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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Gryphons registers first victory
Nederlands
 DE BILT (Neth.) -
Gryphons shutout Centrals 3-0 in the second game of their double-header on Saturday (April 25) to win its first game of the season after having lost the first five.
In the opener, Centrals won 7-0 in six innings behind strong pitching of Sara Moulton.
In Game 2, Emma Holden dominated for Gryphons.
(April 25)
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Game 1
In the opener, Centrals shutout Gryphons 7-0 in a 6-inning game behind strong pitcher of American Sara Moulton.
She struckout eleven batters and pitched an one-hitter.
After having retired the first ten batters she faced, her Perfect Game ended when Kehli Washington reached on an error.
Her No-Hitter ended in the fifth inning when Carlinde Altorf singled with one out.
Washington ended up on second base after the error, then advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Charlotte Drijvers, but then stranded.
Altorf stole second base after her single, but also was left behind.
Centrals opened the score with one run in the first inning.
Stephanie Pearce walked with one out and stole second base, then scored when Franka van Dijk followed with a triple.
The second run was added in the third inning.
With one out, Franka van Dijk singled, moved on a wild pitch and a grounder, then scored on a single by Laura Bakker.
Centrals increased the lead with two more runs in the fourth inning.
The bases got loaded when lead-off hitter Emma Wojcík was hit by a pitch, Sara Moulton reached on an error and Simone Meerkerk walked.
With one out, Stephanie Pearce singled to bring in a run.
Hereafter, Moulton was forced out at home on a grounder by Franka van Dijk, but then the next run was scored when Petya Sokolová was hit by a pitch.
A strikeout followed, meaning three runners were left behind.
In the fifth, Centrals made it 6-0 by scoring two more runs.
Pinch-hitter Sarah Rosenbarker and Emma Wojcík then both walked, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Sara Moulton and went on to score on a 2-out single by Jasmin Carlson.
The 7-run difference was reached in the sixth inning.
Franka van Dijk then led off with a single, moved on a sac-bunt by Petya Sokolová and scored on a walk-off single by Laura Bakker.
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| Centrals - Gryphons 7-0 (6 inn.) (Game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| Gryphons | 000 | 000 | | - | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Centrals | 101 | 221 | | - | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| (one out when 7-run difference was reached in the sixth inning) |
| pitchers Gryphons | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Emma Holden | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lieke Kapteijns, L (0-2) | 5.1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | - |
| (*) - Holden was announced as starting pitcher, but was replaced by Kapteijns when bottom 1st began |
| pitcher Centrals | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Sara Moulton, W (3-1) | 6 | 11 | - | 1 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Albert Tolen, 1B-Francine Grotenhoff.
Scorer-Petra van Elteren (Centrals).
Time-1:45 hr. |
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Game 2
In the second game, Gryphons shutout Centrals 3-0 to register its first victory of the season.
Emma Holden dominated for the Rosmalen-squad and struckout twelve batters, while giving up five hits.
In the first at bat, Charlotte Drijvers doubled with two outs for Gryphons, but was left behind.
In the home half of the inning, Centrals stranded two runners.
Gryphons then opened the score in the second inning.
Manya Krijgsman led off with a walk, moved on a sac-bunt by Ellinor Keepers, then scored on a 2-out single by Julia van Oosterwijck.
Gryphons added two more runs in the fourth at bat.
Maruja Isbouts led off with a walk and advanced on a wild putch, then moved to third base when Carlinde Altorf singled.
After the latter had stolen second base, Ellinor Keepers singled in a run, as did Julia van Oosterwijck to make it 3-0.
Hereafter, the final eleven batters were retired in order.
Trailing 3-0, Centrals got a chance to do something back in the fifth inning.
Emma Bosman led off with a single, then Nina Ceulemans and Petya Sokolová both reached on a bunt-single to load the bases.
Hereafter, Emma Holden struckout the next batter.
A flyout followed and a strikeout ended the inning, leaving the bases loaded.
After getting the bases loaded, Holden retired the final nine batters she faced to secure the shutout.
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| Centrals - Gryphons 0-3 (Game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| Gryphons | 010 | 200 | 0 | - | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Centrals | 000 | 000 | 0 | - | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| pitcher Gryphons | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Emma Holden, W (1-2) | 7 | 12 | - | 5 | - | - |
| pitchers Centrals | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Cheyenne Bumpus, L (1-1) | 3.1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Pauline Baaij | 3.2 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Francine Grotenhoff, 1B-Albert Tolen.
Scorer-Petra van Elteren (Centrals).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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