(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
On Thursday-evening (October 7), the best-of-seven Holland Series between reigning champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Curaçao Neptunus continues with Game 2, which will be played in Amsterdam.
The third game follows next Saturday in Rotterdam, then Game 4 is scheduled for Sunday in Amsterdam.
If needed, another 3-game series (Thursday, Saturday, Sunday) then begins on Thursday, October 14.
By finishing in first place in the regular season, Neptunus has the home-advantage in the best-of-seven and will play at home in four games.
Last Saturday (October 2), Amsterdam Pirates shutout Neptunus 2-0 in the opening-game in Rotterdam.
The game was played under difficult weather conditions and was played almost entirely in rain.
At some moments, the field appeared to become unplayable and had to be attended to to regularly, resulting in brief delays.
Nevertheless, the game could be played in its entirely.
Starting pitchers have only been announced for Game 2 on Thursday.
Both Head Coaches stated they will look day-by-day after that regarding the starters for coming weekend.
Also on the schedule are three remaining make-up games in the Relegation pool.
On Thursday-evening, two games will be made up that were cancelled (again) last Tuesday.
In Hoofddorp, Hoofddorp Pioniers hosts DSS/Kinheim in what originally was Game 2 of the 3-game series between these two teams last weekend.
The game rained out on Saturday, then again on Tuesday.
In Heemstede, Silicon Storks and Quick Amersfoort will meet in what in Game 3 of their series.
This game was cancelled on Sunday, then again on Tuesday.
Coming Saturday, in Amersfoort, Quick and Pioniers come into action again.
They then will play what was originally the second game of a 3-game series of two weeks ago.
On Saturday, September 25, with the score at 1-1, the game was halted after nine complete innings when a bench-clearing erupted after a situation at second base just after the Pioniers-defense had completed an inning-ending double play.
The umpiring crew left the field and halted the game definitively.
It was then decided that both teams were to blame for the situation and that the game needed to be played again in its entirety.
The team in last place will play a best-of-three Promotion/Relegation Play-Off against the champion of the First Division, which will begin on Wednesday, October 13 at the site of the First Division-team.
When the champion has no interest in promoting to the highest league, the second or third standard-team becomes eligible, but they have to finish the regular season in the top-three.
The First Division ends coming Sunday, October 10, but five make-up games are scheduled thereafter on Monday (2), Tuesday (2) and Thursday (1).
Storks and Quick Amersfoort are the two remaining teams that can finish in last place in the Relegation Pool.
After coming Saturday, the two even could end up in a tie.
At the moment, RCH-Pinguïns and Euro Stars share first place in the First Division.
The third highest standard-team is UVV, which is currently in fourth place.
RCH-Pinguïns meets Sparks Haarlem (7th place) this weekend.
Euro Stars has no games scheduled this weekend in the 11-team division, but has to play a make-up game against UVV on Tuesday.
Depending on the results in the weekend by RCH-Pinguïns, this make-up game could become decisive.
It even could result in a tie for first place.
Beneath are the announced starting pitchers for the upcoming series in the big league.
As always, these assignments can change on game-days.
The second record in parentheses is the regular season-record.
(October 6)
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| HOLLAND SERIES (best-of-seven) |
| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (0-1) (34-8) | vs. |
L&D AMSTERDAM PIRATES (1-0) (33-8-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 35 | LHP Diegomar Markwell | 1 | 64 | RHP Shairon Martis | Su. Oct. 3, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| 35 | LHP Diegomar Markwell (0-1) (10-0) | 2 | 45 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (0-0) (8-2) | Th. Oct. 7, 7:30 PM, Amsterdam (2) |
| | to be decided | 3 | | to be decided | Sa. Oct. 9, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| | to be decided | 4 | | to be decided | Su. Oct. 10, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (2) |
| | to be decided | 5 | | to be decided | Th. Oct. 14, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (1) (*) |
| | to be decided | 6 | | to be decided | Sa. Oct. 16, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (2) (*) |
| | to be decided | 7 | | to be decided | Su. Oct. 17, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (1) (*) |
(1) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (2) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam
(*) - if needed |
| MAKE-UP GAME RELEGATION POOL (nr. 5 vs. nr. 6) |
| Roster | HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (4-3) (15-27) | vs. |
DSS/KINHEIM (6-2) (15-27) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitcher Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitcher DSS/Kinheim |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 31 | LHP Sebastian Kok (0-0) (0-2) | 2 | 27 | RHP Nick Boxelaar (2-0) (3-1) | Th. Oct. 7, 7:30 PM, Hoofddorp (3) |
| (3) - ETO Ballpark, Sportpark Hoofddorp Pioniers, Park21, Hoofddorp |
| (Game originally scheduled for Saturday, October 2, but then cancelled due to rain, re-scheduled for Tuesday, October 5, but rained out again) |
| MAKE -UP GAME RELEGATION POOL (nr. 7 vs. nr. 8) |
| Roster | SILICON STORKS (3-5) (12-29-1) | vs. |
QUICK AMERSFOORT (2-5) (7-35) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitcher Storks | G | # | Starting Pitcher Quick |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 20 | RHP Kevin van Veen (1-1) (3-2) | 3 | 29 | RHP Jakob Syrén (1-1) (1-3) | Th. Oct. 7, 7:30 PM, Heemstede (4) |
| (4) - Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede (site RCH/Pinguïns) |
| (Game originally scheduled for Sunday, October 3, but then cancelled due to rain, re-scheduled for Tuesday, October 5, but rained out again) |
| (*) - Thursday's home-game of Storks will be played at the site of RCH/Pinguïns in Heemstede |
| MAKE-UP GAME RELEGATION POOL (nr. 6 vs. nr. 8) |
| Roster | QUICK AMERSFOORT (2-5) (7-35) | vs. |
HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (4-3) (15-27) | Roster | Game-info |
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| # | Starting Pitcher Quick | G | # | Starting Pitcher Pioniers |
| Date, Time & Site |
| | to be announced | 2 | 25 | RHP Lars Broersen (0-0) (0-3) | Sa. Oct. 9, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (5) |
| (5) - XL Lease Park 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort |
| (Game originally played on Saturday, September 25, but then halted by umpires after bench-clearing) |
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