Quick Amersfoort briefly led in tonight's game, as the team opened the score in the bottom of the first inning.
DSS/Kinheim came alongside in the third, then took charge of the game from the fourth inning on.
Quick-starter Stijn Bruins Slot retired the side in the top of the first inning.
Moments later, the home-team scored a run in the bottom of the first off of DSS/Kinheim-starter Jelle Bing.
With one out, Jordy Burger doubled.
Next batter Rachid Engelhardt reached on an infield-hit and when that was followed by a throwing error, Burger was able to score.
After Engelhardt had stolen second base, Tijmen Takke walked.
But the inning then ended when Taylor Clemensia struckout and Engelhardt was caught stealing at third base in a double play.
Both teams were retired in order in the second inning, then DSS/Kinheim came alongside with two outs in the top of the third inning.
The team got four baserunners without hitting a basehit, but three of them were left behind.
Aidan Finnegan and Marcel Tolenaars led off with walks, then both advanced on a wild pitch.
With one out, the Haarlem-team got the bases loaded when Thomas Bos also walked.
After an infield-fly accounted for the second out, Stijn Bruins Slot hit Jeldwin Orman with a pitch, which led to the tying run.
Three runners were left behind when a flyout ended the at bat.
DSS/Kinheim scored three runs in the fourth to turn the game its way.
Again, the team got the bases loaded.
Nick Hofer led off with a single, Donny Kuijper walked and Aidan Finnegan also singled.
A wild pitch then gave DSS/Kinheim a 2-1 lead.
A sacrifice fly by Marcel Tolenaars brought in the next run and also enabled Finnegan to advance to third base.
Hereafter, Bram Blokker reached on an infield-hit (which kept Finnegan at third base), then another wild pitch led to the third run in this at bat and made it a 4-1 score.
Quick narrowed the deficit to 4-3 by scoring twice in the bottom of the fourth.
Jelle Bing hit lead-off hitter Rachid Engelhardt, who moved into scoring position on a wild pitch.
He then scored when Tijmen Takke homered.
In the top of the fifth, DSS/Kinheim took more distance by scoring two runs off of new pitcher Brian van Laar.
Kevin Nieveld led off with a walk, got into scoring position thanks to a sacrifice bunt by Nick Hofer and scored on a single by Donny Kuijper.
The bases then got loaded when Aidan Finnegan and Marcel Tolenaars also singled.
Kuijper scored moments later on a wild pitch, but the other two stranded, as Van Laar struckout the next two batters.
In the top of the sixth inning, DSS/Kinheim got three runners, but there were also three grounders to short and a double play.
Jochem Koedijk led off with a walk and was forced out on a grounder to short stop Rachid Engelhardt by Jeldwin Orman.
Hereafter, Engelhardt got another chance to force out a runner on a following grounder by Kevin Nieveld, but he then committed an error, which led to runners on first and third base.
Next, it was Nick Hofer, who grounded to Engelhardt.
This time, he forced out the runner from first base himself at second base and then completed a double play on first base.
Quick was retired in order in the fifth inning by Jelle Bing, but the righthander gave up a run in the sixth.
With one out, Rachid Engelhardt and Tijmen Takke singled, which gave the home-team runners at the corners.
Engelhardt scored on a sacrifice fly by Taylor Clemensia.
A walk for Emeron Lourens followed, but Bing then closed with a strikeout.
DSS/Kinheim increased its lead to 9-4 by scoring three insurance runs in the top of the seventh.
Donny Kuijper led off with a walk, then Aidan Finnegan singled.
Kuijper's pinch-runner Koen Halderman and Finnegan advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Marcel Tolenaars.
That was followed by an runscoring single by Bram Blokker.
A walk for Thomas Bos loaded the bases.
Two more runs were added when next batter Jochem Koedijk delivered a single.
When a walk for Jeldwin Orman re-loaded the bases, Jasper Popken took over the pitching.
He was supported with a double play, but DSS/Kinheim now had a 5-run lead.
Robyn Clara took over the pitching for DSS/Kinheim in the bottom of the seventh.
He retired the side (two strikeouts), but then gave up three runs in the eighth.
The bases got loaded thanks to Jordy Burger (single), Rachid Engelhardt (his third single) and Tijmen Takke (walk).
All three scored when Taylor Clemensia followed with a baseclearing, 3-run double.
That narrowed the deficit to 9-7.
Clemensia advanced on a grounder by Emeron Lourens.
He then tried to score on a flyout to rightfield by Amar van Zwieten.
However, Clemensia was eliminated at the plate on a nice throw from rightfielder Nick Hofer to catcher Aidan Finnegan, which completed an important inning-ending double play.
Amar van Zwieten (who was the designated hitter) pitched the ninth inning for Quick and he saw DSS/Kinheim come close to another run.
With one out, he walked Thomas Bos, who then tried to score on a following single by Jochem Koedijk.
Bos was eliminated at the plate on a throw from centerfielder Taylor Clemensia via third baseman Emeron Lourens to rookie catcher Lars Visser.
The latter had entered the game in the sixth inning to make his debut.
A grounder ended the at bat.
In the bottom of the ninth, Robyn Clara gave up a 2-out single to Jules Cremer.
A grounder ended the inning and the game.
As Clara threw the final three complete innings in a winning game, he was credited with his third save in the Bottom-4 Pool.
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DSS/Kinheim opens series vs. Quick Amersfoort with win
AMERSFOORT (Neth.) -
DSS/Kinheim led from the fourth inning on and opened its 3-game series against Quick Amersfoort in the Bottom-4 Pool with a 9-7 win on Thursday-evening (September 24).
DSS/Kinheim broke an 1-1 tie in the fourth inning, then added two runs in the fifth and three more in the seventh to stay ahead in tonight's game.
Bottom-4 Pool.