(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM -
Coming Thursday-evening (July 21), the regular season in the Dutch big league will resume with the next 3-game series in the Top-4 and Bottom-5 Pools.
The last games were played July 3.
Thereafter, the was interrupted for the 30th editon of the Baseball Week Haarlem, which opened on Friday, July 8 and closed on Friday, July 15.
The national team of the Netherlands won the international event for the fifth time after beating Curaçao 6-1 in the Final.
The Top-4 Pool ends on Sunday, August 7, the Bottom-5 Pool ends on Sunday, July 31.
While the Top-4 Pool plays its final series, the two best teams from the Bottom-5 Pool will meet in the best-of-three Wild Card Qualifier to decide whom they will meet in the best-of-three Wild Card Bottom Series.
That Series is scheduled August 11-14.
On those dates, the two best teams of the Top-4 Pool will face each other in the best-of-three Wild Card Top Series.
The winners of the Wild Card Top Series then will meet the winners of the Wild Card Bottom Series in the best-of-five Play-Offs (August 18-28).
The winners of those series advance to the Holland Series (first game September 15).
The losing teams of the Wild Card Bottom Series will play a best-of-five Play-Off (August 18-28) for fifth and sixth place.
Beneath are the announced starters for the games in the upcoming series.
As always, these assignments can change on game-days.
(July 20)
Rosters
Live play-by-play & live-streams
| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (11-7) (21-3) | vs. |
L&D AMSTERDAM PIRATES (11-7) (17-6-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 45 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (8-1) | 1 | 32 | RHP Scott Prins (4-0) | Th. July 21, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| 36 | RHP Aaron de Groot (2-2) | 2 | 64 | RHP Shairon Martis (4-1) | Sa. July 23, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (2) |
| 27 | RHP Kaj Timmermans (6-2) | 3 | 54 | LHP Nelmerson Angela (4-1) | Su. July 24, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| (1) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (1) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam |
| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | HCAW (10-8) (20-4) | vs. |
TWINS OOSTERHOUT (4-14) (12-11-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers HCAW | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 45 | LHP Jim Ploeger (4-2) | 1 | 11 | RHP Koen Postelmans (5-4) | Th. July 21, 7:30 PM, Bussum (3) |
| 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (7-0) | 2 | 10 | LHP Ryan Huntington (4-6) | Sa. July 23, 2:00 PM, Oosterhout (4) |
| 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (8-1) | 3 | 28
5 | RHP Elton Koeiman (0-1) or
RHP Chikara Igami (1-1) | Su. July 24, 2:00 PM, Bussum (3) |
| (3) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark Zanderijweg, Bussum; (4) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (11-7) (7-16-1) | vs. |
RCH MEMORIE SIERADEN (13-5) (10-14) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitchers RCH-Pinguïns |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 33 | LHP Dylan Farley (0-1) | 1 | | to be decided | Th. July 21, 7:30 PM, Hoofddorp (5) |
| 35 | RHP T'sean Martina (2-1) | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. July 23, 2:00 PM, Heemstede (6) |
| 38 | RHP Koen van 't Klooster (2-1) | 3 | 44 | LHP Sebastian Kok (2-1) | Su. July 24, 1:00 PM, Hoofddorp (5) |
| (5) - ETO Ballpark, Sportpark Pioniers, Park21, Hoofddorp; (6) - Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | SILICON STORKS (4-17) (2-22) | vs. |
QUICK AMERSFOORT (7-11) (6-17-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Storks | G | # | Starting Pitchers Quick |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 16 | RHP Darryl Jamoena (0-10) | 1 | 52 | LHP Jhan Rifaela (1-2) | Th. July 21, 7:30 PM, Heemstede (7)(*) |
| 25 | RHP Twan Naessens (0-5) | 2 | 19 | RHP Wally Vrolijk (1-4) | Sa. July 23, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (8) |
| 31 | RHP Mike van den Berg (2-8) | 3 | 5 | RHP Stijn Bruins Slot (3-6) | Su. July 24, 1:00 PM, The Hague (9) |
| (7) - Heemsteedse Sportpark, Heemstede (site RCH-Pinguïns); (8) - XL Lease Park 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort; (9) - Sportpark 'Kijkduin', The Hague |
| (*) - Thursday's home-game of Storks will be played at the site of RCH-Pinguïns, as there is no light-installation at its home-site in The Hague |
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