Game 2
Just as in the first game, a lot of runs were scored and a lot of hits were registered in the second game.
The teams combined on 17 runs and 23 basehits.
This brought the total to 33 runs and 39 basehits in today's double-header.
In this game, Zwijndrecht again won big, but this time needed all seven innings.
By the way, Claudia Kranendonk again registered four basehits and scored three runs, while also batting in three.
Kelsey Huijzers also scored three runs.
After two scoreless innings, Zwijndrecht scored four runs in the third at bat.
With Sanne Korpel (single) and Kelsey Huijzers (error) on base, the score was opened when Claudia Kranendonk and Chantal Fehling delivered runscoring singles.
A sacrifice fly by Themis Claes and a single by Laura Zuidam then made it 4-0.
In the fourth, Dayenne Sluijter (walk) scored the next run on an error.
In the sixth, Zwijndrecht reached the 7-run difference.
With Huijzers and Kranendonk on base, Nadine van der Loos singled in a run, then Kyra van Genderen made it 7-0 with a single after a pitching change.
Amsterdam Pirates then avoided another mercy-rule loss by scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The home team had reached base in the previous at bats, but had been unable to score.
In the sixth, Dana Rodermans led off with a single and Maja Kouwenhoven walked, which led to a pitching change.
With one out, the bases got loaded when Sophie van Oostvoorn walked.
The runs were then scored when Chantal Fehling hit Ragna Stegenga with a pitch and walked Rosalie Moerkerk.
With a 7-2 lead, Zwijndrecht rallied for seven runs in the top of the seventh inning.
With the bases loaded, a run was scored on the fourth basehit by Claudia Kranendonk, which brought in the fourth pitcher for Pirates.
Runscoring singles by Chantal Fehling and Nadine van der Loos followed.
With one out, Kyra van Genderen singled in the next run.
Two errors and a force play-grounder by Dayenne Sluijter contributed to the next three runs and lifted the lead to 14-2.
Amsterdam had one run left in the bottom of the seventh inning.
With two outs, Dana Rodermans then scored on a single by Uchenna Jong Loy.
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