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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Gerard Koeman)
 Terrasvogels and DSS outscore each other
Nederlands
 SANTPOORT-ZUID (Neth.) -
Terrasvogels and DSS split their double-header on Saturday (July 15), as the season resumed in the Golden League.
The season was interrupted after games played on June 17 and 18 for the European Championship in Bollate (Italy).
That event ended on Saturday, July 1 with the Netherlands Softball Team capturing the title by winning the Final against Italy with a 7-1 score.
There also were no games scheduled in the highest league in the weekend of July 8 and 9.
In today's opener, Terrasvogels led only 2-1 halfway the sixth inning, but then rallied for six runs to reach a 7-run difference, win 8-1 and finish the game via the mercy-rule.
The game ended on a walk-off, 2-run triple by Katharina Szalay.
The lone DSS-run was a homerun by Denice van Dijk.
Winning pitcher Micaela Whitney struckout nine batters and gave up only three hits.
In the second game, DSS recorded a 5-0 shutout on nine basehits.
Winning pitcher Dagmar Bloeming struckout nine batters and gave up five hits, including three by Katharina Szalay.
(July 15)
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Terrasvogels vs. DSS (game one)
In the opening game, the first four innings remained scoreless.
Terrasvogels then took a 2-0 lead in the fifth, but DSS cut the deficit in half in the next at bat.
Moments later, Terrasvogels rallied for six runs in the bottom of the sixth to end the game via the mercy-rule.
Micaela Whitney went the distance for Terrasvogels and had a fine outing.
The righthander struckout nine batters and gave up only three hits.
In the first five innings, she saw DSS get into scoring position three times, but each time closed with a strikeout.
In the top of the first inning, Areke Spel walked for DSS with one out and stole second base.
Next batter Sophie Bugter also walked, but Micaela Whitney struckout the next two batters.
In the third, Spel again walked with one out and stole second base.
She then was caught stealing at third base and another strikeout closed the at bat.
In the fourth, DSS got into scoring position for the third time.
Morgan Sampson led off with an infield-hit, then Lisa Waasdorp reached when an error was made on her sacrifice bunt.
Hereafter, Sampson was forced out at third base and two strikeouts ended the inning.
Terrasvogels got into scoring position for the first time in the second inning off of starter Quincey Catsburg.
Rhowan Stuart doubled with two outs, but stranded on second base.
In the fourth, with one out, Suka Van Gurp doubled with one out and reached third base on a grounder, but also was left behind.
Terrasvogels then opened the score in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Jessica Waasdorp led off with a walk, which was followed by a pitching change.
Svenja de Lincel took over the DSS-pitching, who gave up an one-out double to Gabi Obia.
Hereafter, Katharina Szalay reached on an error, which enabled Waasdorp's pinch-runner Dervisa Mutic to score the first run.
A sacrifice fly by Kimberly Jones lifted the lead to 2-0.
With two outs in the top of the sixth inning, Denice van Dijk drove the ball into right-centerfield for DSS.
There, it hit the top of the fence and jumped over it for a homerun to make it a 2-1 score.
In the bottom of the sixth, with no outs, Terrasvogels rallied for six runs on six basehits, including a double and two triples to reach a mercy-rule, 7-run difference.
Suka Van Gurp led off with a double and advanced on an outfield-error, then scored when Ella Krommendijk followed with a triple.
Quincey Catsburg then re-entered as pitcher, but gave up a runscoring single to Rhowan Stuart.
Pinch-hitter Jessica Waasdorp then also singled and Sanne Korpel accounted for the next run with the third consecutive single.
An error on a force play-grounder by Gabi Obia led to the the next run and the game ended when Katharina Szalay delivered a walk-off, 2-run triple that increased the lead to 8-1.
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...Left: Micaela Whitney went the distance for Terrasvogels and struckout nine batters...
...Right: Areke Spel is caught stealing at 3rd base and is tagged out by Katharina Szalay in the 3rd inning... |
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| ...Gabi Obia doubles for Terrasvogels in the 5th inning (left) to bring pinch-runner Dervisa Mutic to 3rd base (right)... |
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...Left: Dervisa Mutic (8) is welcomed after scoring the first run for Terrasvogels in the 5th inning...
...Right: Kimberly Jones brings in the second run in the 5th with a sacrifice fly... |
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...Left: Lisa Waasdorp is eliminated in the 6th inning, as 1B Kimberly Jones receives the ball in time...
...Right: Ella Krommendijk delivers a runscoring triple in the 6th inning... |
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| ...Sanne Korpel (left) hits an RBI-single and Katharina Szalay (right) a 2-run, walk-off triple in the 6th inning... |
...Gabi Obia (7) is welcomed after having scored the eighth and last run for Terrasvogels in this game...
(© All Photos: Gerard Koeman) |
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| Terrasvogels - DSS 8-1 (6 inn.) (game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| DSS | 000 | 001 | | - | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Terrasvogels | 000 | 026 | | - | 8 | 10 | 2 |
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| pitchers DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Quincey Catsburg, L (2-3) | 4 (*) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - |
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| Svenja de Lincel | 1 (**) | - | - | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| Quincey Catsburg (re-entry) | - (***) | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| (*) - Catsburg pitched to one batter in the fifth inning |
| (**) - De Lincel pitched to two batters in the sixth inning |
| (***) - Catsburg pitched to five batters in the sixth inning |
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| pitcher Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Micaela Whitney, W (5-3) | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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| Homerun: DSS: Denice van Dijk (1)(6th,solo,off Whitney). |
Umpires: HP-Mariana Atanasova, 1B-Arie Nokkert.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-.
Scoreboard Operator-.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-1:43 hrs.
Site-Sportpark 'De Elta', Santpoort-Zuid.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 19,9° C (67,8° F); wind direction west-southwest;
wind speed 21 kmh 13,8 mph); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 59%. |
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Terrasvogels vs. DSS (game two)
In the second game, DSS decided the game early, scoring four runs in the first three innings.
Dagmar Bloeming had a fine outing for DSS, struckout nine batters, gave up only five hits and held Terrasvogels scoreless.
DSS opened the score with one run with two outs in the top of the first inning off of starter Femke Duffhues.
Noa Brand led off with a single and moved on a grounder by Areke Spel and a single by Sophie Bugter.
She then was eliminated when she was off base on a grounder by Denice van Dijk.
Hereafter, DSS got the bases loaded when Feline Poot walked.
The first run was scored when former Terrasvogels-player Lisa Waasdorp singled.
Bugter scored, but the inning ended when Van Dijk was eliminated at the plate when she also tried to score on Waasdorp's hit.
DSS added two runs in the second at bat, again scoring with two outs.
Melissa de Greef and Noa Brand then singled and both scored on a following double by Areke Spel, which led to a pitching change.
Micaela Whitney took over and got an inning-ending comeback-grounder.
In the third, DSS added an unearned run.
With one out, Feline Poot walked and Lisa Waasdorp was hit by a pitch.
The two advanced on two consecutive passed balls, resulting in a run to lift the lead to 4-0.
Terrasvogels got into scoring position in the first inning off of Dagmar Bloeming.
Katharina Szalay led off with a single, moved on a sacrifice bunt, but stranded on second base.
Szalay reached base again in third via a bunt-single with two outs, but this time, she was forced out.
After Micaela Whitney had retired the side in the fourth and fifth inning, Terrasvogels got close to a run in the bottom of the fifth.
Pinch-hitter Dervisa Mutic led off with a triple.
Dagmar Bloeming followed with a strikeout, then Mutic was eliminated at the plate trying to score on a grounder by Sanne Korpel.
Moments later, Katharina Szalay connected for her third basehit in the game, but Bloeming closed with a strikeout.
DSS added another run in the top of the sixth to make it a 5-0 score.
With two outs, Lorraine Kieft doubled and scored when Melissa de Greef tripled.
In the bottom of the sixth, Terrasvogels left two runners behind in scoring position.
With one out, Suka Van Gurp singled and Ella Krommendijk reached on an error.
The two moved on a passed ball.
But with runners on second and third base, Dagmar Bloeming followed with a strikeout, then a grounder ended the at bat.
In the bottom of the seventh, the righthander retired the side, including two strikeouts, to end the game.
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...Left: Femke Duffhues was the starting pitcher for Terrasvogels in the second game...
...Right: Kimberly Jones makes contact... |
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...Left: Centerfielder Kimberly Jones does some maintenance, at left is Ella Krommendijk, at right is Jessica Waasdorp...
...Right: Jessica Waasdorp makes contact...
(© All Photos: Gerard Koeman) |
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| Terrasvogels - DSS 0-5 (game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| DSS | 121 | 001 | 0 | - | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Terrasvogels | 000 | 000 | 0 | - | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| pitcher DSS | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Dagmar Bloeming, W (6-9) | 7 | 9 | - | 5 | - | - |
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| pitchers Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Femke Duffhues, L (1-2) | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
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| Micaela Whitney | 3.1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
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| Lizzie Clarijs | 2 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Arie Nokkert, 1B-Mariana Atanasova.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Peter van Deursen.
Scoreboard Operator-Peter van Deursen.
Starting Time-4:17 PM.
Time Played-1:49 hrs.
Site-Sportpark 'De Elta', Santpoort-Zuid.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Partly cloudy, 20,4° C (68,7° F); wind direction west-southwest;
wind speed 21 kmh 13,8 mph); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 61%. |
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