(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers coming series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
On Thursday-evening (August 29), the next (and final) 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 upcoming final series of the regular season, the final decisions will be decided.
On August 11, Top-4 Pool leader Curaçao Neptunus clinched a spot in the Play-Offs.
Four days later, the team secured first place, meaning it also qualified for participation in the European Champions Cup-tournament/competition.
This year, no Dutch teams participated in the event, which had a different format.
In the coming series, the second Play-Off spot will be decided.
Reigning champion Amsterdam Pirates is in second place, three points ahead of HCAW.
Fourth placed DSS/Kinheim will place in the Wild Card Series, which opens on September 19.
The team in third place also will play in the Wild Card Series.
In this best-of-three Wild Card Series, they will meet the two best teams of the Bottom-5 Pool.
The winners of the Wild Card Series will advance to the best-of-three Play-Offs, which opens on September 26.
In the Bottom-5 Pool, UVV and Oosterhout Twins have qualified for the Wild Card Series.
At the moment, UVV is in first place, but the team has no games scheduled in the upcoming series.
UVV is five points ahead of Twins, which means that the latter could end up in first place in case of a sweep.
The winner of the Bottom-5 Pool will meet DSS/Kinheim in the Wild Card Series.
The team in second place will play against the number three team of the Top-4 Pool.
For RCH-Pinguïns, Worldwide Pharma Logistics Hoofddorp Pioniers and Quick Amersfoort, the 2024 season will end after Sunday's games.
Beneath are the announced probable starting pitchers for the 19th and final 3-game series of the 2024 regular season that opens on Thursday-evening, August 29.
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 28)
Scores, Schedule and Standings
Rosters
Live play-by-play & live-streams
| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | AMSTERDAM PIRATES (11-12-1) (19-5) | vs. |
DSS/KINHEIM (3-20-1) (12-10-2) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pirates | G | # | Starting Pitchers DSS/Kinheim |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 26 | RHP Luke Wilkins (2-0) | 1 | 17 | RHP Mathijs Oosterbeek (3-2) | Th. Aug. 29, 7:30 PM, Amsterdam (1) |
| 41 | RHP Daniel Vos (1-1) | 2 | 58 | LHP Jasper Elfrink (4-6) | Sa. Aug. 31, 2:00 PM, Haarlem (2) |
| 66 | RHP Naut Kragt (2-3) | 3 | 15 | RHP Dylan Eshuis (0-2) | Su. Sep. 1, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (1) |
| (1) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam; (2) - Pim Mulier Stadion, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem |
| TOP-4 POOL |
| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (22-2) (22-2) | vs. |
HCAW (11-13) (16-7-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers HCAW |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 30 | RHP Koen Postelmans (6-1) | 1 | 28 | RHP Danyll Redan (0-0) | Th. Aug. 29, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (3) |
| 39 | RHP Shairon Martis (11-0) | 2 | 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (8-3) | Sa. Aug. 31, 2:00 PM, Bussum (4) |
| 88 | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbaran (11-0) | 3 | 16 | RHP Kaj Timmermans (6-4) | Su. Sep. 1, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (3) |
| (3) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (4) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark 'De Sportvallei', Bussum |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | OOSTERHOUT TWINS (15-5-1) (11-13) | vs. |
QUICK AMERSFOORT (2-18-1) (0-24) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Twins | G | # | Starting Pitchers Quick |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 19 | RHP Misja Harcksen (5-4) | 1 | | to be decided | Th. Aug. 29, 7:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| 14 | RHP Wyatt Lankford (9-2) | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. Aug. 31, 2:00 PM, Amersfoort (6) |
| 32 | RHP Jurgen Zwitzer (3-1) | 3 | | to be decided | Su. Sep. 1, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| (5) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout; (6) - SportPark 'Dorrestein', Amersfoort |
| BOTTOM-5 POOL |
| Roster | WORLDWIDE PHARMA LOGISTICS HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (7-13-1) (4-19-1) | vs. |
RCH-PINGUÏNS (10-10-1) (11-12-1) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitchers RCH-Pinguïns |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 27 | LHP Maarten Smit (3-2) | 1 | 18 | LHP Dieudonné van Zoelen (0-0) | Th. Aug. 29, 7:30 PM, Hoofddorp (7) |
| 4 | LHP Maxwell Cornelissen (1-3) | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. Aug. 31, 2:00 PM, Heemstede (8) |
| 9 | RHP Eddie Aucoin (2-2) | 3 | | to be decided | Su. Sep. 1, 2:00 PM, Hoofddorp (7) |
| (7) - ETO Ballpark, Sport Park 21, Hoofddorp; (8) - Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede |
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