(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Robert Bos)
 Quick Amersfoort adds new pitcher; Exhibition win Storks
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  AMERSFOORT / THE HAGUE (Neth.) -
On the final day of the exhibition season, Quick Amersfoort recorded an 11-7 win against Twins Oosterhout on Sunday (July 19).
In The Hague, Silicon Storks recovered from the big 15-1 loss on Saturday against DSS/Kinheim and today won 5-4.
On Sunday, Quick Amersfoort announced that it has added righthander Wendell Floranus to its pitching-staff.
The 25-year old Curaçao-born Floranus pitched professionally in the organization of the Baltimore Orioles in 2012-2015.
In all these seasons, Floranus played at the Rookie League-level.
In 2016 and 2018, Floranus played in an Independent League in the USA and Canada.
Most recently, Floranus pitched for Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League in 2019-2020.
He appeared in three games for La Guaira and was 0-1, striking out eight batters in 9 2/3 inning.
In 2013-2016, Floranus pitched for the Netherlands National Team, appearing in six games.
In 2013, he was a member of the preliminary roster for the World Baseball Classic.
The following year, he won the European title with the Orange Team in the Czech Republic.
Next, he was a pitcher for the Netherlands during the Premier12 in 2015 in Taiwan.
Floranus last pitched for the Netherlands during the Samurai Warm-Up Games in Japan in 2016.
(July 19)
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Quick Amersfoort vs. Twins Oosterhout
Quick Amersfoort took an early lead by scoring a run in the first inning off of Twins-starter Koen Postelmans.
In the second at bat, Twins took over the lead by scoring three runs off of Gilian Wernet, who started for Quick and threw four innings.
Highlighting the rally were a double by Brian Biezen and a triple by Tyriq Kemp.
Halfway the game, both teams were productive off of relievers.
First, Quick scored four runs off of Finn Kops, who took over the pitching for Twins in the fifth inning and threw 1 1/3 inning.
That gave Quick a 4-3 lead, but Twins then also added four runs.
That was done off of Quick-reliever Jhan Rifaela, who entered the game in the fifth and then gave up four runs.
In that at bat, Twins got the bases loaded.
The three runners all scored on a baseclearing triple by Rayshelon Carolina, who later scored himself on a sacrifice fly by Mick Vos.
Quick then took a decisive lead in the final innings, scoring four runs off of Raf Cocu, who threw 1 2/3 inning for Twins.
That was hightlighted by a homerun to deep rightfield by Bryan Engelhardt.
Jan-Willem Geerts closed the game for Quick (1 1/3 inning) and held Twins scoreless.
Quick Head Coach René de Vries stated afterwards:
,,I'm not looking to the scores in these exhibition games, I look at other things.
Pitchers are still throwing on pitch-counts.
Today, I've seen several positive things.
We now have to work towards coming week when the season begins''.
Niek Elshof and Winfried Berkvens were the umpires in this game.
Silicon Storks vs. DSS/Kinheim
On Saturday, DSS/Kinheim recorded a big 15-1 victory in its first exhibition game against Storks.
Today, Storks took an early 4-0 lead in the third inning which was to be decisive.
DSS/Kinheim was held scoreless in the first four innings by Storks-starter Nick Winkel.
The righthander retired the side three times in the five innings he pitched.
In the top of the second inning, Winkel walked Tino van Erk and Tommy van de Sanden, but a double play and strikeout followed.
In the fifth, he gave up the first run of DSS/Kinheim, but at that moment, Storks already led 4-0.
Jelle Bing started for DSS/Kinheim.
He also retired the side in the first inning, but then got the bases loaded in the second.
Ibrahin Redan led off with a single and Brian van der Vlist walked.
With two outs, Kelvin Knape also walked, but a pop-fly then ended the inning and the three runners were left behind.
Storks then did score in the third inning, staging a 4-run rally.
Pim Vijfvinkel led off with a walk and newcomer Joel Hernandez followed with a double.
A grounder by Stephen Henson then brought in Vijfvinkel.
Hernandez, who last season played for Tridents and was the bullpen-catcher for Curaçao Neptunus, scored the second run on a single by Luuk Visser.
Hereafter, Rick Timmermans took over the pitching from Bing, but he got the bases loaded after walking Redan and giving up a single to Van der Vlist.
Next, Sergio Schoop delivered a runscoring single and Rubinet Koko contributed with a sacrifice fly to increase the lead to 4-0.
This season, Koko will make his comeback in the highest league after having played for Sparta in the past.
DSS/Kinheim then scored its first run in the fifth with two outs.
Kevin Nieveld and Aidan Finnegan then both walked and the first scored when a grounder by Donny Kuijper ended in an error.
After scoring four runs in the third inning, Storks was held scoreless in the next four at bats, but got the bases loaded in the sixth.
In that inning, Calvin Andringa was the new pitcher for DSS/Kinheim.
He got the bases loaded quickly via two walks and an error.
The lead runner was then forced out at the plate and a double play ended the inning.
Joeri Kesseler, who pitched the seventh inning for the Haarlem-team, also was supported with a double play.
But Storks then added a run in the eighth off of former teammate Kevin Nieveld, who last season played for the team from The Hague.
With one out, Kelvin Knape doubled and scored on a 2-out single by Joel Hernandez.
DSS/Kinheim narrowed the deficit to 5-4 by scoring three runs in the top of the ninth inning.
William Sowers took over the pitching from Winkel in the sixth and threw two fine innings.
In the eighth, Jayden Gonesh became the third pither for Storks.
He began the ninth with a strikeout, but then gave up three runs.
Jeldwin Orman reached on an error and Tino van Erk singled.
Tommy van de Sanden then connected for an RBI-double and Bram Blokker followed with a 2-run single to make it a 5-4 score.
That also was the final score, as the next two batters were retired.
Aad Otsen and Bernard Flohr were the umpires in The Hague.
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