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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Henk Seppen) Tonight, Round 7 in Dutch big league was to start ahead of international event Nederlands HOOFDDORP / BUSSUM / AMERSFOORT / ROTTERDAM (Neth.) - The seventh 3-game series of the 2020 regular season in the Dutch big league was to open tonight (Thursday, May 28). However, the baseball-season is currently on hold, as all regular season-games have been annuled through June 30 because of measures taken against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. New dates have not yet been announced. When concluded coming weekend, this seventh series was to close the first half of the season in which all eight teams have feaced each other in a 3-game series. It also was a series of which the schedule was slightly adjusted, as an international event was approaching. (© Photo: Henk Seppen) Dutch reigning champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Holland Series-loser Curaçao Neptunus were scheduled to play tonight, tomorrow-evening and on Saturday. Thereafter, the two teams were scheduled to travel to Ostrava in the Czech Republic to particiapte in this years tournament for the European Champions Cup. That event was to open next Tuesday at Arrows Family Park, the home-site of Arrows Ostrava. The tournament was cancelled on April 1 by the European Baseball Confederation (CEB) due to the coronavirus. From March 12 on, the Government of the Netherlands regularly announced several (strict) measures due to the coronavirus. In a following update on May 6, a little more freedom was announced, but it was also said that official games and competitions remain prohibited through September 1. The latest update was last Wednesday (May 27). On May 12, the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) announced that it has annuled all official regular season games in all baseball/softball leagues through Tuesday, June 30. The KNBSB is in talks with the NOC*NSF (Netherlands Olympic Committee/Netherlands Sports Federations) regarding options how to continue, as it still hopes a new season can be played this year. We don't know when, but baseball and softball of course also will be back in the Netherlands! Of course only when it is safe to do so for everyone involved. Until then, take care and stay safe! And yes, today (Thursday) was another nice and sunny day. And as HCAW was playing at home tonight, we might have seen another sun-delay tonight. But unfortunately, the fields were empty. Beneath are the games that were scheduled to be played tonight with the assignments of the game-officials. (May 28)

Hoofddorp Pioniers - L&D Amsterdam Pirates postponed R H E L&D Amsterdam Pirates - 0 0 0 Hoofddorp Pioniers - 0 0 0 pitchers Pirates inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - pitchers Pioniers inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - Standings Scores Schedule Team Rosters Assigned Umpires: HP-Martijn Bosschaart, 1B-Bernard Flohr, 3B-Jeffrey Bentsnijder. Assigned Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar. Assigned Play-by-Play Scorer-Brigitte Brands. Public Address Announcer-. Scoreboard Operator-. Scheduled Starting Time-7:30 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-ETO Ballpark, Sportpark Hoofddorp Pioniers, Park21, Hoofddorp. Game Notes: Following an announcement by the Dutch Government on April 21 to extend measures against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the game was cancelled on April 29 by the KNBSB, which on that date annulled all games through June 9 to give the teams a new three-week preparation for an eventual start of the season. No new date has been announced yet. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 16° C (60,8° F); wind direction northeast; wind speed 24 kmh (14,9 mph); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 43%.

HCAW - Quick Amersfoort postponed R H E Quick Amersfoort - 0 0 0 HCAW - 0 0 0 pitchers Quick inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - pitchers HCAW inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - Standings Scores Schedule Team Rosters Assigned Umpires: HP-Roy van de Wateringen, 1B-John Beltman, 3B-Niek Elshof. Assigned Official Scorer-Dieks Bannink. Assigned Play-by-Play Scorer-Rob Schuurman. Public Address Announcer-. Scoreboard Operator-. Scheduled Starting Time-7:30 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark 'Zanderijweg', Bussum. Game Notes: Following an announcement by the Dutch Government on April 21 to extend measures against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the game was cancelled on April 29 by the KNBSB, which on that date annulled all games through June 9 to give the teams a new three-week preparation for an eventual start of the season. No new date has been announced yet. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, partly cloudy, 17,9° C (64,2° F); wind direction north-northeast; wind speed 26 kmh (16,2 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 44%.

DSS/Kinheim - Silicon Storks postponed R H E Silicon Storks - 0 0 0 DSS/Kinheim - 0 0 0 pitchers Storks inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - pitchers DSS/Kinheim inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - Standings Scores Schedule Team Rosters Assigned Umpires: HP-Rudsel Schoobaar, 1B-Rob Has, 3B-Jeroen Rekveld. Assigned Official Scorer-Jeanette van Drunen. Assigned Play-by-Play Scorer-Brigitta Zaal. Public Address Announcer-. Scoreboard Operator-. Scheduled Starting Time-7:30 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem. Game Notes: Following an announcement by the Dutch Government on April 21 to extend measures against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the game was cancelled on April 29 by the KNBSB, which on that date annulled all games through June 9 to give the teams a new three-week preparation for an eventual start of the season. No new date has been announced yet. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 16° C (60,8° F); wind direction northeast; wind speed 24 kmh (14,9 mph); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 53%.

Curaçao Neptunus - Twins Oosterhout postponed R H E Twins Oosterhout - 0 0 0 Curaçao Neptunus - 0 0 0 pitchers Twins inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - pitchers Neptunus inn. SO BB H R ER - - - - - - Standings Scores Schedule Team Rosters Assigned Umpires: HP-Winfried Berkvens, 1B-Richard Wessel, 3B-André Ficken. Assigned Official Scorer-Stefan Slinger. Assigned Play-by-Play Scorer-Sten Wessel. Public Address Announcer-. Scoreboard Operator-. Scheduled Starting Time-7:30 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-Neptunus Familiestadtion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam. Game Notes: Following an announcement by the Dutch Government on April 21 to extend measures against the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), the game was cancelled on April 29 by the KNBSB, which on that date annulled all games through June 9 to give the teams a new three-week preparation for an eventual start of the season. No new date has been announced yet. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 17,7° C (63,9° F); wind direction northeast; wind speed 24 kmh (14,9 mph); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 44%.

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