Storks was outhit 14-11 by RCH-Pinguïns, but several more baserunners.
Two RCH-pitchers walked seven batters, while the defense committed six errors, resulting in seven unearned runs.
The two Storks-pitchers walked only one batter.
It was RCH that opened the score and led 3-0 halfway the second inning.
Storks then came alongside in its second at bat, took the lead in the third and from there took more distance in the following innings.
...Kelvin Knape...
...5x on base, 3 runs scored, 1 RBI...
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In the top of the first inning, Daan Groenewoud led off for RCH with a single and Thomas Kwakernaak followed with a double off of starter Darryl Jamoena.
The two runners advanced on a wild pitch and so, Groenewoud scored.
Next batter (and former Storks-player) Yurdion Martie also singled, but Kwakernaak was unable to score, while Martie was eliminated at second base.
Moments later, Kwakernaak scored on a grounder by Tilsaimy Melfor.
RCH added another run in the second inning.
This time, Geoffrey Verhoef led off with a single, advanced on a grounder, then moved to third base on an one-out single by Teun van der Meer.
Verhoef then scored on a single by Daan Groenewoud.
Storks was retired in order in its first at bat by Sven van de Sanden, but then scored three runs in the bottom of the second inning when the RCH-defense made three errors.
Lead-off hitter Sigmar Eustacia reached on an error, then the bases got loaded when Kelvin Knape walked and Khirstan Gibbs also reached on an error.
Mike van den Berg followed with a runscoring single and another run was added when David van Heyningen walked.
Van de Sanden followed with a strikeout.
That could have been the third out and no runs would have been scored.
But now, this was only the first out, two runs had scored and the bases were still loaded.
Moments later, Gibbs scored the tying run when Jurian Hansen reached on the third error in this at bat.
A strikeout and foul-fly ended the inning, but the score was 3-3.
In the bottom of the third inning, Storks scored twice to take the lead.
Sigmar Eustacia led off with a walk, then an error was made on a grounder by Kelvin Knape.
The two runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Khirstan Gibbs and both scored when Mike van den Berg (who is a pitcher) delivered a single.
Now trailing 5-3, RCH got one run back in the top of the fourth.
Geoffrey Verhoef led off with a single, moved to third base on an one-out double by Teun van der Meer, then scored on a passed ball.
Van der Meer stranded on third base.
Storks answered with three more runs of its own, but also saw two runners being eliminated on the basepaths.
Jurian Hansen led off with a walk and Storks got runners at the corners when Raibiently Mercalina followed with a single.
Hereafter, Kevin van Veen connected for a double.
That brought in Hansen, but Mercalina was eliminated at the plate when he also tried to score.
Van Veen moved to third base on an infield-hit to deep short by Sigmar Eustacia, who was eliminated himself when he tried to advance to second base on his hit.
With two outs, Van Veen scored when Kelvin Knape reached on an error.
Knape was able to advanced to second base on the error, then scored on a single by Khirstan Gibbs.
And so, Storks now led 8-4.
RCH-Pinguïns left two runners behind in the fifth inning, but then added two more runs in the top of the sixth.
With two outs, Daan Groenewoud and Thomas Kwakernaak both reached on an infield-hit.
Shortly thereafter, both scored on a double by Yurdion Martie to narrow the deficit to 8-6.
Again, Storks reacted immediately and also scored twice in its sixth at bat.
Raibiently Mercalina led off with a single and Kevin van Veen walked.
The latter was forced out on a grounder by Sigmar Eustacia.
That moved Mercalina to third base and he then scored on a single by Kelvin Knape.
That led to a pitching change.
Joel Martis (who also is former Storks-player) took over, but he was greeted with a runscoring single from Khirstan Gibbs, who later was left behind on third base.
...Tye Brødsjø catching in his lone...
...regular season-game for Storks on June 25...
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In the top of the seventh, it was RCH that got another runner in scoring position.
With one out, Ties van der Beeke doubled, which was the thirteenth (and last) basehit given up by Darryl Jamoena.
But he stranded on second base, as two grounders ended the at bat.
Storks took more distance by again scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh.
Lead-off hitter David van Heyningen walked and next batter Tye Brødsjø reached on an error.
Both scored moments later, as Jurian Hansen followed with a runscoring single and Raibiently Mercalina added an RBI-double.
Brødsjø was the catcher today for Storks.
In the regular season, he played in part of only one game for Storks in June, which coincidentally also was against RCH.
At that moment, he became the first Norwegian player in the highest Dutch baseball-league.
In July, Brødsjø participated with the National Team of Norway in the European Championship Qualifier in Belgrade (Serbia).
There, Norway won three of its four games and ended in a tie for first place with Slovakia and Hungary.
However, the team finished third due to the Team Quality Balance (runs-for-against-formula) and Slovakia and Hungary went on to the Final.
Hungary won 8-1.
Brødsjø played in all four games and was 2-for-15 (.133) with a double, scored once and batted in two runs.
With Storks now leading 12-6, RCH-Pinguïns was able to add one more run in the top of the eighth off of new pitcher Obed Hernandez.
With one out, Daan Groenewoud reached on an error, then Thomas Kwakernaak was hit by a pitch.
The two moved on a passed ball, then Groenewoud scored on a sacrifice fly by Yurdion Martie.
RCH got a chance to do some more scoring in the top of the ninth when it got the bases loaded.
Hernandez hit lead-off hitter Leandro Anasagasti with a pitch, then got the bases loaded with two outs when Geoffrey Verhoef singled (he was 3-for-5) and Sebastiaan van der Horst walked.
But two flyouts then ended the at bat and the game.
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Pilot-Pool: Storks outscores RCH-Pinguïns in final home-game of season
THE HAGUE (Neth.) -
Two days after two games rained out on Thursday-evening, the same scenario followed two days later.
On Saturday (September 17), only one game could be played as scheduled in the Major League/First Division Pilot-Pool.
Just as on Thursday, one game was cancelled, while another one was halted shortly after it had started.
Oh, and more rain is expected for Sunday when three games are scheduled in this Pool.
In The Hague, Silicon Storks and RCH Memorie Sieraden were the only two teams that were able to play today.
Storks won with a 12-7 score in what was the team's final home-game of the 2022 season.
On Thursday, the opener of this series also rained out and it will be made up coming Tuesday-evening (September 20) in Heemstede.
On Sunday, the teams also are scheduled to meet in Heemstede.
Major League/First Division Pilot-Pool.