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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Dennis Duin & Marco Stoovelaar)
 Olympia Haarlem wins vs. Tex Town Tigers and finishes in first place
Nederlands
 ALMERE (Neth.) -
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem won 13-5 vs. Tex Town Tigers to close Day 2 and the Play-Off Weekend in Almere on Sunday (September 20).
With this, Olympia Haarlem ended in a tie with Terrasvogels to whom it lost 5-4 earlier in the day.
On Saturday, Olympia had won the first game between the two teams with a 5-1 score.
As the first tie-breaker (head-to-head results) also ended in a tie, the next tie-break was the Team Quality Balance.
That was in favor of Olympia Haarlem, which therefore finished the Play-Off Weekend in first place, followed by Terrasvogels and Tex Town Tigers (which remained winless) and that also was the ranking after completion of the regular season.
The Play-Off Weekend served as ranking round to fill in next weekend's schedule of the Holland Series Weekend in Hoofddorp.
By finishing in first place, Olympia Haarlem will face season-winner Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem in the first Play-Off game.
The winner of that game advanced to the best-of-one Holland Series on Sunday.
The loser meets the winner of the match-up between Terrasvogels and Tex Town Tigers in the backdoor best-of-one.
Schedule
Earlier games today:
Game Four - Olympia Haarlem vs. Terrasvogels
Game Five - Terasvogels vs. Tex Town Tigers
On Saturday, the Play-Off Weekend also opened with three games.
Game One - Olympia Haarlem vs. Tex Town Tigers
Game Two - Terrasvogels vs. Olympia Haarlem
Game Three - Tex Town Tigers vs. Terrasvogels
(September 20)
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...Merel Oosterveld...
...3-run homerun...
(© Photo: Dennis Duin) |
In the first inning, Olympia Haarlem was retired in order by starter Amber Krijgsman, then Tex Town Tigers scored four unearned runs in the bottom of the first off of Stephanie Tofft.
TTT registered only two hits, but there were also two walks and an error.
With two outs, Laura Wissink and Isa Los walked.
A following grounder by Aafje van Baal then ended in a throwing error and the first run.
Hereafter, the two singles were hit, resulting in three more runs and an apparent comfortable lead.
First, Italian Giorgia Fumagalli singled in two runs, then Shaneequa Kock singled in another run to make it 4-0.
The lead, however, was shortlived, as Olympia Haarlem immediately answered with four runs of its own in the top of the second inning, also with two outs.
Stephanie Ruiter then singled and Brenda Beers doubled.
The first run was then scored on a single by Rachel van Veen and Merel Oosterveld followed with a 3-run, inside-the-park-homerun to equal the score.
Tex Town Tigers was then retired in order and Olympia added three more runs in the third at bat to take the lead.
Dinet Oosting reached on an error and Stephanie Tofft doubled.
The first run was then scored on a single by Mariëlle Vleugels and the next one on a force play-grounder by Chiya Louie.
The bases got loaded when Stephanie Ruiter and Brenda Beers singled, then another run was scored on a force play-grounder by Rachel van Veen, which lifted the lead to 7-4.
...Giorgia Fumagalli...
...2-run single...
(© Ph: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Olympia Haarlem scored twice in the sixth to make it a 9-4 score off of Linda van Dijk, who had taken over the pitching in the third after Van Veen's grounder.
With two outs, Mariëlle Vleugels hit an RBI-double, then scored herself on a single by Chiya Louie.
Olympia Haarlem then staged a 4-run rally on five hits with two outs in the top of the seventh off of new pitcher Shaneequa Kock.
With two outs, the bases got loaded on singles by Merel Oosterveld, Judith Buschman and Dinet Oosting.
Hereafter, Stephanie Tofft batted in two runs with a single, as did Mariëlle Vleugels with a double to make it a 13-4 score.
In the bottom of the seventh, Tex Town Tigers scored its last run.
Amber Krijgsman reached on an error with one out and scored on a 2-out double by Annemiek Jansen.
Hereafter, reliever Mariëlle Vleugels, who threw the final three innings, ended the game with a strikeout.
Olympia collected 16 basehits in the game, including three by Stephanie Ruiter and Mariëlle Vleugels.
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| Tex Town Tigers - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 5-13 |
| R | H | E |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 043 | 002 | 4 | - | 13 | 16 | 3 |
| Tex Town Tigers | 400 | 000 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| pitchers Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Stephanie Tofft, W (1-0) | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | - |
| Mariëlle Vleugels, SV (1) | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| pitchers Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Amber Krijgsman, L (0-2) | 2.2 | - | - | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| Linda van Dijk | 3.1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Shaneequa Kock | 1 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Homerun: Olympia Haarlem: Merel Oosterveld (1)(2nd,3-run,inside-the-park,off Krijgsman). |
Umpires: HP-Arie Nokkert, 1B-Patrick Reus,
3B-Mariana Prins-Atanasova.
Official Scorer-Dieks Bannink.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Rienette Hamers.
Public Address Announcer-Paul Bollebakker.
Time-1:54 hr.
Game Notes:
Game Six of 6-game Play-Off Weekend (Ranking Round).
Game played at the site of Almere '90 in Almere.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 16,7° C (62,1° F), western wind 23 kmh (14,3 mph), wind speed 3,9 Bft, humidity 79%. |
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