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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar) Centrals wins twice vs. Euro Stars Nederlands CAPELLE a/d IJSSEL (Neth.) - Centrals won twice on Saturday (April 18) against Euro Stars, which has now lost four games in a row. In the opener, Centrals won 9-1 on a 2-hitter by Sara Moulton. In the second game, Centrals trailed 5-0 after the third inning and 6-3 when the seventh inning began. Centrals then rallied for five runs in the top of the seventh to win 8-6, then Moulton secured the win by pitching the bottom of the seventh in relief. (April 18)

Game 1 In the first game, Centrals collected 15 basehits, including three by Laura Bakker, who also scored three runs. Sara Moulton went the distance for Centrals, struckout ten batters and threw a 2-hitter. In the first four innings, she allowed only one batter to reach base. Davinia de Kwant walked with one out in the second inning, but she stranded. Moulton struckout seven batters in the first three innings. Her No-Hitter ended in the fifth when Davinia de Kwant led off with a single. In the seventh, Wendy van der Hoeven accounted for the second basehit of Euro Stars. As pitcher, Wendy van der Hoeven held Centrals scoreless in the first three innings. She then gave up four unearned runs in the fourth when the Euro Stars-defense committed three errors. With the bases loaded, a single by Sara Moulton brought in the first run, then Emma Bosman followed with a 2-run single. An error led to the fourth run in this at bat. Euro Stars then scored its lone run in the fifth. After De Kwant had broken the No-Hitter in the fifth, she also ended the shutout when she scored on a sacrifice bunt by Kim van der Valk. In the sixth, Centrals added two runs, thanks to an error and a single by Emma Wojcík. Three more runs were scored in the seventh. Petya Sokolová led off with a single and scored on an one-out single by Laura Bakker. Later in the inning, the lead was increased to 9-1 when Emma Bosman and Emma Wojcík added runscoring singles.

Euro Stars - Centrals 1-9 (Game 1) R H E Centrals 000 402 3 - 9 15 1 Euro Stars 000 010 0 - 1 2 7 pitcher Centrals inn. SO BB H R ER Sara Moulton, W (1-1) 7 10 3 2 1 - pitcher Euro Stars inn. SO BB H R ER Wendy van der Hoeven, L (0-2) 7 3 - 15 9 5 Standings Scores Schedule Rosters Umpires: HP-Rob Veldkamp, 1B-Robin Stoevelaar. Scorers-Ingrid Oomse (Euro Stars), Petra van Elteren (Centrals). Time-0:00 hr.

Game 2 In today's second game, Euro Stars led 6-3 when the seventh inning started, but then Centrals rallied for five runs to win 8-6. Initially, Euro Stars was the better team, as it led 5-0 after three innings. The team scored three runs in the first at bat off of Cheyenne Bumpus. Onaisha Franka then led off with a walk, moved on a wild pitch and a passed ball, then scored on an one-out single by Kirsten Molle. The latter then advanced on another passed ball and scored on a single by Wendy van der Hoeven, who later scored on a sacrifice fly by Davinia de Kwant. Two runs were added in the third at bat. Onaisha Franka then walked, moved on a sacrifice bunt by Manon Hogenes and scored on a single by Kirsten Molle, who went on to score the next run on a 2-out single by Davinia de Kwant. Euro Stars-starter Shomayra Franka allowed only two batters to reach base in the first three innings. She then gave up two runs in the fourth inning. With one out, Stephanie Pearce doubled and scored on a passed ball. Next batter Simone Meerkerk walked and went on to score on a 2-out single by Sara Moulton, which loaded the bases. But a strikeout then ended the bat, stranding the three runners. Centrals narrowed the deficit to 5-3 by scoring a run in the sixth. Petya Sokolová then led off with a single and scored on a following single by Cheyenne Bumpus. Euro Stars got the run back in its sixth at bat when Eliza van 't Zelfde singled with two outs and scored on a double by Kimberly Matulessy. Centrals then turned the game its way with a 5-run rally in the top of the seventh to turn a 6-3 deficit into an 8-6 lead. Lead-off hitter Laura Bakker reached on an error, then Stephanie Pearce singled, which led to a pitching change. Another error during a steal-attempt then led to a run and a runner at third base. Hereafter, pinch-hitter Franka van Dijk delivered a runscoring triple to make it 6-5. Moments later, Van Dijk scored the tying run on a grounder by Sarah Rosenbarker, which led to a throw to home plate, but no out was made. A double by Petya Sokolová followed. On a following grounder by Cheyenne Bumpus, it again was attempted to eliminate the runner at home plate. But for the second time, the team wasn't successful and so Centrals took a 7-6 lead. The team from De Bilt then added an insurance run on a grounder by Jasmin Carlson. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Sara Moulton took over the pitching for Centrals. She retired the side and ended with two strikeouts to secure the win and earn a save.

Euro Stars - Centrals 6-8 (Game 2) R H E Centrals 000 201 5 - 8 11 1 Euro Stars 302 001 0 - 6 7 2 pitcher Centrals inn. SO BB H R ER Cheyenne Bumpus, W (1-0) 6 2 4 7 6 4 Sara Moulton, SV (1) 1 2 - - - - pitchers Euro Stars inn. SO BB H R ER Shomayra Franka 6 (*) 5 2 9 5 3 Merel Cramer, BS (1), L (0-1) 1 - 1 2 3 3 (*) - Franka pitched to two batters in the seventh inning Standings Scores Schedule Rosters Umpires: HP-Robin Stoevelaar, 1B-Rob Veldkamp. Scorers-Ingrid Oomse (Euro Stars), Petra van Elteren (Centrals). Time-0:00 hr.

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