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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Fred Versluis)
 Sparks Haarlem wins twice in seventh inning against DSS
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 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
Reigning champion Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem faced a deficit twice in its double-header on Saturday (May 6) against DSS, but decided both games in the bottom of the seventh inning to win 5-4.
In the opener, Sparks Haarlem trailed 4-3 in the fifth inning, came alongside in the sixth, then won in the seventh.
In the second game, Sparks Haarlem trailed 4-3 with two outs in the seventh and then scored two runs.
In both games, there some nice defensive plays, including some great ones by 3B Virginie Anneveld (Sparks Haarlem).
Short stop Feline Poot, pitcher Dagmar Bloeming (both DSS) and centerfielder Kingsley Avery (Sparks Haarlem) also accounted for fine plays.
DSS 3B Morgan Sampson caught two line drives in the second game and made an unassisted double play.
(May 6)
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Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem vs. DSS (game one)
DSS got into scoring position first in the top of the second inning off of Kirsten Scheele, who made her second start in two weeks for Sparks Haarlem since coming out of retirement.
In the second, the righthander gave up a lead-off single to Sophie Bugter, then a 2-out single to Annemiek de Rover, but they were left behind, as centerfielder Kingsley Avery made a diving catch on a line drive by Lorraine Kieft.
While it appeared that the ball had been in contact with the ground shortly before or after the catch, it was ruled a flyout and so, the inning ended.
In the bottom of the second inning, Sparks Haarlem rallied for three runs, which appeared to be a decisive early lead.
DSS-starter Dagmar Bloeming gave up singles to Maxime van Dalen and Virginie Anneveld, who then moved on a sacrifice bunt by Kehli Washington.
With first base open, Karin Tuk was walked intentionally.
Not only to set up a force play, but also of course to pitch around the powerhitter.
But hereafter, Tammie Lijbers singled through the middle to put Sparks Haarlem ahead, 1-0.
Onaisha Franka then grounded towards third, which led to a force out at the plate, but kept the bases loaded.
After Kehli Washington was inserted as temporary runner for Lijbers, Kingsley Avery delivered a 2-run single to make it a 3-0 score.
However, the early 3-0 lead was not as comfortable as it looked.
Sparks Haarlem left two runners behind in the bottom of the third inning and then DSS struck with three runs in the top of the fourth to come alongside.
Sophie Bugter led off with a double (which hit the fence in centerfield), but injured herself while sliding into second base and was replaced by pinch-runner Gijsje Hoogeveen.
She moved on a grounder, then Feline Poot walked and Annemiek de Rover followed with a sacrifice fly to make it a 3-1 score.
It appeared that Hoogeveen had left third base too early on the sac-fly, but she was ruled safe after an appeal and so, she scored a run.
Next batter Lorraine Kieft then lined the ball into left-centerfield.
The ball hit something and jumped back onto the field.
For a moment, it was thought that the ball had hit the top of the fence, but in reality, the ball had hit a light-pole behind the fence.
The umpires saw it correctly and ruled it a homerun, which made it a 3-3 score.
For Lorraine Kieft, who is playing in her fourth big league-season, this was her first career-homerun.
For Kirsten Scheele, it was the first time she gave up a homerun since June 19, 2015.
Back then, it also was a player of DSS who homered, being Annemiek de Rover.
In the bottom of the fourth, Sparks Haarlem again got into scoring position, but was unable to break the tie.
Tammie Lijbers led off with a walk, then moved on a grounder and a single by Kingsley Avery.
Moments later, Maaike Blaauwgeers grounded the ball towards the leftside of the infield where pitcher Dagmar Bloeming made a great play tagging out Lijbers, who had left her base.
Avery stranded on second base.
...Rebecca Soumeru was the winning pitcher...
(© Photo: Fred Versluis) |
DSS then took a 4-3 lead in the top of the fifth inning, which ended with a rare double play.
Lisa Waasdorp led off with a walk and move on a sacrifice bunt by Morgan Sampson and a wild pitch.
Sophie Bugter, who re-entered in the game as pinch-hitter, then walked, which led to a pitching change.
Rebecca Soumeru took over, but was greeted with a runscoring single by Denice van Dijk, which gave DSS the lead.
With Bugter on second base and Van Dijk on first base, the first was forced out on a grounder by Feline Poot to 3B Virginie Anneveld, who made a great play.
The veteran infielder then tried to complete a double play at first base, where Poot reached safely.
However, Van Dijk, who had advanced to second base, then tried to move to third base on the throw, but was eliminated there on the throw back from 1B Maxime van Dalen.
With this, a double play was completed with two runners being eliminated at third base, while the batter had reached first base safely.
After Rebecca Soumeru had struckout the side in the top of the sixth inning, Sparks Haarlem came alongside in its sixth.
Lead-off hitter Karin Tuk was hit by a pitch.
Her pinch-runner Desiree Adriaansz advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Tammie Lijbers, but was unable to move on a infield-hit by Onaisha Franka.
The two runners then advanced on a grounder by Kingsley Avery and Maaike Blaauwgeers followed with a runscoring single to make it a 4-4 score.
Franka moved to third base, but was left there.
In the top of the seventh inning, DSS got a chance to re-take the lead.
With two outs and Morgan Sampson (fielder's choice) at first base, Sophie Bugter (3-for-3) singled, which led to runners on second and third base.
However, a flyout ended the inning.
In the bottom of the seventh inning, Maxime van Dalen led off with a single.
Her pinch-runner Anne Blaauwgeers then stole second base and scored the winning run when Virginie Anneveld (3-for-4) followed with a walk-off double to make it 5-4 in favor of Sparks Haarlem.
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...Left: Head Coaches Peter van Dalen & Norman Ames meet Umpires Mariana Atanasova & Patrick Reus...
...Right: Kirsten Scheele started for Sparks Haarlem... |
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...Left: Virginie Anneveld is forced out by catcher Lorraine Kieft in the 2nd inning; Umpire Mariana Atanasova watches the play...
...Right: Temporary runner Kehli Washington scores for Sparks Haarlem in the 2nd inning... |
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...Kingsley Avery singles for Sparks Haarlem in the fourth inning... |
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...Pitcher Dagmar Bloeming tags out runner Tammie Lijbers in the fourth inning... |
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...Left: Morgan Sampson reaches 3rd base for DSS in the 7th, as watched by 3B Virginie Anneveld and Head Coach Norman Ames...
...Right: Anne Blaauwgeers steals 2nd base in the 7th inning, 2B Melissa de Greef and SS Feline Poot cannot avoid that... |
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...Virginie Anneveld (left) hits a walk-off double that enables Anne Blaauwgeers (right) to score the winning run in the 7th inning...
(© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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| Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem - DSS 5-4 (game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| DSS | 000 | 310 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem | 030 | 001 | 1 | - | 5 | 11 | 1 |
| (no outs when winning run was scored in seventh inning) |
| pitcher DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Dagmar Bloeming, L (1-4) | 6 (*) | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
| (*) - Bloeming pitched to two batters in the seventh inning |
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| pitchers Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kirsten Scheele | 4.1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
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| Rebecca Soumeru, W (4-1) | 2.2 | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
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| Homerun: DSS: Lorraine Kieft (1)(4th,2-run,off Scheele). |
Umpires: HP-Mariana Atanasova, 1B-Patrick Reus.
Official Scorer-Brendy De Smet.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Scoreboard Operator-Brian de Groot.
Starting Time-1:57 PM.
Time Played-1:53 hrs.
Site-Noordersportpark, Haarlem.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 15,5° C (59,9° F); wind direction northeast;
wind speed 29 kmh (18,3); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 64%. |
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Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem vs. DSS (game two)
The second game of the double-header was another exciting one.
This game was decided with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning and again ended in a come-from-behind victory for Sparks Haarlem.
DSS opened the score in the first inning off of Rebecca Soumeru, who went the distance for Sparks Haarlem.
The veteran righthander is working overtime at the moment with pitchers Leonella Elizabeth and Ginger de Weert currently being sidelined with injuries.
Noa Brand led off the game for DSS with a double down the leftfield-line and scored on an one-out double by Morgan Sampson.
The lead was shortlived, as Sparks Haarlem came alongside in the bottom of the first inning.
DSS-starter Svenja de Lincel walked lead-off hitter Maaike Blaauwgeers.
She advanced on a throwing error after a flyout, then scored the tying run on a double by Maxime van Dalen, who would be left behind on third base.
The home team added two runs in the second at bat to take a 3-1 lead.
Karin Tuk led off with a walk, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Tammie Lijbers and scored the go-ahead run on a single by Kingsley Avery.
Hereafter, Onaisha Franka reached on a bunt-single and with two outs, Jenny Kinburn delivered a runscoring single to make it a 3-1 score.
Quincey Catsburg then took over the pitching for DSS, saw the two runners advance to second and third base on a wild pitch, but then ended the inning by fielding a comeback-grounder.
...Maaike Blaauwgeers celebrates...
...when her sister Anne Blaauwgeers...
...scores the winning run...
(© Photo: Fred Versluis) |
The game was far from over, as DSS staged a comeback and came alongside, while Sparks Haarlem failed to take some more distance.
DSS got one run back in the top of the third inning.
With two outs, Lisa Waasdorp singled, stole second and scored on a single by Morgan Sampson to narrow the deficit to 3-2.
In the bottom of the third inning, Sparks Haarlem left three runners behind.
Virginie Anneveld led off with a single, moved when an error followed a line out and reached third base on a single by Karin Tuk.
After the latter had advanced on a grounder, Kingsley Avery was walked intentionally to load the bases and set up a force play.
A grounder followed and three runners were left behind.
DSS then came alongside in the top of the fourth inning.
Denice van Dijk led off with a triple and scored on a following single by Feline Poot to make it a 3-3 score.
The latter moved on a sacrifice bunt by Dominique Burger, but then was left behind.
With the score now at 3-3, Dagmar Bloeming took over the pitching for DSS in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Sparks Haarlem got another opportunity to so some scoring, got the bases loaded, but again stranded runners in scoring position.
With one out, Jenny Kinburn singled and an error on a grounder by Maxime van Dalen led to runners on second and third base.
Hereafter, Virginie Anneveld was walked intentionally, but then the inning ended when 3B Morgan Sampson made an unassisted double play on a line drive by Kehli Washington.
In the fifth, it was DSS who scored and took a 4-3 lead.
Noa Brand led off with a single.
Hereafter, 3B Virginie Anneveld made a great diving catch on a bunt and a strikeout followed.
Brand then stole second base and scored on a 2-out double by Sophie Bugter.
In the bottom of the fifth, Sparks left another runner in scoring position.
With two outs, Kingsley Avery reached on an error and advanced on a wild pitch, but hereafter, Dagmar Bloeming closed with a strikeout.
...The players of Sparks Haarlem celebrate...
...their second comeback-victory...
(© Photo: Fred Versluis) |
In a fourth consecutive inning, Sparks Haarlem got into scoring position in the sixth, but failed to score.
In the sixth, Jenny Kinburn walked with one out and advanced on a grounder.
After Virginie Anneveld was walked intentionally (again), a double-steal followed, but the runners were left behind on second and third base.
That set up the seventh inning, which would be decisive again.
In the previous six innings, Sparks Haarlem had left eleven runners behind, including nine in scoring position.
DSS stranded four runners, who were all in scoring position.
In the top of the seventh, DSS left its fifth runner behind in scoring position.
With two outs, Lisa Waasdorp reached on an error and stole second base, but a strikeout followed.
In the bottom of the seventh, with DSS leading 4-3, pitcher Dagmar Bloeming got two outs.
She gave up a lead-off single to Karin Tuk, who advanced on a following throwing error and reached third base on a sacrifice bunt by Tammie Lijbers.
Bloeming then struckout Kingsley Avery.
Hereafter, Anne Blaauwgeers entered the game as pinch-hitter.
She lined the ball into left-centerfield.
There, centerfielder Denice van Dijk made a diving attempt to catch the ball, but ended up just short.
The ball rolled to the fence for a triple that tied the score.
Moments later, Blaauwgeers scored the winning run on a passed ball.
And so, this game not only had the same suspenseful ending as the first one, it also ended with the same score and in both games, the winning run was scored by the same player, who had entered the game in the seventh inning.
In the opener, Anne Blaauwgeers was inserted as pinch-runner and scored the winning run.
In the second game, she entered as pinch-hitter, batted in the tying run, then again scored the winning run.
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...Left: Kingsley Avery scores the go-ahead run for Sparks Haarlem in the 2nd inning...
...Catcher Lorraine Kieft and pitcher Svenja de Lincel follow the action...
...Right: Lisa Waasdorp steals 2nd base in the 3rd inning, sliding past short stop Jenny Kinburn... |
...Virginie Anneveld singles off of Quincey Catsburg in the 3rd inning...
...Lorraine Kieft is the catcher, Patrick Reus the umpire... |
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...Left: Kehli Washington lines out in the 3rd inning...
...Right: Noa Brand steals 2nd base in the 5th inning, sliding past Jenny Kinburn... |
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...Anne Blaauwgeers hits a pinch-hit RBI-triple in the 7th inning, then scores the winning run moments later...
...She is awaited at the plate by her twin-sister Maaike Blaauwgeers...
(© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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| Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem - DSS 5-4 (game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| DSS | 101 | 110 | 0 | - | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Oolders Omaco Sparks Haarlem | 120 | 000 | 2 | - | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| (two outs when winning run was scored in seventh inning) |
| pitchers DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Svenja de Lincel | 1.2 | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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| Quincey Catsburg | 1.1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - |
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| Dagmar Bloeming, L (1-5) | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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| pitcher Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Rebecca Soumeru, W (5-1) | 7 | 6 | - | 8 | 4 | 4 |
Umpires: HP-Patrick Reus, 1B-Mariana Atanasova.
Official Scorer-Brendy De Smet.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Scoreboard Operator-Brian de Groot.
Starting Time-4:18 PM.
Time Played-1:58 hrs.
Site-Noordersportpark, Haarlem.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 16,9° C (62,4° F); wind direction northeast;
wind speed 27 kmh (16,2); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 62%. |
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