Twins Oosterhout got on base right from the beginning, then opened the score in the third inning, took more distance, encountered no problems and went on to record a surprising comfortable victory.
In the top of the first inning, Marnix Ruben led off with a single off of Storks-starter Twan Naessens, but three flyouts followed.
With one out in the second inning, Ben van Dulken and Sydney Hoeverts walked.
This time, the first was eliminated in a double play after a flyout in the outfield.
Twins then opened the score in the top of the third inning.
Albin Lebron led off with a double and Marnix Ruben followed with a single and then stole second base.
The first then scored when next batter Gijs van Zalingen also singled.
Again, with runners at the corners, a grounder by Thijmen Peters led to the elimination of Ruben.
But moments later, Van Zalingen scored on a sacrifice fly by Jerzy van Gool.
...Jerzy van Gool is one of the players...
...in the Twins-team with experience...
...in the Dutch big league...
...Today, he batted in a run...
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Twins added another run in the top of the fifth, but also left the bases loaded.
Marnix Ruben led off with his third basehit in three at bats and stole second base.
With one out, he moved to third base on a wild pitch, then Thijmen Peters walked, which led to a pitching change.
Obed Hernandez took over, but he got the bases loaded when he hit Jerzy van Gool with a pitch.
With two outs, Ruben scored when Ben van Dulken walked.
However, three runners were left behind when a flyout ended the at bat.
In the sixth, Twins increased its lead to 4-0.
When Dick van Heesch and Albin Lebron began the at bat with a walk, another pitching change followed.
Johannes Verroen Garcia took the mound for Storks and he got a double play-grounder from Marnix Ruben.
That brought Van Heesch to third base and shortly thereafter, he scored on a wild pitch.
Twins-starter Jan van de Hurk didn't encounter problems in the first six innings.
In these at bats, the righthander gave up three basehits, got only two runners in scoring position, but he also picked off two runners.
After having retired the side in the first inning, he gave up an one-out double to Sigmar Eustacia.
With two outs, Van de Hurk ended the at bat by successfully picking off Eustacia on second base.
Van de Hurk retired the side again in the third, then was supported with a double play in the fourth.
With two outs, Kevin van Veen reached base for Storks on an error, then advanced on a single by Edvin Yrausquin.
Again, the at bat ended with a pick-off, this time Yrausquin was eliminated at first base.
Van de Hurk had a fine outing for Twins, as he also retired the side in the fifth and sixth inning.
Storks then scored what would be its lone run in the bottom of the seventh.
Luis Gonzalez Garay led off with a single and next batter Kevin van Veen walked.
Two flyouts followed, but Van de Hurk then gave up an RBI-double to Kelvin Knape.
That ended the afternoon for the righthander.
Leftfielder Marnix Ruben took over and got an inning-ending grounder.
Twins immediately took some more distance by adding insurance runs in the eighth and ninth inning.
In the eighth, Dick van Heesch led off with a walk, stole second base and went on to score on an one-out grounder by Marnix Ruben.
In the ninth, Thijmen Peters led off with a walk.
With one out, Twins got runners on first and third base when a fielder's choice-grounder by Matthew Joossens led to no outs.
Peters then scored on a single by Ben van Dulken and Joossens went on to score on a wild pitch to make it a 7-1 score.
Storks got one final scoring opportunity in the bottom of the eighth.
Lead-off hitter Sem Cloo reached on an error and Darryl Jamoena was hit by a pitch.
In the opener on Thursday, Jamoena was the starting and winning pitcher for Storks, today, he was the designated hitter.
However, Cloo was forced out at third base on a grounder by Raibiently Mercalina, then Jamoena was eliminated when he tried to score on a following single by Luis Gonzalez Garay.
With runners on first and second base, Marnix Ruben closed the at bat with a strikeout.
He then retired the side in the ninth to secure the win and earn a save.
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Second team Twins Oosterhout outscores Storks in Pilot-Pool
THE HAGUE (Neth.) -
The second team of Twins Oosterhout recorded a 7-1 victory against the big league-team of Silicon Storks in the Major League/First Division Pilot-Pool on Saturday-afternoon (August 20).
Last Thursday, Storks opened with an 11-3 win.
Twins got good pitching from Jan van de Hurk and Marnix Ruben.
The latter also got three basehits today, scored a run and batted in one.
Major League/First Division Pilot Pool.