RCH-Pinguïns took an early lead, added more runs in the fourth and fifth inning and led 4-1 halfway the fifth inning.
Sparks Haarlem then turned the game around in its favor by scoring six runs in the bottom of the fifth.
From there, the home-team hold onto the lead.
RCH scored its first two runs in the top of the first inning off of Rutger Zwaal, who went the distance for Sparks Haarlem.
Due to an error, both runs were unearned.
Daan Groenewoud led off with a walk and stole second base.
With out, Jesse Aussems delivered a single.
That moved Groenewoud to third base, who continued to the plate, but would have been eliminated there.
However, on the throw from the outfield, an error was made and so, Groenewoud scored.
On the throw, Aussems advanced to second base and he went on to score on a 2-out single by Leandro Anasagasti.
RCH was then retired in order in its next two at bats.
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Sparks Haarlem was retired in order in the first inning by Sven van de Sanden.
The righthander then struckout three batters in the second at bat, while also walking one, but he stranded at first base.
In the bottom of the third, Sparks got one run back.
Van de Sanden first began with his fifth strikeout, but then gave up a single to Siebe van Pelt, walked Jesse van de Berg and got the bases loaded when Wessel Pirovano also singled.
Shortly thereafter, Van Pelt scored on a sacrifice fly by Duko Jansen.
With two outs, the other two runners executed a double steal, but they were left behind at second and third base.
RCH-Pinguïns took some distance by adding a run in both the fourth and fifth inning.
With one out in the top of the fourth, Leandro Anasagasti singled for RCH and Ties van der Beeke walked.
Geoffrey Verhoef followed with a runscoring single, but the inning ended with a double play.
In the fifth inning, Sebastiaan van der Horst led off with a walk and Daan Groenewoud followed with a single.
With one out, Van der Horst stole third base and went on to score on a sacrifice fly by Jesse Aussems to put RCH ahead, 4-1.
In its first four at bats, Sparks Haarlem had produced three basehits off of Sven van de Sanden and scored once.
But in the bottom of the fifth, the team staged a 6-run rally on six consecutive basehits.
Van de Sanden began the at bat with his eighth strikeout, but then gave up the six basehits.
Jesse van de Berg first reached on an infield-hit and Wessel Pirovano followed with a single.
After a double steal, Van de Berg scored on a single by Duko Jansen.
Hereafter, Jerry Zonneveld drove the ball into leftfield for a 3-run homerun, which put Sparks ahead, 5-4.
When next batters Joffrey Heus and Arno Guntekin also singled, a pitching change followed.
Lars Werkman took over, but he got the bases loaded when he hit Yassar Guntekin with a pitch.
A passed ball followed and that not only enabled Heus to score, but also the first Guntekin from second base.
That made it a 7-4 score.
With runners at the corners, two flyouts ended the at bat, but Sparks Haarlem had turned the game around.
No more runs were added in the remainder of the game.
Sparks Haarlem got six more baserunners, but none of them on a basehit.
The team got a chance to do some scoring again in the bottom of the seventh when it got the bases loaded off of new pitcher Nick Andringa.
With one out, he walked Arno Guntekin.
And with two outs, he also walked Calvin Semeleer and Siebe van Pelt.
However, the three runners were left behind, as a flyout ended the at bat.
In the bottom of the eighth, Sparks got two more runners in scoring position.
With one out, Duko Jansen walked.
Koen Werkman then became RCH's fourth pitcher, but he hit Jerry Zonneveld with a pitch.
After a double steal, the two runners were left behind.
After having given up RCH's fourth run in the fifth inning, Rutger Zwaal kept RCH scoreless and got only one more runner in scoring position.
In the sixth inning, Zwaal walked Leandro Anasagasti, who then was awarded second base on a balk.
With two outs, Anasagasti moved to third base on a single by Teun van der Meer, but a flyout ended the at bat.
In the next three innings, Zwaal encountered no more problems.
In the seventh, the righthander hit lead-off hitter Daan Groenewoud with a pitch, but the Sparks-defense turned a double play on a grounder by Thomas Kwakernaak.
From there, Zwaal retired the final eight batters he faced to secure the win and throw his first complete game in this Pool.
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Pilot-Pool: Sparks Haarlem comes from behind to win against RCH-Pinguïns
HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Sparks Haarlem won 7-4 against RCH Memorie Sieraden on Sunday (September 11) in the second game of their series in the Major League/First Division Pilot-Pool.
RCH had won on Saturday with a 5-3 score.
Thursday's opener rained out and will be made up coming Tuesday-evening (September 13) in Heemstede.
Two other games in this Pool were also played today.
Major League/First Division Pilot-Pool.