(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
Most probable starting pitchers for the upcoming 3-game series have been announced.
Of course, as always, starting assignments can change on game-days.
As reported, the series-opener between Hoofddorp Pioniers and reigning champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates, scheduled for Thursday-evening, has been postponed, as was announced on Monday-evening (August 10).
Last weekend, the second and third game of the 3-game series between Pioniers and Silicon Storks were also postponed, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
On Monday, Pioniers announced that the opening game against Amsterdam Pirates also has been removed from the schedule.
As of now, the games to be played on coming Saturday (at Amsterdam) and Sunday (at Hoofddorp) are still on the schedule.
It has been confirmed that Thursday's game will be made up coming Tuesday.
Because of the renovation-work to the main-field at the Pioniers Complex in Hoofddorp, Thursday's game was to be played at the site of Amsterdam Pirates.
That will also be site location for Tuesday's game.
The games of Pioniers against Storks will be made up on Tuesday, August 25 (home) and Tuesday, September 1 (away).
Other news...
The pitching rotations of Twins Oosterhout, Silicon Storks and Quick Amersfoort have been adjusted somewhat for the upcoming 3-game series.
Japanese righthander Sora Sakashita, who has started the series-openers so far for Twins, now will start Game 2 against Quick Amersfoort, while RHP Koen Postelmans (who was the Game 2 starter previously) will start on Thursday-evening.
For Storks, righthander Nick Winkel is not in the rotation of the coming series against DSS/Kinheim.
He was the starter in Game 2 two weeks ago and was announced for Game 2 last weekend, but that game was postponed.
Instead, RHP Diornick Sanchez will start Game 2.
He will make his first start of the season after having made five relief-appearances in the seven games Storks has played so far.
For Quick Amersfoort, lefthander Jhan Rifaela will make his first start of the season.
Rifaela, who has made four relief-appearances so far, will be the starter on Thursday in the opener of the 3-game series against Twins Oosterhout.
Curaçao Neptunus confirmed that American outfielder Coco Johnson has joined the team again.
He already had been in Rotterdam, but had been in a 2-week quarantine after he arrived to clear him to be eligible to play.
Coming weekend, Johnson, who played for the team last season, will play for Tridents, the second team of Neptunus, to get some playing rhythm.
(August 12)
| Roster | HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (4-3) | vs. |
L&D AMSTERDAM PIRATES (6-3) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| | Game postponed to Aug. 18 | 1 | | Game postponed to Aug. 18 | Th. Aug. 13, Amsterdam (1)(*) |
| 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (1-0) | 2 | 45 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (2-1) | Sa. Aug. 15, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (1) |
| 36 | RHP Scott Prins (1-0) | 3 | 66 | RHP Naut Kragt (2-1) | Su. Aug. 16, 1:00 PM, Hoofddorp (2) |
| | to be announced | 1 | 50 | LHP Jim Ploeger (1-1) | Tu. Aug. 18, 7:30 PM, Amsterdam (1)(**) |
| (1) = Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam; (2) = ETO Ballpark, Sportpark Hoofddorp Pioniers, Park 21, Hoofddorp |
| (*) - Thursday's series-opener has been postponed due to COVID-19; re-scheduled for Tuesday, August 18 |
| (*) - Thursday's home-game of Pioniers was to be played at the site of Amsterdam Pirates in Amsterdam |
| (**) - Tuesday's home-game of Pioniers will be played at the site of Amsterdam Pirates in Amsterdam |
| Roster | QUICK AMERSFOORT (2-6-1) | vs. |
TWINS OOSTERHOUT (4-5) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Quick | G | # | Starting Pitchers Twins |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 52 | LHP Jhan Rifaela (1-2) | 1 | 8 | RHP Koen Postelmans (1-2) | Th. Aug. 13, 7:30 PM, Amersfoort (3) |
| | to be announced | 2 | 28 | RHP Sora Sakashita (1-2) | Sa. Aug. 15, 2:00 PM, Oosterhout (4) |
| | to be announced | 3 | 34 | RHP Stefan Iannelli (1-0) | Su. Aug. 16, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (3) |
| (3) = XL Lease Park 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort; (4) = Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout |
| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (8-1) | vs. |
HCAW (5-3-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers HCAW |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 35 | LHP Diegomar Markwell (1-0) | 1 | 5 | RHP Luuk ter Beek (2-0) | Th. Aug. 13, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (5) |
| 38 | RHP Orlando Yntema (3-0) | 2 | 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (1-1) | Sa. Aug. 15, 2:30 PM, Bussum (6) |
| 27 | RHP Kaj Timmermans (1-0) | 3 | 47 | LHP Nick Keur (0-1) | Su. Aug. 16, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (5) |
| (5) = Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (6) = Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark Zanderijweg, Bussum |
| Roster | DSS/KINHEIM (2-7) | vs. |
SILICON STORKS (2-5) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers DSS/Kinheim | G | # | Starting Pitchers Storks |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 23 | RHP Jelle Bing (0-1) | 1 | 25 | RHP Twan Naessens (0-1) | Th. Aug. 13, 7:30 PM, Haarlem (7) |
| 12 | RHP Glenn Wassink (0-2) | 2 | 9 | RHP Diornick Sanchez (2-1) | Sa. Aug. 15, 2:30 PM, The Hague (8) |
| 31 | RHP Steven van Groningen (0-2) | 3 | 8 | RHP Jayden Gonesh (0-0) | Su. Aug. 16, 2:30 PM, Haarlem (7) |
| (7) = Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem; (8) = Sportpark 'Kijkduin', The Hague |
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