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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar) Series between Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW postponed Nederlands AMSTERDAM (Neth.) - As was reported on Wednesday (September 16), the 3-game-series between L&D Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW has been postponed due to some positive cases of the coronavirus in the team of Pirates. The series in the Top-4 Pool was to open tonight in Amsterdam, then continue in the weekend. On Saturday, Game 2 was scheduled to be played in Bussum, then the series finale would follow on Sunday in Amsterdam. Last weekend, the final two games of the 3-game series between defending champion Amsterdam Pirates and Curaçao Neptunus were also postponed. The game scheduled for Saturday was initially postponed the day before to last Tuesday due to a possible case of the coronavirus. But on Saturday, Amsterdam Pirates announced that two players were tested positive and with that, Sunday's game and Tuesday's make-up game were both postponed. On Wednesday, the upcoming series against HCAW also was postponed. On its website, Amsterdam Pirates issued the following statement: ,,In recent days, another player from L&D Amsterdam has tested positive for corona. Because of this and the previous cases, the playoff series against HCAW tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday has been postponed''. No new dates have been announced yet for the five games Pirates now has to make up in the coming weeks. As of now, the best-of-seven Holland Series is scheduled to open on Thursday, October 1. (September 17)

Thursday (Game 1): L&D Amsterdam Pirates - HCAW postponed R H E HCAW - 0 0 0 L&D Amsterdam Pirates - 0 0 0 pitcher HCAW inn. SO BB H R ER no starting pitcher announced - - - - - - pitcher Pirates inn. SO BB H R ER no starting pitcher announced - - - - - - Final Standings Season Standings Top-4 Pool Standings Bottom-4 Pool Scores Schedule Team Rosters Assigned Umpires: HP-Peter de Haan, 1B-Edwin Louisa, 3B-John Beltman. Assigned Official Scorer-Stefan Slinger. Assigned Play-by-Play Scorer-Maaike Houtkamp. Assigned Technical Commissioner-Fred van Groningen Schinkel. Public Address Announcer-. Scoreboard Operator-. Scheduled Starting Time-7:30 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam. Game Notes: Top-4 Pool. Game postponed by Amsterdam Pirates on Wednesday, September 16 due to three cases of the coronavirus in the team. No new date announced yet.

Saturday (Game 2): HCAW - L&D Amsterdam Pirates postponed R H E L&D Amsterdam Pirates - 0 0 0 HCAW - 0 0 0 pitcher Pirates inn. SO BB H R ER no starting pitcher announced - - - - - - pitcher HCAW inn. SO BB H R ER no starting pitcher announced - - - - - - Final Standings Season Standings Top-4 Pool Standings Bottom-4 Pool Scores Schedule Team Rosters Assigned Umpires: HP-Aad Otsen, 1B-Winfried Berkvens, 3B-Jeroen Rekveld. Assigned Official Scorer-Sten Wessel. Assigned Play-by-Play Scorer-Feiko Drost. Assigned Technical Commissioner-Johan Brandsma. Public Address Announcer-. Scoreboard Operator-. Scheduled Starting Time-2:30 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark Zanderijweg, Bussum. Game Notes: Top-4 Pool. Game postponed by Amsterdam Pirates on Wednesday, September 16 due to three cases of the coronavirus in the team. No new date announced yet. Official Scorer Sten Wessel was re-assigned as Play-by-Play Scorer for Saturday's game between Silicon Storks and Quick Amersfoort in The Hague.

Sunday (Game 3): L&D Amsterdam Pirates - HCAW postponed R H E HCAW - 0 0 0 L&D Amsterdam Pirates - 0 0 0 pitcher HCAW inn. SO BB H R ER no starting pitcher announced - - - - - - pitcher Pirates inn. SO BB H R ER no starting pitcher announced - - - - - - Final Standings Season Standings Top-4 Pool Standings Bottom-4 Pool Scores Schedule Team Rosters Assigned Umpires: HP-Peter de Haan, 1B-Jeffrey Bentsnijder, 3B-Rob Has. Assigned Official Scorer-Sten Wessel. Assigned Play-by-Play Scorer-Brigitta Zaal. Assigned Technical Commissioner-Fred van Groningen Schinkel. Public Address Announcer-. Scoreboard Operator-. Scheduled Starting Time-2:00 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam. Game Notes: Top-4 Pool. Game postponed by Amsterdam Pirates on Wednesday, September 16 due to three cases of the coronavirus in the team. No new date announced yet. Home Plate Umpire Peter de Haan was re-assigned as HP Umpire for Sunday's game between Euro Stars and Onze Gezellen in Capelle a/d IJssel in the 'Overgangsklasse'. 1B Umpire Jeffrey Bentsnijder was re-assigned as 1B Umpire for Sunday's game between The Herons and Alcmaria Victrix in Heerhugowaard in the 'Topklasse'.

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