(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM -
It's time for the sixth round of 3-games series in the Dutch big league.
The first games of these series is scheduled for Thursday-evening (May 12).
As known, due to the odd total of teams, one team has no games scheduled in each round.
This time, the team without games is reigning champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates.
In the upcoming series, unbeaten league-leader HCAW plays against RCH Memorie Sieraden, which this season returned to the highest league.
At the moment, HCAW is 12-0 since the start of the season.
On Sunday, Dennis Burgersdijk threw a 7-inning No-Hitter against Twins Oosterhout.
This was the second regular season No-Hitter for HCAW and the third at the big league-level.
The third one was thrown in the Play-Downs.
RCH is in fourth place.
Due to some injuries, RCH only announced its starter for the opener on Thursday.
Curaçao Neptunus, which is in third place, meets Quick Amersfoort.
Last week, Quick was the team without any games on its schedule.
Since the start of the season, Quick won only one of its twelve games played and is in last place.
Last weekend, Neptunus lost two of its three games against Amsterdam Pirates.
On Sunday, Neptunus won the third game, despite recording only one basehit.
Again, only the starter for Thursday's opener has been announced by Neptunus.
In the rotation of Quick, newcomer Wally Vrolijk will make his debut.
Twins Oosterhout, which was shutout three times by HCAW, meets Silicon Storks, which was swept by DSS/Kinheim in last week's series.
DSS/Kinheim will play against Hoofddorp Pioniers, which played some close games against RCH.
After losing the opener, Pioniers broke a 13-13 score on Saturday to win 15-13, then won 2-1 in ten innings on Sunday.
Beneath are the announced starters for the games in the upcoming series.
As always, these assignments can change on game-days.
(May 11)
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| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (9-3) | vs. |
QUICK AMERSFOORT (1-10-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers Quick |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 15 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (3-0) | 1 | 70 | RHP Johnaikel Acosta (1-2) | Th. May 12, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| | to be decided | 2 | 19 | RHP Wally Vrolijk (0-0) | Sa. May 14, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (2) |
| | to be decided | 3 | 5 | RHP Stijn Bruins Slot (0-4) | Su. May 15, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| (1) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (2) - Sportpark 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort |
| Roster | HCAW (12-0) | vs. |
RCH MEMORIE SIERADEN (8-7) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers HCAW | G | # | Starting Pitchers RCH-Pinguïns |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 45 | LHP Jim Ploeger (3-0) | 1 | 16 | RHP Finn Kragt (1-0) | Th. May 12, 7:30 PM, Bussum (3) |
| 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (2-0) | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. May 14, 2:00 PM, Heemstede (4) |
| 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (4-0) | 3 | | to be decided | Su. May 15, 2:00 PM, Bussum (3) |
| (3) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark Zanderijweg, Bussum; (4) - Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede |
| Roster | TWINS OOSTERHOUT (7-7-1) | vs. |
SILICON STORKS (2-10) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Twins | G | # | Starting Pitchers Storks |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 11 | RHP Koen Postelmans (1-3) | 1 | 16 | RHP Darryl Jamoena (0-4) | Th. May 12, 7:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| 10 | LHP Ryan Huntington (3-2) | 2 | 25 | RHP Twan Naessens (0-2) | Sa. May 14, 2:30 PM, The Hague (6) |
| 6 | RHP Simon Gross (2-1) | 3 | 31 | RHP MIke van den Berg (1-2) | Su. May 15, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| (5) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout; (6) - Sportpark 'Kijkduin', The Hague |
| Roster | DSS/KINHEIM (5-7) | vs. |
HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (4-10-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers DSS/Kinheim | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 27 | RHP Nick Boxelaar (2-1) | 1 | 31 | RHP Benjamin Meyer (1-3) | Th. May 12, 7:30 PM, Haarlem (7) |
| | to be decided | 2 | 35 | RHP T'sean Martina (1-0) | Sa. May 14, 1:00 PM, Hoofddorp (8) |
| | to be decided | 3 | 6 | RHP Yassir Lachkar (0-2) | Su. May 15, 2:00 PM, Haarlem (7) |
| (7) - Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem; (8) - ETO Ballpark, Sportpark Pioniers, Park21, Hoofddorp |
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