Baseball Recap
Corendon Kinheim vs. DOOR Neptunus
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Compiled and Copyright © 1997-2008 by Marco Stoovelaar

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HAARLEM (Neth.) - DOOR Neptunus held a apparently comfortable 9-2 lead in the sixth inning against Dutch champion Corendon Kinheim, but the 8-inning game ended in a 9-9 tie, as the home team scored once in the sixth, then rallied for six runs in the eighth.

Both teams collected 16 basehits. For Kinheim, all nine players in its batting order hit at least one basehit, lead by Wouter Heemskerk, who went 4-for-5. For Neptunus, which used ten players in its batting order, nine had at least one basehit, with Raily Legito and Jeroen Sluijter hitting three each. The lone player without a basehit was Ludwin Obispo, who was on trial this weekend with Neptunus, but didn't made the team.

Neptunus had an early 3-run rally in the first inning off Kinheim-starter Patrick Beljaarsd. In his first outing of the season, the lefthander gave up five basehits, before settling down and retiring the side in the second inning. Eugene Kingsale led off with a double, then Benjamin Dille singled. Neptunus opened the score when next batter Raily Legito also singled, then loaded the bases when Lennart Koster walked. Next, Martijn Meeuwis also singled, resulting in two more runs, before the first out was registered when Andy Leer struckout. Another run was then scored on a force play-grounder by Rien Vernooij. Jeroen Sluijter then registered the fifth basehit in the at bat, but Beljaards ended the inning by striking out Ludwin Obispo. Kinheim got one run back in the home of the first. With two outs, Vince Rooi walked, moved on to third on a single by Bryan Engelhardt and scored on a single by Tjerk Smeets, but then Neptunus-starter Diegomar Markwell struckout Jeffrey Verbij to end the inning.

Neptunus added a run in the fourth inning off new pitcher Cliff Foster. Rien Vernooij led off with a single, then Jeroen Sluijter doubled. After a flyout, Vernooij scored on a grounder by Mike Bazuin. The lead was increased with three runs in the fifth inning. Foster then gave up singles to Raily Legito and Lennart Koster, then both scored on a triple by Martijn Meeuwis. Foster was relieved by Duko Jansen, who gave up a runscoring grounder to Andy Leer, but ended the inning without problems.

Kinheim got its first two batters on base in the second inning when Dirk van 't Klooster and Wouter Heemskerk singled, but then Diegomar Markwell retired the next three batters and was supported with a double play in the next at bat. In the fifth, trailing 8-1, Kinheim got one run back when the Neptunian defense committed three errors, therefore not suppporting Jurjen van Zijl, who had taken over in the third. René Cremer and Vince Rooi both reached on an error, then the first scored on a sac-fly by Bryan Engelhardt. The third error in the at bat (with two outs) resulted in an extra runner, but Van Zijl then struckout Dirk van 't Klooster, ending the inning.

Neptunus got the run back in the sixth. The bases were loaded with one out when Mike Bazuin and Benjamin Dille singled, while Eugene Kingsale walked in between. A single by Raily Legito gave Neptunus a run, but then Lennart Koster grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Now trailing 9-2, Kinheim scored another run in the sixth. With one out, Gregory Gustina became Neptunus' third pitcher in the game, who then gave up a 2-out double to Danny Rombley and a runscoring single to René Cremer. Neptunus got the bases loaded again in the seventh with one out, but failed to add more runs, as Ludwin Obispo grounded into a double play. In the eighth, the Rotterdam-squad left two runners behind. With one out, closer Michiel van Kampen had two runners on, but then struckout Raily Legito and Lennart Koster.

In the home of the eighth, still trailing 9-3, Kinheim managed to come back with a remarkable 6-run rally in what was to be the last inning of this exhibition game. In the at bat, Kinheim registered eight basehits, including five by the first five batters. Wouter Heemskerk and Denny Beljaards started with singles, then Danny Rombley followed with an RBI-single. Next, René Cremer added an RBI-double and Vince Rooi followed with a 2-run single, narrowing the deficit to 9-7. Rooi, who advanced to second on the throw to home, then moved on a grounder by Bryan Engelhardt. After Tjerk Smeets struckout, Gustina gave up an RBI-single to Jeffrey Verbij, then another single to Dirk van 't Klooster, the ninth batter in the inning. Still leading 9-8, Gustina was relieved by Wouter Lensselink, who was greeted with a single by Wouter Heemskerk (his fourth) to load the bases. Next, Verbij scored the tying run on a passed ball, before the inning and the game ended when Denny Beljaards lined out to second baseman Benjamin Dille.
(March 30)

Box Score

Line ScoreRHE
DOOR Neptunus400131009163
Corendon Kinheim100011069161

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