(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
On Thursday-evening (August 15), the next 3-game series opens in both the Top-4 Pool and the Bottom-5 Pool in the Dutch big league, followed by games coming Saturday and Sunday.
In the previous series, Curaçao Neptunus and Amsterdam Pirates, the two leaders in the Top-4 Pool, both recorded a sweep.
Neptunus won all three games against HCAW, while Pirates swept DSS/Kinheim, including two mercy-rule wins.
In the coming series, Neptunus and Pirates will face each other.
In the Bottom-5 Pool, Oosterhout Twins swept Worldwide Pharma Logistics Hoofddorp Pioniers.
In the other series, UVV won two of its three games against RCH-Pinguïns.
From Thursday on, UVV and Twins, the two leaders in the Bottom-5 Pool, will meet.
In the upcoming series in the Bottom-5 Pool, RCH-Pinguïns is the team that has no games scheduled.
Beneath are the announced probable starting pitchers for the seventeenth 3-game series of the 2024 season that opens on Thursday-evening, August 15.
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.
(August 14)
Scores, Schedule and Standings
Rosters
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| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (16-2) (22-2) | vs. |
AMSTERDAM PIRATES (9-8-1) (19-5) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 37 | RHP Tom de Blok (7-1) | 1 | 54 | LHP Nelmerson Angela (4-2) | Th. Aug. 15, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| 39 | RHP Shairon Martis (9-0) | 2 | 66 | RHP Naut Kragt (2-1) | Sa. Aug. 17, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (2) |
| 88 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (9-0) | 3 | 41 | RHP Daniel Vos (1-0) | Su. Aug. 18, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| (1) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (2) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam |
| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | HCAW (8-10) (16-7-1) | vs. |
DSS/KINHEIM (2-15-1) (12-10-2) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers HCAW | G | # | Starting Pitchers DSS/Kinheim |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 38 | LHP Chris Stuart (0-0) | 1 | 17 | RHP Mathijs Oosterbeek (2-1) | Th. Aug. 15, 7:30 PM, Bussum (3) |
| 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (7-3) | 2 | 58 | LHP Jasper Elfrink (4-4) | Sa. Aug. 17, 2:00 PM, Bussum (3) |
| 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (7-2) | 3 | 15 | RHP Dylan Eshuis (0-1) | Su. Aug. 18, 2:00 PM, Haarlem (4) |
| (3) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark 'De Sportvallei', Bussum; (4) - Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | OOSTERHOUT TWINS (12-3) (11-13) | vs. |
UVV (14-4) (10-13-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Twins | G | # | Starting Pitchers UVV |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 6 | RHP Simon Gross (2-5) | 1 | 25 | LHP Colin van Laar (2-8) | Th. Aug. 15, 7:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| 19 | RHP Misja Harcksen (5-4) | 2 | 20 | RHP Ruben Dekker (1-2) | Sa. Aug. 17, 2:00 PM, Vleuten (6) |
| 14 | RHP Wyatt Lankford (8-2) | 3 | 35 | RHP Mike van den Berg (5-3) | Su. Aug. 18, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| (5) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout; (6) - Sportpark 'De Paperclip', Vleuten |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | QUICK AMERSFOORT (2-12-1) (0-24) | vs. |
WORLDWIDE PHARMA LOGISTICS HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (4-13-1) (4-19-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Quick | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers |
| Date, Time & Site |
| | to be decided | 1 | 22 | RHP Just van den Ouweelen (2-8) | Th. Aug. 15, 7:30 PM, Amersfoort (7) |
| | to be decided | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. Aug. 17, 2:00 PM, Hoofddorp (8) |
| | to be decided | 3 | 9 | RHP Eddie Aucoin (1-2) | Su. Aug. 18, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (7) |
| (7) - SportPark 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort; (8) - ETO Ballpark, Sport Park 21, Hoofddorp |
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