Storks-starter Twan Naessens got two quick outs in the top of the first inning.
He then got two baserunners when Diamond Silberie singled and Shurman Marlin walked.
But the two were left behind, as Naessens closed with a strikeout.
In the bottom of the first inning, Naessens got some run-support from his teammates, who scored three runs off of Twins-starter Stefan Iannelli.
The righthander walked lead-off hitter Joel Hernandez, then gave up a single to Sydney Hoeverts.
When next batter Luuk Visser also singled, Hernandez was waved home and he scored when an error was made.
That also led to runners on second and third base, then the second run was scored on a grounder by Ibrahin Redan.
Jurriaan Dijk followed with a runscoring single that gave Storks an early 3-0 lead.
Moments later, Dijk was caught stealing, but Storks got two more baserunners when Joost van den Bergh and Brian van der Vlist both walked.
They were left behind when a grounder ended the long at bat.
A week earlier, Stefan Iannelli walked ten batters in 2 2/3 inning in which he gave up no basehits.
Tonight, he gave up three hits and walked seven batters in the four innings in was on the mound for Twins.
After the productive first at bat, Storks was held scoreless in the remainder of the game.
The 3-0 lead was erased by Twins in the top of the second inning when the team rallied for four runs on four basehits.
With one out, Brian Biezen walked and moved on a passed ball and a single by Mick Vos, then scored on a single by Rayshelon Carolina.
Hereafter, Tyriq Kemp and Railison Bentura also delivered runscoring singles to tie the score.
On the throw to the plate, Kemp advanced on third base.
Shortly thereafter, Bentura stole second base and when that was followed by a throwing error, Kemp was able to score the go-ahead run.
Next batter Diamond Silberie walked and a double play ended the at bat, but Twins had turned the game around in its favor.
In the following innings, Twins added 15 more runs!
Two of these runs were scored with two outs in the top of the third, which started with a rare situation.
Ruendrick Piternella led off with a walk.
On the 3-1 delivery to next batter Jason Halman, Piternella took off to steal second base.
Then something rare happened.
After receiving the pitch and before the Home Plate Umpire yelled ball or a strike, catcher Joel Hernandez threw the ball to second baseman Jurriaan Dijk, who awaited Piternella and tagged him.
But of course the runner was safe, as Halman walked and Piternella was entitled to advance to second base.
But for some reason, Piternella left second base (did he think he was out or didn't he knew that it was a walk?).
Hereafter, Piternella tried to advance to third base, but was awaited there by third baseman Sydney Hoeverts, who had gotten the ball from Dijk, and tagged him out.
And as play continues in a walk-situation, a runner can be eliminated when he tries to advance an additional base, which happened in this case.
Halman later moved on a grounder by Brian Biezen, then scored on a single by Mick Vos.
After Vos had moved into scoring position via a wild pitch, he scored on a single by Rayshelon Carolina.
In the fourth inning, Twins also scored with two outs, this time once.
Shurman Marlin hit a 2-out single and scored when Ruendrick Piternella followed with a triple.
Two runs were added in the top of the fifth.
Brian Biezen led off with a triple, then scored on a grounder by Mick Vos.
Rayshelon Carolina followed with a double and scored on a 2-out single by Railison Bentura.
In the meantime, Stefan Iannelli did well on the mound for Twins.
After giving up three runs in the first inning and being supported with a double play in the second, he encountered no problems in the next two innings.
With one out in the third, Iannelli got two baserunners when he walked Jurriaan Dijk and Joost van den Bergh, but a strikeout and groundout followed.
Iannelli retired the side in the fourth.
In the bottom of the fifth, Koen Postelmans took over the pitching for Twins.
He walked Ibrahin Redan with one out, but he stranded on first base.
Twins then had another 4-run at bat in the top of the sixth off of new pitcher William Sowers.
With one out, he gave up a single to pinch-hitter Nick Peels, then walked Brian Biezen.
The first then scored on a single by Mick Vos (his third of the evening).
After having hit two singles and a double, Rayshelon Carolina then connected for a 2-run triple.
Carolina then scored himself on a single by Tyriq Kemp to make it a 13-3 score.
In the bottom of the sixth, German Simon Gross became the new pitcher for Twins.
The young righthander was added to the team earlier in the week and tonight, he made his debut in the Dutch big league.
Gross initially had to find his control in his debut, as he walked lead-off hitter Brian van der Vlist, hit next batter Kestas Vilimas with a pitch and then enabled the runners to advance on a wild pitch.
But hereafter, he struckout the next three batters.
Twins staged a 6-run rally in the top of the seventh to take a commanding lead.
In this inning, second baseman Jurriaan Dijk pitched for Storks.
He got the bases loaded quickly, as Shurman Marlin, Ruendrick Piternella and Nick Peels all singled to start the inning.
With one out, Marlin scored on a wild pitch, then Mick Vos walked to re-load the bases.
This brought Rayshelon Carolina in the batter's box, who only missed the homerun to hit for-the-cycle.
The homerun didn't come, but Carolina now connected for a 2-run single.
This was his fifth basehit in the game and he increased his RBI-total to six.
Hereafter, Tyriq Kemp delivered a 2-run triple and then scored himself on a grounder by Railison Bentura to make it a 19-3 score.
Raf Cocu threw the seventh inning for Twins.
He struckout the first two batters, then gave up a single to Jurriaan Dijk.
Cocu then followed with another strikeout and was credited with the win in tonight's game.
Starter Stefan Iannelli didn't threw the required five innings and as Twins used three relievers, it was up to the Official Scorers to determine who was the most effective of them to be credited with the win.
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Lot of runs and hits for Twins Oosterhout against Storks
ROTTERDAM (Neth.) -
Twins Oosterhout opened its 3-game series in the Bottom-4 Pool against Silicon Storks on Thursday-evening (September 24) with a big 19-3 victory in seven innings.
In the game, that was played at the site of Curaçao Neptunus in Rotterdam, Twins collected 22 basehits.
With that, the team collected the most basehits in a game in the regular season and postseason combined.
Last weekend, Quick Amersfoort had 20 basehits, also against Storks.
The most runs in a game this season were scored by L&D Amsterdam Pirates, which scored 24 on September 5 and that also happened against Storks.
Bottom-4 Pool.