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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar) UVV wins comfortable vs. Pirates Nederlands VLEUTEN (Neth.) - UVV won twice on Saturday (April 25) vs. Amsterdam Pirates, which remains winless. UVV got fine pitching from Helma Pluim and Melissa Burger and won 5-0 and 9-3. (April 25)

Game 1 In the opener, Helma Pluim shutout Amsterdam Pirates and threw a 2-hitter. She allowed only two players to reach second base. Her No-Hitter ended when Babette Kouwenhoven led off the third inning with a single. She moved to second base when Josephine Rommens walked with one out, but the two were left behind. In the fourth and fifth inning, two Amsterdam-batters reached base after being hit by a pitch, but didn't get beyond first base. In the sixth, Dana Rodermans walked with one out and Sophie van Oostvoorn then accounted for the second Amsterdam-hit. This time, a double play ended the inning. UVV opened the score with one run in the second inning. With two outs, Renske de Leeuw singled and scored on a following double by Michelle van Waveren. UVV then took more distance by scoring four runs in the third at bat. Felicity Pique led off with a walk, then Laura Arp reached on an infield-hit. A single by Naomi Andringa then doubled the lead. Next, Kirsten Vierdag drilled a 2-run triple and scored herself on a passed ball to make it 5-0. In the next three innings, Amsterdam-pitcher Shanna van Vegten held UVV to only three hits and gave up no additional runs.

UVV - Amsterdam Pirates 5-0 (Game 1) R H E Amsterdam Pirates 000 000 0 - 0 2 0 UVV 014 000 X - 5 9 0 pitcher Pirates inn. SO BB H R ER Shanna van Vegten, L (0-3) 6 4 2 9 5 4 pitcher UVV inn. SO BB H R ER Helma Pluim, W (2-1) 7 5 2 2 - - Standings Scores Schedule Rosters Umpires: HP-Hans Hornstra, 1B-Wout van der Horst. Scorer-Monique Burger (UVV). Time-0:00 hr.

Game 2 In the second game, UVV got another fine pitching performance, this time from Melissa Burger, who gave up only four hits. UVV briefly trailed 3-2 in the third inning, but then turned the game its way moments later. UVV scored twice in the first at bat. Laura Arp and Naomi Andringa began with singles, then the bases got loaded with one out when Marleen van Gastel walked. A walk for Misja Koops and single by Michelle van Waveren then produced the runs, but the home team also left the bases loaded when the next two batters were retired. Amsterdam came alongside in its second at bat. Lead-off hitter Dana Rodermans reached on an error, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Sophie van Oostvoorn and scored on a double by Uchenna Jong Loy. Hereafter, Ragna Stegenga reached on an error. The latter was forced out on a grounder by Shanna van Vegten, but that also brought in the tying run. In the top of the third inning, Amsterdam took a 3-2 lead. Josephine Rommens led off with a single and advanced on a sac-bunt by Judith Diepeveen, then scored on a single by Rhowan Stuart. Hereafter, Dana Rodermans walked. But from that moment on, Melissa Burger dominated in the remainder of the game, as she retired 14 of the next 15 batters. After having retired eight batters in a row, she gave up a lead-off single to Dana Rodermans in the sixth, but the retired the next six batters again. UVV re-took the lead in the bottom of the third by scoring two runs. With one out, the bases got loaded when Marleen van Gastel singled and both Misja Koops and Michelle van Waveren walked. Helma Pluim followed with a single to bring in two runs and make it 4-3. UVV then took more distance in the next three innings. In the fourth, Laura Arp reached on an error and went on to score on a single by Kirsten Vierdag. Two runs were added in the fifth, thanks to a double by Helma Pluim and a single by Renske de Leeuw. The lead was lifted to 9-3 by scoring two more runs in the sixth at bat. This time Laura Arp led off with a single and Naomi Andringa followed with a double. They then both scored on a sacrifice fly, respectively hit by Kirsten Vierdag and Marleen van Gastel.

UVV - Amsterdam Pirates 9-3 (Game 2) R H E Amsterdam Pirates 021 000 0 - 3 4 2 UVV 202 122 X - 9 12 1 pitchers Pirates inn. SO BB H R ER Mandy van der Maas, L (0-2) 4.2 3 3 10 7 5 Jill Kranenburg 1 - 1 2 2 2 Babette Kouwenhoven 0.1 - - - - - pitcher UVV inn. SO BB H R ER Melissa Burger, W (2-1) 7 4 1 4 3 1 Standings Scores Schedule Rosters Umpires: HP-Wout van der Horst, 1B-Hans Hornstra. Scorer-Monique Burger (UVV). Time-0:00 hr.

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