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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo courtesy of Quick Amersfoort)
 Onze Gezellen wins Keistad Tournament
Nederlands
 AMERSFOORT (Neth.) -
Silver League-teams Amsterdam Pirates and Onze Gezellen participated onm Saturday (April 4) in this years Keistad Tournament, organized by First Divisionist BioSilk Quick/Red Caps.
...Quick Amersfoort-chairman Mark van Horik...
...has handed out the winner's trophy to...
...Iris Dweelaard of Onze Gezellen...
(© Photo courtesy of Quick Amersfoort) |
All three games of the tournament ended in big scores.
In the opener, Onze Gezellen won 10-1 vs. Quick/Red Caps, which then won 7-1 against Pirates, which then closed with an 8-1 victory vs. Onze Gezellen.
And so, all teams had won one game.
The run-difference then decided the ranking.
Thanks to the 10 runs scored is their first game, this resulted in a first place for Onze Gezellen (11 runs scored, 9 given up), followed by Amsterdam Pirates (9-8) and host Quick/Red Caps (8-11).
There also was a men softball triple-header during this event.
In the opener, Quick Amersfoort 1 won 10-1 against Quick Amersfoort 2.
In the second game, Quick 2 played an 1-1 tie against Adegeest, which was then beaten 7-1 by Quick 1.
Quick Amersfoort will organize the event again next year and then also plans to include a baseball-tournament.
The tournament is named after the nickname of the city of Amersfoort, 'Keistad'.
That refers to 'De Amersfoortse Kei' (The Amersfoort Rock), which is a big glacial erratic, situated in the city.
Legend has it that there has been a mentioning of a huge rock in 1544 on the road from Amersfoort to Utrecht.
The story continues that Jonkheer (which can be translated as 'young lord') Everard Meyster (1617-1679) closed a bet with some friends that he could challenge inhabitants of Amersfoort to pull the rock to the city.
And so, some 400 inhabitants pulled to rock to the city's center.
Initially, they were embarrassed when they realized they did something which was useless and so, they engraved the rock in 1672.
The rock was then digged up again in 1903 and put on display.
For all three teams, today's event was the final preparation for the upcoming season, which opens next Saturday, April 11.
Amsterdam Pirates opens in the Silver League at home with a double-header against Zwijndrecht, starting at 3 PM.
Onze Gezellen opens its Silver League-season also at home in Haarlem with a double-header vs. Almere '90, starting at 4 PM.
BioSilk Quick/Red Caps opens its season in the First Division on Saturday at home in Amersfoort against Robur '58, starting at 12:30 PM.
(April 4)
Complete Schedule
Exhibition Scores
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Game 1 - BioSilk Quick/Red Caps vs. Onze Gezellen
In the opening game, Onze Gezellen won 10-1 vs. host BioSilk Quick/Red Caps.
The team from Haarlem collected seven basehits, including three by Laura van der Bos, who singled, double and tripled and also scored three runs.
Onze Gezellen opened the score with three runs in the first at bat.
Shannon Hetem, Patricia Hesterman (bunt) and Laura van der Bos led off the game with singles to load the bases.
After an infield-fly had accounted for the first out, a wild pitch led to the first run.
Amy Udink then followed with a sacrifice fly to bring in the second run and the third runner scored on another wild pitch.
Hereafter, two walks followed, but these runners were left behind.
The home team got one run back in its first at bat.
Nikki Harte led off with a bunt-single, stole second base and moved to third on a wild pitch.
Debbie van de Kolk then walked and also stole second base.
An error then led to the first run, but also a runner on third base.
Next, Mirjam Boode walked and stole second base, but Quick then left two runners in scoring position.
In the remainder of the game, Quick got close to scoring more runs, but the Onze Gezellen-defense avoided that.
And so, Quick stranded seven more runners, including the bases loaded in the second and fourth inning.
Onze Gezellen decided the game with a 5-run rally in the second inning.
With Kayleigh van Emst and Patricia Hesterman (who both walked) on base and one out, a double by Laura van der Bos and single by Babs de Jonge brought in the runners.
A force out-grounder by Amy Udink followed, but that also led to a run.
Danielle Gardeniers then walked and Iris Dweelaard added a 2-run single to make it an 8-1 score.
Onze Gezellen scored two more runs in the third inning with two outs.
Kayleigh van Emst led off with a walk and scored on a 2-out triple by Laura van der Bos, who then scored herself on a single by Babs de Jonge.
| BioSilk Quick/Red Caps - Onze Gezellen 1-10 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Onze Gezellen | 352 | 0 | | - | 10 | 8 | 1 |
| BioSilk Quick/Red Caps | 100 | 0 | | - | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| pitchers Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Fiona Sewalt, W (2-0) | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - |
| Kayleigh van Emst | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| pitchers Quick | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ruby Haring, L | 1.2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Chuderika Straker | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Umpires: HP-Jerrel Bernardus, 1B-Hans Bakker.
Scorers-José Paul, Suzette Bryson (Quick Amersfoort), (Onze Gezellen).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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Game 2 - Amsterdam Pirates vs. BioSilk Quick/Red Caps
In the second game, it was BioSilk Quick/Red Caps that was very productive.
The team from Amersfoort won 7-1 vs. Amsterdam Pirates and collected 13 basehits.
Debbie van de Kolk led the offense by going 3-for-4.
Quick, which was the visiting team in this game, opened the score with two runs in the first inning.
Floor van Dijk led off with a bunt-single and stole second base.
She then advanced on a grounder and Mirjam Boode followed with a walk.
Runscoring singles by Nathalie Vanderwijst and Nikki Harte then made it 2-0.
The next run was then added when Floor van Dijk, Debbie van de Kolk and Mirjam Boode hit three consecutive singles in the third inning.
Pirates, which had left runners on second and third base in the second inning, got one run back in the home of the third, but that was to be the lone run for the Amsterdam-squad.
Mandy van der Maas led off with a single and moved on a sacrifice bunt by Shanna van Vegten.
Hereafter, Paula Schreurs and Rhowan Stuart reached on an error to bring in the run.
Maja Kouwenhoven then walked to load the bases, but Pirates left three runners behind.
In its last three at bats, Pirates reached base only one more time, which was when Shanna van Vegten singled in the fifth inning.
Quick scored three more runs in the fourth inning.
Ruby Haring led off with a single and Kelly van Hamersveld walked with one out.
Kayleigh Adelina then followed with an RBI-single and Debbie van de Kolk added a 2-run single to make it 6-1.
The final run was scored in the fifth.
Lauri Broomans led off with a single and went on to score on a bunt-single by Xaressa van Berkel.
| Amsterdam Pirates - BioSilk Quick/Red Caps 1-7 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| BioSilk Quick/Red Caps | 201 | 310 | | - | 7 | 13 | 1 |
| Amsterdam Pirates | 001 | 000 | | - | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| pitcher Quick | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Vera de Boer-Esmeijer, W | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| pitcher Pirates | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Mandy van der Maas, L (0-1) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 7 |
Umpires: HP-Hans Bakker, 1B-Jerrel Bernardus.
Scorers-José Paul, Suzette Bryson (Quick Amersfoort).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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Game 3 - Onze Gezellen vs. Amsterdam Pirates
In the third game of the tournament, it was Amsterdam's turn to strike.
And so, Pirates defeated Onze Gezellen 8-1 on seven basehits, including two triples by Sara Elamir, while Rhowan Stuart also had two basehits.
Pirates opened the score in the first inning when Josephine Rommens led off with a triple and scored on a passed ball.
Three runs were added in the third at bat off of starter Shannon Hetem, who last season pitched for Pirates.
Lead-off hitter Sara Elamir reached on an error, then Rhowan Stuart drove the ball into rightfield.
There, here single was followed by an error, which led to two runs.
With one out, Maja Kouwenhoven doubled, advanced on a wild pitch and scored on a sacrifice fly by Uchenna Jong Loy.
Onze Gezellen then scored its lone run in the fourth inning.
Amsterdam-starter Shanna van Vegten had thrown three perfect innings, then was relieved by Tessa Vosters.
She began with two strikeouts, then gave up a double to Laura van der Bos, which was her team's lone hit.
She then scored when next batter Babs de Jonge reached on an error.
Pirates then scored its next two runs in the fifth inning.
Sara Elamir led off with a triple and scored on a following single by Rhowan Stuart, who went on to score herself on a grounder.
Two more runs followed in the sixth.
Paula Schreurs led off with a single and scored on a 2-out triple by Sara Elamir, who then scored on an error to make it 8-1.
| Onze Gezellen - Amsterdam Pirates 1-8 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Amsterdam Pirates | 103 | 022 | | - | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Onze Gezellen | 000 | 100 | | - | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| pitchers Pirates | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shanna van Vegten, W (1-1) | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| .........., SV (1) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| pitchers Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shannon Hetem, L (1-1) | 4.2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Fiona Sewalt | 1.1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Jerrel Bernardus, 1B-Hans Bakker.
Scorer-(Onze Gezellen).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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