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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Onze Gezellen opens with two wins vs. Almere '90
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Onze Gezellen opened the new season in the newly created Silver League with a double victory against Almere '90 on Saturday (April 11).
The Haarlem-based team convincingly won with a 16-6 score in the opening game, then added a 5-3 victory in Game 2.
It was a rainy, windy and cold day today, but despite that, it was possible to play this double-header in Haarlem.
All other double-headers on this Opening Day in the new Silver League were bothered by the rain.
The second games of the double-headers between UVV and Ban-Topa Future Stars in Vleuten, Centrals vs. Roef! in De Bilt and Twins vs. Euro Stars in Oosterhout were all cancelled.
Ban-Topa nipped UVV 10-9 in its opener, while Roef! registered an 1-0 shutout and Twins won 3-1.
In Bussum, the first game between HCAW and Gryphons went underway, but was halted, as was the opener between Amsterdam Pirates and Zwijndrecht in Amsterdam.
Recap Centrals vs. Roef! | Recap UVV vs. Ban-Topa Future Stars | Recap HCAW vs. Gryphons
Recap Amsterdam Pirates vs. Zwijndrecht | Recap Twins vs. Euro Stars
(April 11)
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Game 1
The opener initially appeared to go the way of Almere '90, as it scored three runs in the first at bat off of Fiona Sewalt.
Suzanne Poelgeest led off with a single and moved on a passed ball.
A walk for Stacy Groot followed, then the bases got loaded when Maxime Scheffer also singled.
Next, Shanna te Vrede delivered the third basehit to bring in the first run.
Moments later, a passed ball accounted for the second run, then a sacrifice fly by Kelsy Pieneman lifted the lead to 3-0.
With Te Vrede now on third base, three outs followed, but Almere '90 had taken a quick lead.
Things can change very quickly, as happened in this game.
Trailing 3-0, Onze Gezellen was retired in order in the first at bat by Shanna te Vrede, including two strikeouts.
Almere then left a runner on first base in the top of the second inning, but then Onze Gezellen struck big.
The home team rallied for twelve runs (!) in the bottom of the second inning on eight basehits to decide the game.
In this at bat, 15 batters stepped up to the plate.
Laura van der Bos led off with a triple, then scored on a following single by Amy Udink.
A flyout followed, but then the next ten batters reached base safely.
With one out, Fiona Sewalt singled, then a double-steal followed.
The bases got loaded when Iris Dweelaard walked and following walk for Demi Aussems brought in a run.
Onze Gezellen then tied the score and took the lead when Shannon Hetem delivered a 2-run single.
After a wild pitch, the home team re-loaded the bases when Patricia Hesterman walked.
Next, a 2-run double by Babs de Jonge followed and the bases were loaded again when Laura van der Bos was hit by a pitch.
Amy Udink followed with a 2-run single that lifted the lead to 8-3, which led to a pitching change.
Maxime Scheffer took over, but was greeted by a 2-run triple by Ardine Schemmekes, followed by a 2-run homerun by Fiona Sewalt.
With the score now at 12-3, two outs followed, but the game was now moments away from being ended through the mercy-rule.
Trailing 12-3, Almere scored two runs in the top of the third inning.
With one out, Shanna te Vrede walked and scored on a following triple by Kelsy Pieneman, who then scored on a grounder by Shawna van der Schouw.
An 2-out single by Britt Remmers followed, but she was then caught stealing to end the inning.
Onze Gezellen added four unearned runs in the bottom of the third when the Almere-defense committed three errors.
After Shannon Hetem led off with a single, the runs were then scored on a single by Laura van der Bos, sac-fly by Amy Udink, double by Ardine Schemmekes and an error.
Almere had one run left in the fourth inning when Merel Boers walked and scored on a 2-out triple by Stacy Groot.
| Onze Gezellen - Almere '90 16-6 (3½ inn.) (Game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| Almere '90 | 302 | 1 | | - | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Onze Gezellen | 0(12)4 | X | | - | 16 | 11 | 0 |
| pitcher Almere '90 | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shanna te Vrede, L (0-1) | 1.1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
| Maxime Scheffer | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| pitcher Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Fiona Sewalt, W (1-0) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Homerun: Onze Gezellen: Fiona Sewalt (1)(2nd,2-run,off Scheffer). |
Umpires: HP-Louis Rohan, 1B-Wout van der Horst.
Scorer-Joke Sewalt (Onze Gezellen).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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Game 2
In the second game, Onze Gezellen broke an 1-1 tie with a 4-run rally in the fifth inning en route to a 5-3 victory.
After stranding a runner on third base in the first inning, Onze Gezellen opened the score in the second at bat.
Amy Udink led off with a single and moved on a grounder by Ardine Schemmekes.
She then scored on a following double by Fiona Sewalt, who then stranded on third base.
For Almere, Shanna te Vrede singled with two outs in the first inning, but was left behind.
Onze Gezellen-starter Shannon Hetem then retired the side (including two strikeouts) in the second inning, but then saw Almere come alongside in the third.
Merel Boers led off with a single, moved on a grounder by Renée Adriaanse and scored when an error was made on a grounder by Suzanne Poelgeest.
In the fourth Almere-inning, lead-off hitter Kelsy Pieneman reached third base on an error, but stranded.
After Almere was retired in order in the fifth, Onze Gezellen rallied for four runs in the bottom of the at bat.
Daniëlle Gardeniers and Kayleigh van Emst led off with singles, then both advanced on a grounder by Shannon Hetem.
A double by Patricia Hesterman then gave Onze Gezellen a 2-1 lead.
Next, Van Emst was eliminated at the plate on a grounder by Babs de Jonge, but then Laura van der Bos followed with a 2-run double.
After a pitching change, Amy Udink walked, then Van der Bos moved on a wild pitch and scored the next run when an error was made on a grounder by Ardine Schemmekes.
The bases got loaded when Fiona Sewalt singled, but then the inning ended when Udink was forced out at home.
After Almere left the bases loaded in the sixth inning, it was productive again in the seventh at bat.
Merel Boers led off with a walk, then the bases got loaded when Suzanne Poelgeest and Stacy Groot singled with one out.
A pitching change followed, as Lisa Pagan took over.
Almere then scored a run on a wild pitch and re-loaded the bases when Kelsy Pieneman walked with two outs.
A passed ball then narrowed the deficit to 5-3, but Pagan then ended the game with a strikeout.
| Onze Gezellen - Almere '90 5-3 (Game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| Almere '90 | 001 | 000 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| Onze Gezellen | 010 | 040 | X | - | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| pitchers Almere '90 | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Renée Adriaanse, L (0-1) | 4.2 | 3 | - | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Merel Boers | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| pitchers Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shannon Hetem, W (1-0) | 6.1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Lisa Pagan, SV (1) | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Wout van der Horst, 1B-Louis Rohan.
Scorer-Joke Sewalt (Onze Gezellen).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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