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 Terrasvogels wins twice at DSS
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Terrasvogels opened the new season on Saturday (April 18) with a 3-0 shutout-win at DSS, then won Game 2 with a 6-3 score.
At Terrasvogels, Rob Walgien started his second stint as Head Coach of the team.
Walgien earlier coached the team in 1993-1999 and now, sixteen years later, he is back with the team as successor of Marco Molleman, who led the team in the previous two seasons.
Norman Ames made his coaching debut in the women big league, as he is the new Head Coach of DSS, as the successor of Werner Angermann.
(April 18)
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...Ginger de Weert...
...14 strikeouts...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Game 1
In the opener, Terrasvogels, the vice-champion of last year, got a fine pitching performance from Ginger de Weert, who struckout 14 batters and gave up only four hits.
But offensively, Terrasvogels had to wait until the sixth inning to open the score, as Quincey Catsburg also had a good outing for DSS, striking out seven batters.
In the first five innings, Terrasvogels stranded four runners, DSS three.
Terrasvogels got close to the first run in the first at bat.
With two outs, Jessie van Aalst singled and stole second base, then moved to third base on a passed ball, but stranded there.
In between, Marisèla de Wind had walked, so two runners were left behind.
In the second inning, Lizzie Clarijs led off for Terrasvogels with a single and later stranded on third base.
For DSS, Morgan Sampson singled with two outs in the first inning, but then Ginger de Weert retired eight batters in row, including four strikeouts.
With one out in the fourth, Sampson singled again, as did next batter Denice van Dijk, but both were left behind.
Terrasvogels then opened the score in the sixth inning, scoring three runs.
Rookie Ella Krommendijk led off with a walk, then moved on a sacrifice bunt by Jessie van Aalst and scored the first run on a single by Marisèla de Wind.
Hereafter, Lisa Waasdorp tripled to make it 2-0, then scored herself on a single by Lizzie Clarijs.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Eva Halman doubled for DSS with two outs, but Ginger de Weert then ended the game with her 14th strikeout.
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| DSS - Terrasvogels 0-3 (Game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| Terrasvogels | 000 | 003 | 0 | - | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| DSS | 000 | 000 | 0 | - | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| pitcher Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ginger de Weert, W (1-0) | 7 | 14 | - | 4 | - | - |
| pitcher DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Quincey Catsburg, L (0-1) | 7 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
Umpires: HP-Mariana Prins-Atanasova, 1B-Peter Vonk.
Official Scorer-Jeanette van Drunen.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Bert Daniëls.
Time-1:34 hr.
Game Notes: Opening Day 2015 season.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 14° C (57° F), northeastern wind 19 kmh (11 mph), humidity 43%. |
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Game 2
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...Jessie van Aalst, Marisèla de Wind, back-to-back triples...
(© Both Photos: Marco Stoovelaar) |
In the second game, Terrasvogels took charge of the game earlier.
The team opened the score with one run in the second inning.
Lisa Waasdorp led off with a single, then stole second base.
After Ginger de Weert walked with one out, Myrthe Smid singled with two outs to bring in the first run.
Two runs were added in the third inning.
With one out, Jessie van Aalst and Marisèla de Wind hit back-to-back triples, then Lisa Waasdorp followed with a runscoring single to make it 3-0.
DSS got one run back in the bottom of the third.
Lorraine Kieft led off with a single, moved on a wild pitch, then scored on a 2-out single by Morgan Sampson.
Terrasvogels took more distance in the fifth at bat, scoring three runs.
Kimberly Jones led off with a single, stole second and scored on an one-out double by Jessie van Aalst.
The bases got loaded when Marisèla de Wind walked and Lisa Waasdorp singled, then Lizzie Clarijs followed with a 2-run single down the leftfield-line to make it 6-1.
DSS then got more productive towards the end of the game.
The team stranded three runners in the fifth.
Dominique Burger and Melissa de Greef opened with singles, then the first was forced out at third base on a grounder by Judith van Tiel.
A walk for Morgan Sampson loaded the bases, which led to a pitching change.
Anna-Bè Bartels took over from Malou van Dusschoten and then two pop-flies ended the at bat, leaving the bases loaded.
In the seventh, DSS scored two runs.
With two outs, Morgan Sampson and Denice van Dijk singled and both scored when Annemiek de Rover followed with a double, but that would be it for the home team.
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| DSS - Terrasvogels 3-6 (Game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| Terrasvogels | 012 | 030 | 0 | - | 6 | 12 | 1 |
| DSS | 001 | 000 | 2 | - | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| pitchers Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Malou van Dusschoten, W (1-0) | 4.1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Anna-Bè Bartels, SV (1) | 2.2 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| pitchers DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Quincey Catsburg | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Svenja de Lincel, L (0-1) | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| (*) - Catsburg was announced as starting pitcher, but was replaced by De Lincel when top of 1st inning began |
Umpires: HP-Peter Vonk, 1B-Mariana Prins-Atanasova.
Official Scorer-Dieks Bannink.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Feiko Drost.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Time-1:47 hr.
Game Notes: Opening Day 2015 season.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 14° C (57° F), northeastern wind 16 kmh (9 mph), humidity 46%. |
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