(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
On Thursday-evening (May 16), the next 3-game series opens in the Dutch big league.
The series will be completed with games on Saturday and Sunday in the Pentecost Weekend.
No games are scheduled for Monday.
After the upcoming series, three more series will follow to complete the first half of the regular season.
The final game of the first half is scheduled for Sunday, June 9.
At the moment, there are no remaining make-up games.
However, rain is predicted for Thursday.
League-leader Curaçao Neptunus is the lone unbeaten team at the moment, having won all twelve games played so far.
At the bottom of the ranking, Quick Amersfoort is the lone winnless team and is 0-12.
In the coming series, Neptunus meets RCH-Pinguïns, while Quick plays against UVV.
Reigning champion Amsterdam Pirates, which follows Neptunus in second place, has no games scheduled in the coming series.
After completion of the first half, all teams will have played 24 games.
In the second half, which opens on Thursday, June 13, the league will be split into two Pools.
The four best teams will continue in the Top-4 Pool, the others in the Bottom-5 Pool.
In the previous series, several players appeared in their first game(s) after having returned from college in the USA.
In the coming days, more will return and they will also join their respective teams.
Some will not return, as they will remain in the USA to play in a Summer League-competition.
Beneath are the announced starting pitchers for the sixth 3-game series of the 2024 season that opens on Thursday-evening, May 16.
As always, these pitching assignments can change on game-days.
(May 15)
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| Roster | RCH-PINGUÏNS (7-7-1) | vs. |
CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (12-0) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers RCH-Pinguïns | G | # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 39 | RHP Rik Jalvingh (1-1) | 1 | 37 | RHP Tom de Blok (3-0) | Th. May 16, 7:30 PM, Heemstede (1) |
| | to be decided | 2 | 39 | RHP Shairon Martis (3-0) | Sa. May 18, 1:00 PM, Rotterdam (2) |
| | to be decided | 3 | 00 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (3-0) | Su. May 19, 2:00 PM, Heemstede (1) |
| (1) - Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede; (2) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam |
| Roster | WORLDWIDE PHARMA LOGISTICS HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (4-11) | vs. |
HCAW (7-5) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitchers HCAW |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 98 | RHP Arjen Nijkamp (1-2) | 1 | 16 | RHP Kaj Timmermans (2-0) | Th. May 16, 7:30 PM, Hoofddorp (3) |
| 33 | LHP Sem Nijman (0-3) | 2 | 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (2-1) | Sa. May 18, 2:00 PM, Bussum (4) |
| 22 | RHP Just van den Ouweelen (1-3) | 3 | 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (1-0) | Su. May 19, 7:00 PM, Hoofddorp (3) |
| (3) - ETO Ballpark, Sport Park 21, Hoofddorp; (4) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark 'De Sportvallei', Bussum |
| Roster | DSS/KINHEIM (6-5-1) | vs. |
OOSTERHOUT TWINS (7-8) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers DSS/Kinheim | G | # | Starting Pitchers Twins |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 39 | LHP Rick Rizvić (1-1) | 1 | 6 | RHP Simon Gross (1-3) | Th. May 16, 7:30 PM, Haarlem (5) |
| 58 | LHP Jasper Elfrink (0-1) | 2 | 19 | RHP Misja Harcksen (1-2) | Sa. May 18, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (6) |
| | to be decided | 3 | 15 | RHP Jack Wagner (2-1) | Su. May 19, 2:00 PM, Haarlem (5) |
| (5) - Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem; (6) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout |
| Roster | UVV (5-7) | vs. |
QUICK AMERSFOORT (0-12) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers UVV | G | # | Starting Pitchers Quick |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 35 | RHP Mike van den Berg (2-1) | 1 | 52 | LHP Jhan Rifaela (0-4) | Th. May 16, 7:30 PM, Vleuten (7) |
| 18 | RHP Allard Helms (0-1) | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. May 18, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (8) |
| 13 | RHP Jurjen van Zijl (2-1) | 3 | | to be decided | Su. May 19, 2:00 PM, Vleuten (7) |
| (7) - Sportpark 'De Paperclip', Vleuten; (8) - SportPark 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort |
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