(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
On Thursday-evening (July 4), the next 3-game series opens in the Dutch big league, followed by games coming Saturday and Sunday.
This will be the fourth series in the second half of the regular season.
RCH-Pinguïns has no games scheduled in the upcoming series.
This also will be the last series to be played before the international interruption.
After Sunday's games, the focus will switch to the Netherlands National Baseball Team.
From July 12 through 19, the Orange-squad will participate in the 31st edition of the Baseball Week Haarlem in the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem.
Besides the Netherlands, National Teams of Chinese Taipei, Italy, Japan, Spain and the USA will also participate.
For Spain, it will mark the first time it participates in the international tournament, which was first organized in 1961.
Schedule Baseball Week
The second half of the big league-season will resume on Thursday, July 25.
By the way, Amsterdam Pirates and Curaçao Neptunus currently have one game less in their second half-standings.
On June 13, in Rotterdam, Pirates won 7-3 against Neptunus, which filed a protest in the top of the ninth inning against and umpiring decision.
Recently, the protest was alloted.
With that, the game will have to be replayed with one out and two baserunners in the top of the ninth with Pirates leading, 6-2.
That will be done on August 3 before the regular scheduled game in Rotterdam.
Beneath are the announced probable starting pitchers for the thirteenth 3-game series of the 2024 season that opens on Thursday-evening, July 4.
As always, these pitching assignments can change on game-days.
Listed between the first parentheses is the record in the second half, listed in the second pair of parentheses is the record in the first half of the season.
(July 3-4)
Scores, Schedule and Standings
Rosters
Live play-by-play & live-streams
| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | HCAW (4-5) (16-7-1) | vs. |
AMSTERDAM PIRATES (3-4-1) (19-5) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers HCAW | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 16 | RHP Kaj Timmermans (6-2) | 1 | 54 | LHP Nelmerson Angela (4-1) | Th. July 4, 7:30 PM, Bussum (1) |
| 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (7-2) | 2 | 26 | RHP Luke Wilkins (2-0) | Sa. July 6, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (2) |
| 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (5-1) | 3 | 3 | RHP Martijn Schoonderwoerd (4-3) | Su. July 7, 2:00 PM, Bussum (1) |
| (1) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark 'De Sportvallei', Bussum; (2) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam |
| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (8-0) (22-2) | vs. |
DSS/KINHEIM (1-7-1) (12-10-2) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers DSS/Kinheim |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 88 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (7-0) | 1 | 39 | LHP Rick Rizvić (3-4) | Th. July 4, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (3) |
| 39 | RHP Shairon Martis (7-0) | 2 | 58 | LHP Jasper Elfrink (3-3) | Sa. July 6, 2:00 PM, Haarlem (4) |
| 30 | RHP Koen Postelmans (4-1) | 3 | 30 | RHP Rick Timmermans (0-2) | Su. July 7, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (3) |
| (3) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (4) - Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | UVV (4-2) (10-13-1) | vs. |
OOSTERHOUT TWINS (5-1) (11-13) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers UVV | G | # | Starting Pitchers Twins |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 35 | RHP Mike van den Berg (3-3) | 1 | 19 | RHP Misja Harcksen (3-3) | Th. July 4, 7:30 PM, Vleuten (5) |
| 25 | LHP Colin van Laar (3-2) | 2 | 14 | RHP Wyatt Lankford (6-2) | Sa. July 6, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (6) |
| 13 | RHP Jurjen van Zijl (5-4) | 3 | 15 | RHP Jack Wagner (3-2) | Su. July 7, 2:00 PM, Vleuten (1) |
| (5) - Sportpark 'De Paperclip', Vleuten; (6) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | WORLDWIDE PHARMA LOGISTICS HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (3-6) (4-19-1) | vs. |
QUICK AMERSFOORT (1-5) (0-24) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitchers Quick |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 4 | LHP Maxwell Cornelissen (1-2) | 1 | | to be determined | Th. July 4, 7:30 PM, Hoofddorp (7) |
| 22 | RHP Just van den Ouweelen (2-6) | 2 | | to be determined | Sa. July 6, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (8) |
| 98 | RHP Arjen Nijkamp (1-6) | 3 | | to be determined | Su. July 7, 2:00 PM, Hoofddorp (7) |
| (7) - ETO Ballpark, Sport Park 21, Hoofddorp; (8) - SportPark 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort |
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