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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Robert Bos) RCH-Pinguïns wins Pilot-Pool opener against UVV with small shutout Nederlands VLEUTEN (Neth.) - RCH Memorie Sieraden recorded a small 2-0 shutout in its opening-game against UVV on Saturday-afternoon (August 20). Last Thursday-evening, the initial first game rained out and will be made up coming Tuesday-evening. On Sunday, the teams will meet in Heemstede for the second game of this opening series in the Major League/First Division Pilot-Pool. Before today's game, UVV was honored for capturing the title in the First Division this season. On July 24, the final day of the First Division Top-6 Pool, UVV won 9-3 in an away-game at Sparks Haarlem to finish in first place, one point ahead of Twins Oosterhout-2. And five points ahead of Sparks Haarlem, which finished in third place. Two other games were also played today in this Pool. The second team of Twins Oosterhout recorded a surprise 7-1 victory in an away-game at Silicon Storks in The Hague. Last Thursday, Storks opened with an 11-3 win. Quick Amersfoort won at home with a comfortable 12-3 win against Sparks Haarlem. Last Thursday, it was Sparks that also almost recorded a surprise win in the opening-game, but then had to settle for a 10-10 tie in nine innings. In this Pool, the teams that finished in third, fourth and fifth place in the Major League Bottom-5 Pool (RCH-Pinguïns, Quick Amersfoort, Storks) meet the top-three teams of the First Division Top-6 Pool (UVV, Twins Oosterhout-2, Sparks Haarlem). These teams will meet each other in 3-game series for a total of fifteen games per team. In the best-of-five Play-Offs, Curaçao Neptunus took a 2-0 lead against Twins Oosterhout with a small 4-2 win. On Thursday, the Rotterdam-team opened with a 7-2 victory. Reigning champion L&D Amsterdam Pirates shutout HCAW 4-0 after having lost the opener with a 5-0 score in eleven innings. With that, there will be at least a fourth game in this series coming Saturday in Bussum. If needed, a fifth game will then be played the next day in Amsterdam. The winners of the Play-Offs will advance to the best-of-seven Holland Series. Hoofddorp Pioniers also took a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series for fifth and sixth place in the Dutch big league against DSS/Kinheim. Pioniers scored ten runs in the second inning, but was unable to end the game via the mercy-rule, as DSS/Kinheim did something back in the final three at bats. Pioniers won with a 12-8 score after opening on Thursday with a 9-4 win. (August 20)

In a quick-paced game, which took just over two hours to complete, everything happened in one at bat. That was the third in which RCH-Pinguïns scored its two runs (with two outs). UVV outhit the Heemstede-opponent 5-4, but was kept scoreless by Jeremy Young, who went the distance. The Australian righthander needed just 100 pitches and struckout five batters, while walking only one. RCH-Pinguïns faced Aaron Isenia, who retired the first six batters he faced, striking out three of them. But the lefthander then gave up the lone two runs in the game in the third at bat. ...Jeremy Young... ...winning pitcher... (© Photo: Robert Bos) Geoffrey Verhoef led off the third with a single, then advanced to third base when a fielder's choice-grounder by next batter Teun van der Meer resulted in no outs. With runners at the corners, a double-steal attempt ended in the elimination of Verhoef at the plate, while Van der Meer moved to second base. Isenia followed with a strikeout, but then gave up a single to Daan Groenewoud that brought in Van der Meer. Moment later, Groenewoud scored the second run when next batter Leandro Anasagasti doubled. He then moved to third base on a passed ball, but was left behind when Isenia closed with another strikeout. But RCH-Pinguïns had scored what would be the deciding runs. RCH got another scoring opportunity in the top of the fifth. With one out, Paris Aguilera Zayas walked, but was forced out on a grounder by Daan Groenewoud. The latter then tried to advance to third base on a single by Leandro Anasagasti, but was eliminated there, which ended the at bat. The team got into scoring position with two outs again in the sixth. With one out, Yurdion Martie walked, as did Ties van der Beeke with two outs. A force play closed this inning. When Aaron Isenia walked lead-off hitter Teun van der Meer in the seventh, UVV's Head Coach Frank Koene made a pitching change. Koene, who played in the Dutch big league for Giants Diemen, Kinheim and HCAW, inserted Kyle Ward, also a lefthander. Ward played several seasons in the highest league for UVV, Amsterdam Pirates and HCAW. In the next three innings, Ward got only one more batter to reach base. In the top of then ninth, he hit lead-off hitter Ties van der Beeke with a pitch. He then moved on a sacrifice bunt by Geoffrey Verhoef, but was left behind. UVV got only four runners in scoring position off of Jeremy Young. None of them reached third base. In the bottom of the second inning, Karl Hoschke led off for UVV with a walk. With one out, the Australian moved to second base on a grounder by Daan Terstall, but was left behind. In 2014, Hoschke played ten games professionally in the Rookie League-team of the Atlanta Braves-organization. In 2018, the outfielder participated in the World University Championship in Taiwan with the Australian Team. In the fourth inning, Hoschke accounted for the first basehit off of his fellow Australian Jeremy Young, but was left behind on first base. UVV got two runners in scoring position in the fifth at bat. Daan Terstall led off with a single and moved on an one-out single by Jaycy Fluonia. But Terstall was then forced out at third base on a grounder by Daan Jansen. That moved Fluonia to second base, but UVV left two runners behind. UVV got its final runner on second base in the eighth. Jaycy Fluonia led off with his second basehit, but was forced out on a grounder by Daan Jansen. The latter then advanced to second base on a fielder's choice, but two grounders followed. Jeremy Young retired the side in the first, third and sixth inning. And he did so again in the bottom of the ninth to close the game.

UVV - RCH Memorie Sieraden 0-2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E RCH Memorie Sieraden 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 0 UVV 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 pitcher RCH-Pinguïns inn. SO BB H R ER Jeremy Young, W (1-0) 9 4 1 5 - - pitchers UVV inn. SO BB H R ER Aaron Isenia, L (0-1) 6 (*) 7 5 4 2 2 Kyle Ward 3 3 - - - - (*) - Isenia pitched to one batter in the seventh inning Standings Scores Schedule Rosters Major League Rosters First Division Umpires: HP-Paul Timmermans, 1B-Rik van de Keer. Scorer-Ruud Fokkenrood (UVV). Technical Commissioner-Fred van Groningen Schinkel. Starting Time-2:00 PM. Time Played-2:10 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Paperclip', Vleuten. Game Notes: Major League/First Division Pilot Pool. Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 23° C (73,4° F); wind direction west-southwest; wind speed 13 kmh (8,1 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 44%.

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