(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
Starting Pitchers coming Wild Card Series
Nederlands
AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
On Thursday-evening (September 19), the two best-of-three Wild Card Series open.
Game 2 of the Series will be played coming Saturday.
If needed, Game 3 will be played on Sunday.
In the final series of she regular season, Oosterhout Twins finished in first place of the Bottom-5 Pool.
With that, the team will meet DSS/Kinheim in the Wild Card Series.
DSS/Kinheim finished in fourth place in the Top-4 Pool.
UVV finished second in the Bottom-5 Pool and will play against HCAW, the number three of the Top-4 Pool.
The winners of the Wild Card Series will advance to the best-of-three Play-Offs, which opens on September 26.
Curaçao Neptunus and reigning champion Amsterdam Pirates already have qualified for the Play-Offs by finishing in first and second place in the Top-4 Pool.
In the Play-Offs, Neptunus will meet the winner of the Wild Card Series between DSS/Kinheim and Oosterhout Twins.
Pirates will play against the winner of the HCAW vs. UVV Series.
The winners of the Play-Offs will advance to the best-of-seven Holland Series, which opens on October 5.
As of now, the four Head Coaches have only announced their probable starter for Thursday-evening.
Depending on the result of the opener, a starter will be named for the next game.
Beneath are the announced probable starting pitchers for the Wild Card Series that opens on Thursday-evening, September 19.
As always, these pitching assignments can change on game-days.
(September 18-19)
Scores, Schedule and Standings
Rosters
Live play-by-play & live-streams
WILD CARD SERIES 1 |
Roster | HCAW (0-0) | vs. |
UVV (0-0) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers HCAW | G | # | Starting Pitchers UVV |
| Date, Time & Site |
39 | RHP Lars Huijer (0-0) (8-3) | 1 | 25 | LHP Colin van Laar (0-0) (7-3) | Th. Sep. 19, 7:30 PM, Bussum (1) |
| to be decided | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. Sep. 21, 2:00 PM, Vleuten (2) |
| to be decided | 3 | | to be decided | Su. Sep. 22, 2:00 PM, Bussum (1) |
(1) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark 'De Sportvallei', Bussum; (2) - Sportpark 'De Paperclip', Vleuten |
WILD CARD SERIES 2 |
Roster | DSS/KINHEIM (0-0) | vs. |
OOSTERHOUT TWINS (0-0) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers DSS/Kinheim | G | # | Starting Pitchers Twins |
| Date, Time & Site |
58 | LHP Jasper Elfrink (0-0) (4-6) | 1 | 14 | RHP Wyatt Lankford (0-0) (10-2) | Th. Sep. 19, 7:30 PM, Haarlem (3) |
| to be decided | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. Sep. 21, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (4) |
| to be decided | 3 | | to be decided | Su. Sep. 22, 2:00 PM, Haarlem (3) |
(3) - Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem; (4) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout |
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