(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Starting Pitchers Coming Series
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
Coming Thursday-evening (May 15), the next 3-day series opens in the Dutch big league.
Curaçao Neptunus is now the lone unbeaten team in the Dutch big league, having won all 15 games played so far.
HCAW also was unbeaten, but the Bussum-team suffered its first two losses of the season in the previous series against Amsterdam Pirates.
In that series, Pirates won 7-5 and 6-4 in the first two games.
In the third game, HCAW trailed 6-1, but avoided a sweep and won 14-7.
In the upcoming series, Neptunus andd HCAW will face each other.
In last week's series, RCH-Pinguïns recorded its first win of the season, a 3-0 shutout in the opener against Oosterhout Twins, which then won the next two games.
Last Sunday, veteran righthander Eddie Aucoin made his comeback on the mound for Worldwide Pharma Logistics Hoofddorp Pioniers.
The 49-year old Aucoin threw eight strong and scoreless innings in the third game against Kinheim, while leading 3-0.
However, that lead was almost erased when a new pitcher relieved Aucoin in the ninth.
Kinheim scored twice, but was left empty-handed after all, losing 3-2.
With that, Aucoin was the winning pitcher.
Beneath are the announced (probable) starting pitchers for the sixth 3-game series of the 2025 season that opens on Thursday-evening, May 15.
As always, these pitching assignments can change on game-days.
(May 14)
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| Roster | CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (15-0) | vs. |
HCAW (13-2) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus | G | # | Starting Pitchers HCAW |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 37 | RHP Tom de Blok (5-0) | 1 | 28 | LHP Rick Rizvić (1-0) | Th. May 15, 7:30 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| 39 | RHP Shairon Martis (5-0) | 2 | 21 | LHP Nelmerson Angela (4-1) | Sa. May 17, 2:00 PM, Bussum (2) |
| 30 | RHP Koen Postelmans (2-0) | 3 | 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (5-0) | Su. May 18, 2:00 PM, Rotterdam (1) |
| (1) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam; (2) - Rob Hoffmann Vallei, Sportpark 'De Sportvallei', Bussum |
| Roster | KINHEIM (3-11) | vs. |
AMSTERDAM PIRATES (10-5) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Kinheim | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pirates |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 15 | RHP Dylan Eshuis (1-1) | 1 | 3 | RHP Martijn Schoonderwoerd (1-1) | Th. May 15, 7:30 PM, Haarlem (3) |
| 76 | LHP Tijn Fredrikze (1-4) | 2 | 25 | RHP Pim Vijfvinkel (2-1) | Sa. May 17, 2:00 PM, Amsterdam (4) |
| 17 | RHP Joris Meinsma (0-3) | 3 | 34 | LHP Chris Stuart (2-0) | Su. May 18, 2:00 PM, Haarlem (3) |
| (3) - Pim Mulier Stadium, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem; (4) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam |
| Roster | OOSTERHOUT TWINS (10-5) | vs. |
UVV (4-10) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Twins | G | # | Starting Pitchers UVV |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 15 | RHP Jack Wagner (1-3) | 1 | 35 | RHP Mike van den Berg (0-3) | Th. May 15, 7:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| 19 | RHP Misja Harcksen (4-0) | 2 | 13 | RHP Jurjen van Zijl (2-2) | Sa. May 17, 2:00 PM, Vleuten (6) |
| 14 | RHP Wyatt Lankford (2-0) | 3 | 25 | LHP Colin van Laar (1-2) | Su. May 18, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (5) |
| (5) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout; (6) - Sportpark 'De Paperclip', Vleuten |
| Roster | WORLDWIDE PHARMA LOGISTICS HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (3-12) | vs. |
RCH-PINGUÏNS (1-14) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers | G | # | Starting Pitchers RCH-Pinguïns |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 27 | LHP Maarten Smit (0-5) | 1 | 26 | RHP Rowan Dorrestijn (0-1) | Th. May 15, 7:30 PM, Hoofddorp (7) |
| 13 | RHP Noah Zavolas (1-0) | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. May 17, 2:00 PM, Heemstede (8) |
| 18 | RHP Eddie Aucoin (1-0) | 3 | | to be decided | Su. May 18, 2:00 PM, Hoofddorp (7) |
| (7) - ETO Ballpark, Sport Park21, Hoofddorp; (8) - Heemsteedse Sportparken, Heemstede |
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