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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Fred Versluis)
 DSS wins twice; No-Hitter in first game
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
DSS shutout De Glaskoning Twins twice on Saturday (April 23), winning 7-0 and 4-0.
In the opener, Dagmar Bloeming (4 innings) and Quincey Catsburg (1 inning) threw a combined No-Hitter.
In the second game, three pitchers gave up only one basehit to the Brabant-squad.
A week ago, Twins made its comeback in the highest division and surprised with a double victory against Terrasvogels.
DSS had opened the new season with a double loss against reigning champion Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem.
(April 23)
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DSS vs. De Glaskoning Twins (Game One)
In the opener, DSS collected 10 basehits, including three by Lorraine Kieft, who also scored twice and batted in one run.
...Dagmar Bloeming...
...four No-Hit innings...
(© Photo: Fred Versluis) |
After Twins left a runner on second base in the top of the first inning, DSS scored three runs with two outs in the bottom half of the at bat off of starter Femke Duffhues.
She gave up a lead-off triple to Noa Brand.
With two outs, Australian catcher Belinda White was walked intentionally, but that decision backfired.
Lorraine Kieft singled to bring in the first run, then Denice van Dijk followed with a runscoring double and a wild pitch made it 3-0.
That wild pitch also resulted in a brief delay, as catcher Sophie Bugter was hit by the ball, but was able to continue.
In the next three innings, DSS was held scoreless.
In the second inning, Melissa de Greef singled with one out, but stranded on second base.
In the third, Lorraine Kieft singled with two outs and was left on first base.
And in the fourth, Dominique Burger led off with a single and moved on a sacrifice bunt by Marijn Crouwel.
Melissa de Greef then was hit by a pitch, but a double play ended the at bat.
In the bottom of the fifth, DSS struck with four runs to reach the 7-run difference to end the game via the mercy-rule.
Annemiek de Rover led off with a double.
Rookie Rachel Heus took over as pinch-runner, then Morgan Sampson was hit by a pitch and Belinda White followed with a runscoring single.
The bases got loaded when Lorraine Kieft connected for her third basehit in the game.
DSS made it 5-0 when a run was scored on a grounder by Denice van Dijk.
Hereafter, Dominique Burger hit a walk-off, 2-run triple that lifted the lead to 7-0 and ended the game.
Dagmar Bloeming started for DSS and threw four hitless innings.
In the first inning, she saw Lieke Duffhues reach on an error with one out.
She moved on a wild pitch, but stranded.
In the second inning, Bloeming walked lead-off hitter Michelle van Bodegom, who advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Noor Godefroy, but she also was left on second base.
Bloeming retired the side in the third and fourth inning, then was relieved by Quincey Catsburg in the fifth.
With one out, she walked Kate Geldof and Mandy van Alebeek.
The first was forced out on a grounder by Femke Duffhues, but a following wild pitch led to runners on second and third base.
Both the shutout and the No-Hitter were kept intact when a flyout ended the inning.
Moments later, DSS rallied for four runs to end the game.
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| DSS - De Glaskoning Twins 7-0 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| De Glaskoning Twins | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DSS | 300 | 04 | | - | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| (one out when 7-run difference was reached in the bottom of the fifth inning) |
| pitchers Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Sheila van der Tang | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Femke Duffhues, L (1-1) | 4.1 | - | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| (*) - Van der Tang was announced as starting pitcher, but was replaced by Duffhues when bottom 1st inning began |
| pitchers DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Dagmar Bloeming, W (1-1) | 4 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - |
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| Quincey Catsburg, SV (1) | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| (Dagmar Bloeming & Quincey Catsburg throw a combined No-Hitter) |
Umpires: HP-Carolien Stadhouders, 1B-Bert Loggen.
Official Scorer-Brigitta Zaal.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Harumi Ueda.
Public Address Announcer-Bert Daniëls.
Scoreboard Operator-Bert Daniëls.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time-1:13 hr.
Site-Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem.
Game Notes:
 5-minute injury-delay in bottom of 1st inning with two outs, runner on third base and DSS leading 3-0 when Twins-catcher Sophie Bugter got hit after a wild pitch.
Dagmar Bloeming (4 innings) and Quincey Catsburg (1 inning) throw a combined No-Hitter for DSS.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 7,7° C (45,9° F); wind direction north;
wind speed 27 kmh (16,4 mph); wind force 5 Bft; humidity 51%. |
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DSS vs. De Glaskoning Twins (Game Two)
In the second game, DSS scored all its runs in the fifth inning to register another shutout-victory.
Making her big league-debut in this game for Twins was Sterre den Duijn, who was the team's designated player.
She is the daughter of former big league baseball-pitcher Jeroen den Duijn and granddaughter of Henk den Duijn, the former President of the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB).
Another third generation was playing in the team of DSS, as Marijn Crouwel (who made her debut last year) is the daughter of former big league-player and current Head Coach of Kinheim Mike Crouwel and the granddaughter of former player Wim Crouwel.
Twins threatened to open the score in the first inning when it got the bases loaded off of starting pitcher Quincey Catsburg, without hitting a basehit.
Minke Blok led off with a walk and stole second base, then an error was made on a following grounder by Lieke Duffhues, which led to runners on first and third base.
After Duffhues also had stolen second base, Sophie Bugter was walked intentionally.
The three runners stranded when a strikeout and groundout followed.
In the third inning, Twins left two runners behind.
This time, Minke Blok reached on an error and stole second base, then moved on a grounder.
Sophie Bugter received another intentional pass, but both were left behind.
Twins left a runner in both the fourth and fifth inning off of new pitcher Svenja de Lincel.
With two outs in the fifth, Sandy Lauwers singled, but that was to be the lone basehit for Twins.
DSS also left several runners in its first four innings off of American pitcher Kaitlyn Medlam.
In the third, they got into scoring position for the first time.
With two outs, Noa Brand singled and Annemiek de Rover was hit by a pitch, but they were left behind.
In the fourth, again two runners stranded.
With one out, Lorraine Kieft singled.
She was then eliminated after first advancing on a following single by Denice van Dijk.
Moments later, Van Dijk stole second base and advanced on a single by Dominique Burger, who also stole second base.
But they then were left behind on second and third base.
With two outs in the bottom of the fifth inning, DSS rallied for four runs.
With one out, Noa Brand singled and Annemiek de Rover walked.
During this last at bat, Twins' Head Coach Frank Zaal was ejected for arguing.
The two advanced when Morgan Sampson flied out, then the bases were loaded by walking Belinda White intentionally.
And then, the scenario of the first inning of the opener was repeated.
White then also was walked intentionally with two outs and Lorraine Kieft then followed with a runscoring single.
And that is what she did again in this situation, but this time everyone scored.
When Kieft singled, Brand scored, but when a throwing error followed, not only the other two runners were able to score, but Kieft herself also crossed home plate to make it 4-0.
In the top of the sixth, Dagmar Bloeming took over the DSS-pitching to close the game.
She saw lead-off hitter Michelle van Bodegom reach on an error, but she was later forced out.
Bloeming retired the side in the seventh (two strikeouts) to end the game.
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| DSS - De Glaskoning Twins 4-0 |
| R | H | E |
| De Glaskoning Twins | 000 | 000 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| DSS | 000 | 040 | X | - | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| pitcher Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kaitlyn Medlam, L (1-1) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| pitchers DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Quincey Catsburg | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
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| Svenja de Lincel, W (1-0) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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| Dagmar Bloeming | 2 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Bert Loggen, 1B-Carolien Stadhouders.
Official Scorer-Brigitta Zaal.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Harumi Ueda.
Public Address Announcer-Bert Daniëls.
Scoreboard Operator-Bert Daniëls.
Starting Time-4:00 PM.
Time-1:49 hr.
Site-Pim Mulier Sportpark, Haarlem.
Game Notes:
Sterre den Duijn (Twins) makes her debut in the Dutch Golden League (highest division).
Frank Zaal (Head Coach Twins) ejected in bottom 5th inning by HP Umpire Bett Loggen for arguing.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 9,1° C (48,4° F); wind direction north-northwest;
wind speed 26 kmh (16,3 mph); wind force 5 Bft; humidity 44%. |
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