounder. However, that ended in an error which loaded the bases. Pirates then opened the score on a sacrifice fly by Rashid Gerard and added a run on a single by Victor Draijer. With runners at the corners, a pop-fly ended the at bat. In the next five innings, Pirates was unable to get into scoring position, but hold onto the lead. The team left a runner on first base in the third inning, then Neptunus turned a double play in the fourth. With two outs in the fifth inning, Niels van Weert singled, but Markwell closed with a strikeout. Relievers Kevin Kelly and Berry van Driel then retired the side in the sixth and seventh inning. Neptunus was held scoreless in the first six innings by the Amsterdam-pitching. Starter Kevin Heijstek gave up an one-out single to Benjamin Dille in the first inning, but he stranded on first base. Heijstek retired the side in the second inning, then saw Neptunus get into scoring position for the first time in the third. He walked Gregory Muller, but he was forced out on a grounder by Jochem Koedijk. With two outs, Stijn van der Meer singled, but then was forced out to end the inning. In the fifth, now trailing 2-0, Neptunus got the bases loaded with two outs when Jochem Koedijk and Shuruengelo Mingeli singled and Stijn van der Meer walked. Hereafter, Nick Veltkamp took over the Amsterdam-pitching and he got an inning-ending grounder from Benjamin Dille. Veltkamp retired the side in the sixth, then Mike Groen took over the pitching in the seventh. He hit lead-off hitter Shaldimar Daantji, then gave up an one-out single to Gregory Muller. With runners at the corners, Jochem Koedijk hit a sacrifice fly to bring in Daantji. Rookie Shuruengelo Mingeli then delivered his second basehit in the game to bring in the tying tun. Groen closed with a strikeout.

L&D Amsterdam Pirates - Curaçao Neptunus 2-2 (7 inn.) R H E Curaçao Neptunus 000 000 2 - 2 7 2 L&D Amsterdam Pirates 020 000 0 - 2 4 0 pitchers Neptunus inn. SO BB H R ER Diegomar Markwell 5 1 2 4 2 - Kevin Kelly 1 - - - - - Berry van Driel 1 1 - - - - pitchers Pirates inn. SO BB H R ER Kevin Heijstek 4.2 2 2 5 - - Nick Veltkamp, H (1) 1.1 - - - - - Mike Groen, BS (1) 1 1 - 2 2 2 Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Edwin Louisa, 1B-Roy van de Wateringen, 3B-Stenar van Groningen Schinkel. Official Scorer-Feiko Drost. Starting Time-11:00 AM. Time Played-1:50 hrs. Site-Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark Zanderijweg, Bussum (site HCAW). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 2 - 37th In Memoriam Charles Urbanus Sr. Tournament. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 13° C (55,4° F); wind direction west; wind speed 8 kmh (4,9 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 70%.

Game 3 - Curaçao Neptunus vs. Twins Oosterhout Neptunus trailed 2-0 halfway the second inning, but then took a 4-2 lead. However, the team was unable to hold onto the lead. Twins narrowed the deficit to 4-3, then rallied for three runs in the sixth to win 6-4. Twins opened the score in the top of the first inning off of starter Orlando Yntema. With one out and Ruar Verkerk (fielder's choice) on first base, Dennis De Quint walked. Yntema followed with a strikeout, but he then gave up a double to Shurman Marlin. Verkerk scored, but De Quint was eliminated at the plate when he also tried to score. With two outs in the second inning, Twins added a run. Jerzy van Gool then walked and advanced to third base on a single by Brian Biezen. Next batter Stijn Janssens also singled to bring in Van Gool and make it a 2-0 score. Neptunus was retired in order in the first inning by rookie Thomas Roijers, but then scored three unearned runs in the second inning. With one out, Dudley Leonora doubled, then Shaldimar Daantji reached on an error. The bases got loaded when Julian Goins was hit by a pitch. Roijers followed with a strikeout, which would have been the third out. Hereafter, Jochem Koedijk hit a single that brought in Leonora and Daantji. Goins advanced to third base, but also was able to score when an error followed. With Koedijk on third base, a strikeout ended the at bat, but Neptunus now led 3-2. Neptunus added another unearned run in the third. With two outs, Dwayne Kemp (fielder's choice) scored on a double by Quintin De Cuba. In the top of the fourth, off of new pitcher Brendan Schoemaker, Twins narrowed the deficit to 4-3. Max Kops led off with a walk, stole second base and scored on a 2-out single by Brian Biezen. In its fourth at bat, Neptunus left runners behind on second and third base. The team was then retired on order in the next two innings. Twins struck with three runs with two outs in the top of the sixth off of Schoemaker, who pitched for the Oosterhout-team two years ago. Max Kops led off with a single and with one out, Jerzy van Gool also singled. With two outs, Stijn Janssens delivered a runscoring single that tied the score. Hereafter, the bases got loaded when Ruar Verkerk walked. Moments later, Dennis De Quint connected for a 2-run single that put Twins ahead, 6-4.

Curaçao Neptunus - Twins Oosterhout 4-6 (6 inn.) R H E Twins Oosterhout 110 103 - 6 9 4 Curaçao Neptunus 031 000 - 4 4 0 pitchers Twins inn. SO BB H R ER Thomas Roijers 3 2 - 4 4 - Raf Cocu, W (1-1) 2 2 2 - - - Koen Postelmans, SV (1) 1 - - - - - pitchers Neptunus inn. SO BB H R ER Orlando Yntema 3 2 3 3 2 2 Brendan Schoemaker, BS (1), L (1-1) 3 4 2 6 4 4 Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Stenar van Groningen Schinkel, 1B-Jos van Eijsden, 3B-Edwin Louisa. Official Scorers-Dieks Bannink, Feiko Drost. Starting Time-1:30 PM. Time Played-2:05 hrs. Site-Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark Zanderijweg, Bussum (site HCAW). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 3 - 37th In Memoriam Charles Urbanus Sr. Tournament. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 16° C (60,8° F); wind direction west; wind speed 8 kmh (4,9 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 64%.

Game 4 - Twins Oosterhout vs. HCAW In the final game of the second day, HCAW took an early lead, added three runs in the fifth and recorded a comfortable win against Twins Oosterhout. HCAW scored two unearned runs in the top of the first inning off of starter Jan Evertse. With one out, newcomer Renaigel Martis, who joined the team a few days ago, singled. He then stole second base and with two outs, Martis scored when Rodney Daal reached second base on a throwing error. Daal went on to score the next run when Ruendrick Piternella followed with a double. Next batter Patrick Bok walked, but HCAW left two runners behind. Hereafter, Evertse pitched three fine innings. He allowed only one batter to reach base, but he was eliminated in a double play. HCAW added three runs in the fifth inning off of new pitcher Marvin Brown. He gave up a lead-off single to Bob van der Meer, then walked Norbert Jongerius. Jeandro Tromp followed with an RBI-double. With runners on second and third base, the bases got loaded when Brown hit Renaigel Martis with a pitch. The next run was added on a sacrifice fly by Seb Visser. The bases got loaded again when Rodney Daal reached on an infield-hit. A grounder by Ruendrick Piternella enabled Tromp to score and lift the lead to 5-0. Moments later, HCAW got the bases loaded for the third time in this at bat when Patrick Bok walked. But this time, Oliver van der Wijst Severino flied out, which ended the inning. Kaj Timmermans started for HCAW and threw four scoreless innings. But he also saw Twins get into scoring position in three of these at bats. With two outs in the second inning, the righthander gave up a single to Max Kops and then a grounder by Joshua Zara ended in an error, but the two were left behind. In the third, with one out, Stijn Janssens and Ruar Verkerk singled. This time, a double play followed. And in the fourth, with one out, Shurman Marlin singled and Max Kops walked, but they also stranded. Twins scored its lone run in the fifth. Brian Biezen led off with a single, stole second base, then reached third base on a passed ball. Next batter Stijn Janssens walked. A wild pitch enabled Biezen to score. Janssens advanced to third base when Ruar Verkerk grounded out. Hereafter, Timo van Ancum took over the HCAW-pitching and retired the next two batters.

Twins Oosterhout - HCAW 1-5 (6 inn.) R H E HCAW 200 030 - 5 7 1 Twins Oosterhout 000 010 - 1 6 1 pitchers HCAW inn. SO BB H R ER Kaj Timmermans, W (1-0) 4.1 2 2 5 1 1 Timo van Ancum 1 2 - 1 - - Arij Fransen 0.2 1 - - - - pitchers Twins inn. SO BB H R ER Jan Evertse, L (0-1) 4 4 1 3 2 - Marvin Brown 2 - 2 4 3 3 Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Roy van de Wateringen, 1B-Jos van Eijsden, 2B-Edwin Louisa, 3B-Stenar van Groningen Schinkel. Official Scorer-Feiko Drost, Dieks Bannink. Starting Time-4:00 PM. Time Played-1:50 hrs. Site-Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark Zanderijweg, Bussum (site HCAW). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 4 - 37th In Memoriam Charles Urbanus Sr. Tournament. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 18° C (64,4° F); wind direction west; wind speed 11 kmh (6,8 mph); wind force 2 Bft; humidity 52%.

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