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 Olympia Haarlem records two mercy-rule victories
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem played its next two games of the new season in the highest league on Sunday (April 16) and recorded two mercy-rule victories against the Talent Team Holland.
On Saturday, Olympia Haarlem opened with two victories against DSS.
Olympia Haarlem shutout DSS 2-0 in the opener, then won 8-3 in the second game of the double-header.
Today, Olympia Haarlem won 10-0 and 8-1, ending both games thanks to the run-difference mercy-rule.
This season, the Talent Team Holland is the Under-19 squad for whom the Golden League-season is part of its preparations for the World Junior Championship, which will be held in July in Clearwater, Florida (USA).
The squad will be led by Saskia Kosterink, who was appointed Head Coach in January.
(April 16)
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FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem vs. Talent Team Holland (game one)
Initially, Olympia Haarlem was held scoreless in the first two innings by Talent Team-starter Daniëlle ten Donkelaar.
The righthander, who plays for Tex Town Tigers, retired the first two batters she faced, then walked Dinet Oosting, but she stranded on first base.
In the second inning, Ten Donkelaar gave up a lead-off single to Mariëlle Vleugels and saw Shareday Christina reach on an error.
Two flyouts followed and she closed with a strikeout.
In the third and fourth inning, Olympia Haarlem rallied for five runs.
The Talent Team got into scoring position only in the top of the fourth inning.
With one out, pitcher Ellen Roberts gave up singles to Britt Amersfoort and Feline Poot, who then advanced on a passed ball.
They were left behind when Roberts followed with her seventh strikeout and a flyout ended the at bat.
Cheska Ham led off the third Olympia-at bat with a single.
After Ten Donkelaar had struckout the next batter, Dinet Oosting doubled and Nicole van Eijl was brought in to take over the pitching.
Last season, Van Eijl made her big league-debut playing in one game for Twins.
The rookie was greeted with a 2-run double by Jessie van Aalst that set the first rally in motion.
Van Aalst advanced on a wild pitch, then scored when Mariëlle Vleugels reached on an error.
Singles by Shareday Christina and Tomoko Goda then accounted for the next two runs and made it a 5-0 score.
In the fourth, Cheska Ham and pinch-hitter Amber Krijgsman opened with walks.
A runscoring single by Dinet Oosting, 2-run triple by Jessie van Aalst and RBI-single by Mariëlle Vleugels followed, lifting the lead to 9-0.
With one out and Vleugels on second base, Sanne Debognies became the new TTH-pitcher.
She gave up a runscoring, walk-off single to Rachel van Veen that made it 10-0 and ended the game.
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| FysioExpert Olympia H'lem - Talent Team Holland 10-0 (4 inn.) (g1) |
| R | H | E |
| Talent Team Holland | 000 | 0 | | - | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 005 | 5 | | - | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| (one out when 10-run difference was reached in the fourth inning) |
| pitchers Talent Team | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Daniëlle ten Donkelaar, L (0-1) | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
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| Nicole van Eijl | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
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| Sanne Debognies | - (*) | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| (*) - Debognies pitched to one batter in the fourth inning |
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| pitcher Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ellen Roberts, W (2-0) | 4 | 7 | - | 3 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven, 1B-Martin Lemstra.
Official Scorer-Dieks Bannink.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Brigitta Zaal.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Scoreboard Operator-Peter Warmerdam.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-1:18 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem.
Game Notes:
 Opening Weekend 2017 Season.
Britt Amersfoort, Yindi Beekveldt, Sanne Debognies, Tanisha van Krevel, Rose Mwaro and Lisa de Vries (all Talent Team Holland) make their debut in the highest league.
Saskia Kosterink (Talent Team Holland) makes her debut as Head Coach in the highest league.
Rose Mwaro (Talent Team Holland) hits a single in her first big league at bat.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 9,2° C (48,6° F); wind direction west-northwest;
wind speed 27 kmh (16,2); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 70%. |
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FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem vs. Talent Team Holland (game two)
Like the day before, Olympia Haarlem decided the second game with a big rally in the first inning.
On Saturday, the team scored four runs in its first at bat against DSS, today, it rallied for six runs.
Masha Meloni led off with a triple, then Eva Voortman followed with a bunt-single, which brought in the first run.
Maranca Ham followed with another single and two more runs were added on a triple by Shareday Christina, who scored herself moments later on a wild pitch.
Hereafter, Dinet Oosting singled and Jessie van Aalst doubled.
A grounder by Stephanie Pearce brought in the next run.
After Emma Wójcik singled, Amber Krijgsman walked.
This loaded the bases, but was also followed by a throwing error, enabling Van Aalst to score the sixth run.
That also led to a pitching change, as Kim Horsten took over from Isanthe Rouwenhorst, who both made their big league-debut.
A force out and flyout ended the inning, but Olympia Haarlem had taken a comfortable lead.
Kim Horsten held Olympia scoreless in the next two innings.
She gave up an one-out double to Shareday Christina in the second, but she stranded on third base and then retired the side in the third at bat.
The Talent Team scored its first run of the 2017 season in the top of the second inning off of Mariëlle Vleugels.
The bases got loaded when Feline Poot, Daniëlle ten Donkelaar and Ismay Poot (bunt) all singled.
After an infield-fly and a strikeout, the lead runner scored on a wild pitch, but the other two were left behind.
In the bottom of the fourth inning, Olympia Haarlem reached the 7-run mercy-rule difference off of new pitcher Sanne Debognies.
Masha Meloni and Eva Voortman began the at bat with singles.
Hereafter, Maranca Ham and pinch-hitter Rachel van Veen followed with runscoring singles that made it an 8-1 score.
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| FysioExpert Olympia H'lem - Talent Team Holland 8-1 (4½ inn.) (g2) |
| R | H | E |
| Talent Team Holland | 010 | 00 | | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 600 | 2X | | - | 8 | 12 | 0 |
| pitchers Talent Team | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Isanthe Rouwenhorst, L (0-1) | 0.1 | - | 1 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
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| Kim Horsten | 2.2 | - | - | 1 | - | - |
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| Sanne Debognies | 1 | - | - | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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| pitcher Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Mariëlle Vleugels, W (1-0) | 5 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Martin Lemstra, 1B-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven.
Official Scorer-Dieks Bannink.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Brigitta Zaal.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Scoreboard Operator-Frans Homringhausen.
Starting Time-3:50 PM.
Time Played-1:05 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem.
Game Notes:
Opening Weekend 2017 Season.
Emma de Brouwer, Kim Horsten and Isanthe Rouwenhorst (all Talent Team Holland) make their debut in the highest league.
Weather conditions at game time: Cloudy, 10,1° C (50,2° F); wind direction west-northwest;
wind speed 27 kmh (16,2); wind force 4 Bft; humidity 67%. |
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