On Friday-evening, the first five innings remained scoreless, today, there were no runs in the first four at bats.
HCAW then scored three runs in the fifth and that was all the scoring in today's game.
Amsterdam Pirates-starter Nelmerson Angela encountered no problems in the first four innings, facing a minimum of twelve batters.
The lefthander retired the first six batters he faced, including one strikeout.
In the third, Angela gave up a lead-off single to Max Draijer, but then was supported with a double play.
A foul pop-up ended the at bat.
Angela then retired the side again in the fourth, adding a strikeout.
But in the top of the fifth, HCAW struck with a 3-run rally.
Former Pirate Delano Selassa led off with a single and stole second base, then Quintin de Cuba was hit by a pitch.
The two advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Kevin Dirksen, then both scored when Max Draijer followed with a single.
Hereafter, Draijer scored the third run on a single by Bob van der Meer.
Another single followed, hit by Julian Goins.
HCAW got runners on second and third base via a wild pitch, then got the bases loaded when Brendly Martina walked.
With one out and three runners on base, Yassir Lachkar took over the Pirates-pitching.
The inning ended when Victor Draijer grounded into a double play.
But HCAW had scored enough runs for today's win.
For HCAW, the fifth inning was the lone one in which it got a runner in scoring position.
After getting only one baserunner in the first four innings, it also got only one more runner in the final four at bats.
With one out in the seventh, Max Draijer reached on an error, but then was caught stealing.
Amsterdam Pirates collected all eight basehits off of starter Lars Huijer, who won the Award for Best Pitcher in the past two seasons in the Dutch big league.
However, the righthander avoided giving up runs.
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...Nathan Diaby (left) and Nick Keur pitched...
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And how about the home-team?
Was HCAW unable to get into scoring position in eight of its nine at bats, Pirates got several runners on second and third base throughout the game.
However, the team was unable to score a run.
With one out in the bottom of the first inning, Alex Madera and Denzel Richardson singled.
Huijer then struckout Oliver van der Wijst Severino and a force play ended this scoring opportunity.
In the second inning, Jules Cremer led off for Pirates with a single, but J Rhet Montana followed with a double play-grounder.
In the third inning, the home-team again got runners on first and second base with one out when Roelie Henrique and Alex Madera singled.
They were left behind.
In the fourth and fifth inning, Lars Huijer struckout the first two batters, then got a baserunner, but he stranded on first base.
Pirates then got its next runner in scoring position in the bottom of the sixth.
With one out, Kenny Berkenbosch singled, stole second base and advanced to third base on a grounder, but also was left behind.
Pirates again got two baserunners in the eighth off of reliever Nathan Diaby.
With one out, he walked Oliver van der Wijst Severino, but he was caught stealing moments later.
Diaby then also walked Kenny Berkenbosch, but a line out then ended the at bat.
Pirates got two more baserunners in the bottom of the ninth off of closer Nick Keur.
With two outs, Luca van Gorkum and pinch-hitter Lucas Vos both walked.
They were left behind, as a grounder by Alex Madera ended the inning and the game.
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HCAW also shuts out Amsterdam Pirates in second game
AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
In another low-scoring game, HCAW recorded its second consecutive shutout-victory against Amsterdam Pirates on Saturday (April 8).
After having won 5-0 in the opener on Friday-evening, HCAW today won with a 3-0 score.
Just like in the first game, HCAW scored all runs in the same inning.
However, HCAW was outhit 8-5 by Pirates.
Alex Madera got three of the Pirates-basehits.
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