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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Dennis Duin)
 Olympia Haarlem adds two victories vs. Alcmaria Victrix
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem won twice vs. Alcmaria Victrix on Saturday (May 2).
In the opener, Olympia led only 2-1 in the fifth inning, but then scored six unearned runs to finish the game via the mercy-rule.
The second game was won with a smaller score, 5-1, but also saw an inside-the-park-homerun by Merel Oosterveld.
The Alcmaria-run was a homerun by Alyssa Dronenburg.
(May 2)
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Game 1
The first game was scoreless after three innings, then Olympia Haarlem led only 2-1 in the fifth inning, but then rallied for six runs to end the game through the mercy-rule.
Olympia-pitcher Eva Voortman held Alcmaria hitless in the first four innings and allowed only one batter to reach base.
She retired the first six batters in a row (five strikeouts, last four in a row), then hit lead-off batter Quita Borst with a pitch in the third inning, but she was forced out.
For Alcmaria, Katherina Chavarria gave up a lead-off single to Eva Voortman in the first inning, but then retired nine batters in a row.
Olympia opened the score with two runs with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Merel Oosterveld led off with a single and advanced on a grounder by Dinet Oosting.
With two outs, Stephanie Ruiter and Rachel van Veen hit back-to-back triples to give Olympia a 2-0 lead.
Alcmaria got one run back in the fifth.
Katy Moore, who played in her first game of the season, led off with a single to break Voortman's No-Hitter.
She then advanced when Shantae Duren doubled, but was eliminated at home trying to score on a grounder by Quita Borst.
Next, Nienke Verhofstad singled to bring in Duren, but then two outs followed.
In the bottom of the fifth, Olympia staged a 6-run rally on only two hits, as the Alcmaria-defense committed three errors, resulting in all runs being unearned.
Five of the runs were scored with two outs.
Lead-off hitter Desiree Adriaansz reached third base on a throwing error, then scored on an one-out single by Eva Voortman.
Hereafter, Merel Oosterveld walked, but then Voortman was forced out at third base on a grounder by Dinet Oosting.
Two runs were then scored when a fly by Mariëlle Vleugels was missed in the outfield.
After Stephanie Ruiter walked, Rachel van Veen singled in the next run.
That led to a pitching change, as Nikita Bing took over.
She faced only one batter and made a throwing error on a comeback-grounder by Maranca Ham, which led to the next two runs and that also ended the game, as the 7-run difference had been reached.
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| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem - Alcmaria Victrix 8-1 (5 inn.) (Game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| Alcmaria Victrix | 000 | 01 | | - | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 000 | 26 | | - | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| (two outs when 7-run difference was reached in the fifth inning) |
| pitchers Alcmaria Victrix | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Katherine Chavarria, L (0-4) | 4.2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 |
| Nikita Bing | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
| (*) - Bing pitched to one batter in the fifth inning |
| pitcher Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Eva Voortman, W (3-0) | 5 | 6 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven, 1B-Martin Lemstra.
Official Scorer-Rienette Hamers.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Robert Meijboom (Olympia Haarlem).
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Time-1:10 hr.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 13° C (55,4° F), south-southwestern wind 11 kmh (6 mph), humidity 41%. |
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...Merel Oosterveld...
...inside-the-park-HR...
(© Photo: Dennis Duin) |
Game 2
In the second game, Mariëlle Vleugels went the distance for Olympia Haarlem and gave up four basehits.
One of those hits was a homerun by Alyssa Dronenburg.
Olympia Haarlem collected 14 basehits, including three by Merel Oosterveld (who homered) and Dinet Oosting.
In this game, Olympia took distance early in the game.
Three runs were scored in the first inning.
Eva Voortman led off with a bunt-single, then Merel Oosterveld followed with an inside-the-park-homerun to make it 2-0.
Next, Dinet Oosting singled and went on to score on a 2-out single by Rachel van Veen.
In the second inning, Alcmaria scored what would be its lone run, as Alyssa Dronenburg led off with a homerun.
Dronenburg is one of several foreign players on the Alcmaria-roster.
Olympia got the run back again in its second at bat.
Brenda Beers then singled with one out and scored on a 2-out single by Merel Oosterveld.
Olympia was then held scoreless in the next three innings.
The team left two runners in the third inning.
But the squad then added its final run in the sixth at bat.
With two outs, Merel Oosterveld singled and went on to score on a single by Mariëlle Vleugels to make it 5-1.
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| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem - Alcmaria Victrix 5-1 (Game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| Alcmaria Victrix | 010 | 000 | 0 | - | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 310 | 001 | X | - | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| pitcher Alcmaria Victrix | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Katherine Chavarria, L (0-5) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
| pitcher Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Mariëlle Vleugels, W (3-0) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Homeruns: Alcmaria: Alyssa Dronenburg (1)(2nd,solo,off Vleugels); Olympia: Merel Oosterveld (1)(1st,2-run,inside-the-park,off Chavarria). |
Umpires: HP-Martin Lemstra, 1B-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven.
Official Scorer-Rienette Hamers.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Huub Rustman (Olympia Haarlem).
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Time-1:27 hr.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 13,7° C (56,7° F), east-southeasten wind 18 kmh (11 mph), humidity 35%. |
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