(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM -
On Thursday-evening (April 21), the third series of the 2022 season gets underway.
In this series, it is DSS/Kinheim that has no games scheduled, due to the odd total of teams in the Dutch big league.
Curaçao Neptunus, which had last weekend off, gets back into action and meets Hoofddorp Pioniers, which is still winless after six games.
One of its games ended in a tie.
In the upcoming series, only righthander Benjamin Meyer returns to the starting rotation of Pioniers.
T'saun Martina and Yassir Lachkar both have their first starting assignment of the season.
League-leader HCAW has won all six games its played since the start of the season.
This is the best season-start for the Bussum-team since 2006.
Back then, the team won its first seven consecutive games.
In the coming series, HCAW meets Quick Amersfoort, which is 1-4 with one tie.
Unfortunately, the starting pitchers of Neptunus have not been announced, so the pitchers listed are the probable (and unconfirmed) starters, based on the rotation in the opening series.
It has been reported that righthander Orlando Yntema, who has been on the disabled list since June of last year, might return to action next month.
Beneath are the announced starters for the games in the upcoming series.
As always, these assignments can change on game-days.
(April 20)
Rosters
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| Roster | SILICON STORKS (1-2) | vs. |
L&D AMSTERDAM PIRATES (4-1-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Storks | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 16 | RHP Darryl Jamoena (0-0) | 1 | 79 | RHP Entwin Reigina (0-0) | Th. Apr. 21, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (1)(*) |
| 25 | RHP Twan Naessens (0-1) | 2 | 81 | LHP Nelmerson Angela (1-0) | Sa. Apr. 23, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (2) |
| 31 | RHP Mike van den Berg (0-1) | 3 | | to be decided | Su. Apr. 24, 1:00 PM, The Hague (3) |
(1) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam (site Neptunus); (2) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam
(3) - Sportpark 'Kijkduin', The Hague |
| (*) - Thursday's home-game of Storks will be played at the site of Neptunus, as there is no light-installation at its home-site in The Hague |
| Roster | HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (0-5-1) | vs. |
CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (3-0) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 31 | RHP Benjamin Meyer (0-1) | 1 | 15 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (1-0) (*) | Th. Apr. 21, 7:30 PM, Hoofddorp (4) |
| 35 | RHP T'saun Martina (0-0) | 2 | 27 | RHP Kaj Timmermans (1-0) (*) | Sa. Apr. 23, 1:00 PM, Rotterdam (5) |
| 6 | RHP Yassir Lachkar (0-0) | 3 | 33 | RHP Kevin Kelly (1-0) (*) | Su. Apr. 24, 1:00 PM, Hoofddorp (4) |
| (4) - ETO Ballpark, Sportpark Pioniers, Park21, Hoofddorp; (5) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam |
| (*) - Starting pitchers of Neptunus have not (yet) been confirmed |
| Roster | QUICK AMERSFOORT (1-4-1) | vs. |
HCAW (6-0) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Quick | G | # | Starting Pitchers HCAW |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 70 | RHP Johnaikel Acosta (1-0) | 1 | 45 | LHP Jim Ploeger (2-0) | Th. Apr. 21, 7:30 PM, Amersfoort (6) |
| 5 | RHP Stijn Bruins Slot (0-2) | 2 | 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (0-0) | Sa. Apr. 23, 2:00 PM, Bussum (7) |
| | to be decided | 3 | 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (2-0) | Su. Apr. 24, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (6) |
| (6) - Sportpark 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort; (7) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sporpark Zanderijweg, Bussum |
| Roster | RCH MEMORIE SIERADEN (3-3) | vs. |
TWINS OOSTERHOUT (4-1-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers RCH-Pinguïns | G | # | Starting Pitchers Twins |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 40 | LHP Lochlan Southee (0-2) | 1 | 11 | RHP Koen Postelmans (0-1) | Th. Apr. 21, 7:30 PM, Heemstede (8) |
| 41 | RHP Jeremy Young (1-0) | 2 | 10 | LHP Ryan Huntington (2-0) | Sa. Apr. 23, 2:00 PM, Oosterhout (9) |
| | to be decided | 3 | 6 | RHP Simon Gross (1-0) | Su. Apr. 24, 2:00 PM, Heemstede (8) |
| (8) - Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede; (9) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout |
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