(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
Starting Pitchers Coming Series
Nederlands
AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
Five rounds of 3-game series have been played in the 2026 season.
At the top of the ranking, reigning champion Curaçao Neptunus is still the lone unbeaten team and now has four consecutive 3-game sweeps.
After Oosterhout Twins, HCAW and Worldwide Pharma Logistics Hoofddorp Pioniers, Neptunus also won three games against UVV.
The team had no games scheduled in the previous series.
In the upcoming series, all games on Thursday will begin at 2:30 PM.
Thursday is Ascension Day and the games will then be played in the afternoon instead of in the evening.
Beneath are the announced Starting Pitchers for the sixth 3-game series of the 2026 season that opens on Thursday-afternoon, May 14.
As always, these pitching assignments can change on game-days.
(May 13-14)
Rosters
Standings, Schedules & Scores
Live play-by-play
| Roster | KINHEIM (9-6) | vs. |
CURAÇAO NEPTUNUS (12-0) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Kinheim | G | # | Starting Pitchers Neptunus |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 13 | RHP Noah Zavolas (2-2) | 1 | 30 | RHP Koen Postelmans (3-0) | Th. May 14, 2:30 PM, Haarlem (1) |
| 55 | LHP Rick Rizvić (4-0) | 2 | | RHP Juan Carlos Sulbarán (4-0) | Sa. May 16, 12:00 PM, Rotterdam (2) |
| 41 | RHP Daniel Vos (1-3) | 3 | 39 | RHP Shairon Martis (4-0) | Sa. May 16, 2:30 PM, Rotterdam (2) |
| Sites | (1) - Pim Mulier Stadium, Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem; (2) - Neptunus Familiestadion, Sportpark Abraham van Stolkweg, Rotterdam |
| Officials | Umpires (Roster) | Official Scorers (Roster) |
| Game 1 | HP-Olav Steijger (#13), 1B-Marwin Kleinmoedig (#76), 3B-Finn Hooimeijer (#6) | OS-Feiko Drost, PBP-Linda Steijger |
| Game 2 | HP-Richard Wessel (#67), 1B-Rob Has (#16) | OS-Sten Wessel, PBP-Tineke Has |
| Game 3 | HP-John Beltman (#5), 1B-Marwin Kleinmoedig (#76) | OS-Muriel van de Wateringen, PBP-Sten Wessel |
| Roster | OOSTERHOUT TWINS (4-8) | vs. |
WORLDWIDE PHARMA LOGISTICS HOOFDDORP PIONIERS (3-9) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Twins | G | # | Starting Pitchers Pioniers |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 19 | RHP Misja Harcksen (1-2) | 1 | 17 | RHP Tygo van Straten (0-1) | Th. May 14, 2:30 PM, Oosterhout (3) |
| 27 | LHP Nelmerson Angela (1-3) | 2 | 18 | LHP Lucca van der Schouw (1-1) | Sa. May 16, 12:00 PM, Hoofddorp (4) |
| 12 | RHP Ayumu Ishikawa (2-0) | 3 | 10 | LHP Wesley Jansen (0-4) | Sa. May 16, 2:30 PM, Hoofddorp (4) |
| Sites | (3) - Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout; (4) - ETO Ballpark, Sport Park21, Hoofddorp |
| Officials | Umpires (Roster) | Official Scorers (Roster) |
| Game 1 | HP-Edwin Louisa (#51), 1B-Jeroen Rekveld (#39), 3B-Silvan Frolich (#25) | OS-Karin Pieneman, PBP-Janneke Kalff |
| Game 2 | HP-Jos van Eijsden (#1), 1B-Edwin Louisa (#51) | OS-Sven Dobbe, PBP-Stefan Slinger |
| Game 3 | HP-Jeroen Rekveld (#39), 1B-Silvan Frolich (#25) | OS-Stefan Slinger, PBP-Sven Dobbe |
| Roster | AMSTERDAM PIRATES (9-3) | vs. |
UVV (1-11) | Roster | Game-info |
| # | Starting Pitchers Pirates | G | # | Starting Pitchers UVV |
| Date, Time & Site |
| 39 | RHP Lars Huijer (2-1) | 1 | 11 | LHP Aaron Isenia (1-3) | Th. May 14, 2:30 PM, Amsterdam (5) |
| 3 | RHP Martijn Schoonderwoerd (1-1) | 2 | | to be decided | Sa. May 16, 12:00 PM, Vleuten (6) |
| 7 | RHP Dennis Burgersdijk (3-0) | 3 | | to be decided | Sa. May 16, 2:30 PM, Vleuten (6) |
| Sites | (5) - Loek Loevendie Ballpark, Sportpark 'Ookmeer', Amsterdam; (6) - Sportpark 'De Paperclip', Vleuten |
| Officials | Umpires (Roster) | Official Scorers (Roster) |
| Game 1 | HP-Rob Has (#16), 1B-Peter de Haan (#52), 3B-Ric Zwanenberg (#15) | OS-Marco Stoovelaar, PBP-Denise Milo |
| Game 2 | HP-Paul Timmermans (#68), 1B-Olav Steijger (#13) | OS-Ingrid Ooms, PBP-Maaike Houtkamp |
| Game 3 | HP-Peter de Haan (#52), 1B-Joeri de Jong (#4) | OS-Maaike Houtkamp, PBP-Ingrid Ooms |
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