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 Twins and Tex Town Tigers split
Nederlands
 OOSTERHOUT (Neth.) -
Twins and Tex Town Tigers split their double-header on Saturday (April 30).
In the opener, Twins trailed 4-0 in the third inning, then rallied for six runs in the bottom of the third and went on to win 6-4.
Isa Los went 3-for-4 for Tex Town Tigers.
In the second game, Tex Town Tigers won big with a 14-4 score in five innings on 16 basehits, including three by Myrthe Smid, Isa Los and Daniëlle ten Donkelaar.
Smid also batted in four runs.
(April 30)
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Twins vs. Tex Town Tigers (Game One)
Sometimes, a game exists of only one inning.
Today's opener was such a game, as all runs were score in the third inning.
Tex Town Tigers rallied for four runs in the top half, then Twins answered with six runs in their half.
Twins-starter Kaitlyn Medlam retired the side in the first inning, then gave up a 2-out single to Isa Los in the second inning, but closed with a strikeout.
But in the third at bat, the righthander ran into problems, as she gave up four runs.
All runs were unearned, as the Twins-defense committed two errors.
Aafje van Baal and Romy van der Wielen led off with walks and moved on a sacrifice bunt by Myrthe Smid.
An error on a grounder by Amber Krijgsman loaded the bases.
Next, Van Baal was forced out at the plate on a grounder by Annemiek Jansen, which would have been the third out.
But now the bases were still loaded and there were two outs, but Tex Town Tigers would score four runs hereafter.
First, Laura Wissink delivered a 2-run single, then an error on a grounder by Nadine Marinus re-loaded the bases.
A following 2-run double by Isa Los made it 4-0.
But that lead appeared not to be enough.
In the bottom of the third inning, Twins reacted with six runs.
In the first two innings, Twins was held scoreless by starter Daniëlle ten Donkelaar, who was supported with an inning-ending double play in the second at bat with the bases loaded.
The game then turned the way of Twins in the third inning.
Minke Blok led off with a walk, then the bases got loaded with one out when Sandy Lauwers singled and Sophie Bugter walked.
A following walk for Michelle van Bodegom brought in an automatic run, but also led to a pitching change.
Amber Krijgsman took over to make her first pitching-appearance of the season, but was greeted with basesloaded runscoring singles by Noor Godefroy and Kate Geldof, then walked Kelly De Lannoy, which tied the score at 4-4.
Another pitching change followed, as Anna-Bè Bartels was brought in.
But she gave up a runscoring single to Femke Duffhues, which was followed by a runscoring force play-grounder by Minke Blok in her second at bat in the inning.
And that suddenly changed the score to 6-4 in favor of Twins.
In the remainder of the game, Tex Town Tigers got several chances to add more runs, but was uable to do so.
In the fourth, Aafje van Baal led off with a walk, then moved on a sac-bunt by Romy van der Wielen and reached third base when Myrthe Smid singled.
Hereafter, an error followed on a bunt by Amber Krijgsman with the ball ending up in foul territory behind first base.
Righftielder Noor Godefroy, who covered the play, fielded the ball and got it in time to catcher Kelly De Lannoy to eliminate Van Baal at the plate.
However, Krijgsman was credited with a sacrifice bunt, as she succesfully had moved another runner (Smid).
But hereafter, a strikeout followed, meaning runners were left on second and third base.
In the top of the fifth, Laura Wissink led off for TTT with a double and Isa Los singled with one out, but they were also left behind.
And in the seventh, a runner stranded on third base.
Twins didn't get into scoring position anymore in the remainder of the game off of Bartels, but the 2-run difference proved to be enough for the home team.
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| Twins - Tex Town Tigers 6-4 |
| R | H | E |
| Tex Town Tigers | 004 | 000 | 0 | - | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Twins | 006 | 000 | X | - | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| pitchers Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Daniëlle ten Donkelaar | 2.1 | - | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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| Amber Krijgsman, L (0-1) | - (*) | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Anna-Bè Bartels | 3.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| (*) - Krijgsman pitched to three batters in the third inning |
| pitchers Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kaitlyn Medlam, W (3-1) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | - |
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| Femke Duffhues, SV (1) | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Peter Vonk, 1B-Britt Nielandt.
Official Scorer-Jolanda Kossakowski.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Linda Steijger.
Public Address Announcer-Joost Arnold.
Starting Time-3:00 PM.
Time-2:10 hr.
Site-Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout.
Game Notes:
 Jolanda Kossakowski makes her debut as Official Scorer in the Golden League (highest Dutch league).
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 11,9° C (53,4° F); wind direction north;
wind speed 14 kmh (8,1 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 53%. |
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Twins vs. Tex Town Tigers (Game Two)
In the second game, Tex Town Tigers rallied for six runs in the second inning and this time kept on adding runs in the following innings to register a mercy-rule 14-4 victory in five innings.
With that, TTT won its first game of the season after having lost the first five.
In the second at bat, off of starter Femke Duffhues, Nadine Marinus led off with a single and stole second base, then scored on a following single by Isa Los.
Next batter Daniëlle ten Donkelaar also singled and the bases got loaded when Monique Mooi walked.
After an infield-fly, Myrthe Smid delivered a 2-run single.
Hereafter, Amber Krijgsman reached on an infield-hit, which loaded the bases, then everyone was safe on a fielder's choice-grounder by Annemiek Jansen, resulting in a run.
A pitching-change followed, Sheila van der Tang took over.
She saw TTT score two more runs on a grounder by Laura Wissink and a single by Nadine Marinus.
The inning ended when Jansen was eliminated at the plate when she also tried to score on the single by Marinus.
A double by Kelly De Lannoy accounted for the first Twins-run in the bottom of the second inning, but then Tex Town Tigers scored four more runs in the top of the third inning.
Isa Los led off with a single and scored on a following double by Daniëlle ten Donkelaar.
The latter advanced on a single by Monique Mooi, then scored on a force play-grounder by Marije Oosting-ten Thij.
A triple by Myrthe Smid and a grounder by Amber Krijgsman then lifted the lead to 10-1.
Twins scored twice in its third at bat on a grounder by Noor Godefroy and a single by Kate Geldof, but Tex Town Tigers made it an almost out-of-reach lead by scoring three more runs in the fourth inning.
In that at bat, Laura Wissink led off with a single and later scored on another runscoring double by Daniëlle ten Donkelaar.
Femke Duffhues then returned as pitcher for Twins, but two more runs were added on an error and a single by Myrthe Smid.
Both teams had one run left in the game.
Twins scored its fourth run in the bottom of the fourth when Lieke Duffhues doubled with one out and scored on a sacrifice fly by Sandy Lauwers.
TTT scored its last run in the fifth when Laura Wissink tripled with one out and scored on a sac-fly by Nadine Marinus.
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| Twins - Tex Town Tigers 4-14 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Tex Town Tigers | 064 | 31 | | - | 14 | 16 | 1 |
| Twins | 012 | 10 | | - | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| pitchers Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shaneequa Kock | 2.2 | - | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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| Cheyenne Scheffer, W (1-2) | 2.1 | 1 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| pitchers Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Femke Duffhues, L (1-2) | 1.1 | - | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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| Sheila van der Tang | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | 5 |
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| Femke Duffhues | 1.2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Britt Nielandt, 1B-Peter Vonk.
Official Scorer-Jolanda Kossakowski.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Linda Steijger.
Public Address Announcer-Joost Arnold.
Starting Time-5:40 PM.
Time-1:34 hr.
Site-Sportpark 'De Slotbosse Toren', Oosterhout.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Partly cloudy, 10,1° C (50,2° F); wind direction north;
wind speed 19 kmh (11,1 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 65%. |
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