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 Tex Town Tigers wins twice against Talent Team
Nederlands
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Tex Town Tigers won both games of its double-header against the Talent Team Holland on Sunday (May 21).
Tex Town Tigers won 7-0 and 9-2 and ended both games via the mercy-rule.
In the opener, the game remained scoreless for three innings, but then TTT struck in the fourth and fifth at bat.
In the second game, TTT broke an 1-1 tie in the third inning.
Laura Wissink was 3-for-3 with a homerun, scored three runs and batted in two.
With the two wins, Tex Town Tigers moved into a tie for second place.
(May 21)
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Tex Town Tigers vs. Talent Team Holland (game one)
In the opener, the first three innings remained scoreless, but it was Tex Town Tigers that got a chance to open the score.
In the bottom of the first inning, Talent-starter Nicole van Eijl hit Annemiek Jansen with a pitch with one out, then walked Nadine Marinus and got the bases loaded when Laura Wissink reached on an error.
The rookie then struckout Lindsey Meadows and got a force play-grounder that ended the at bat.
Van Eijl retired the side in the second inning and was supported with a double play in the third.
But in the bottom of the fourth, the home team opened the score.
With two outs, Jasmine Peters singled.
Nicole van Eijl then struckout Aafje van Baal, but she reached first base when the third strike ended in a wild pitch.
A throwing error followed that led to runners at the corners and a run was scored when Daniëlle ten Donkelaar delivered a single.
An outfeld-error following Ten Donkelaar's single led to runners on second and third base and a single by Myrthe Smid then made it a 2-0 score.
In the meantime, Lindsey Meadows encountered no problems while pitching for TTT and got no runners in scoring position.
She allowed only two batters to reach base and struckout ten.
In the top of the first inning, she gave up a lead-off bunt-single to Onaisha Franka, but she was caught stealing moments later.
Meadows followed with two strikeouts.
In the second, she gave up an one-out single to Tammie Lijbers, but again struckout the next two batters.
After giving up the single to Lijbers, Meadows retired the next eleven batters in a row.
TTT reached the mercy-rule run-difference in the bottom of the fifth inning by scoring five runs.
Olivia Hornstein led off with a double, moved on a wild pitch and scored on an infield-hit by Annemiek Jansen.
When the latter was forced out, Sanne Debognies took over the pitching for the Talent Team.
She was greeted with a runscoring double by Laura Wissink.
With two outs, the next run was scored on an error.
Cheyenne Scheffer added a runscoring single, as did Daniëlle ten Donkelaar and that lifted the lead to 7-0 to end the game.
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| Tex Town Tigers - Talent Team Holland 7-0 (5 inn.) (game 1) |
| R | H | E |
| Talent Team Holland | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tex Town Tigers | 000 | 25 | | - | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| (two outs when 7-run difference was reached in the fifth inning) |
| pitchers Talent Team | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Nicole van Eijl, L (0-2) | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
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| Sanne Debognies | 0.1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
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| pitcher Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Lindsey Meadows, W (7-3) | 5 | 10 | - | 2 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Bob Gieskens, 1B-Wout van der Horst.
Official Scorer-Brigitta Zaal.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Huub Nelissen.
Public Address Announcer-Jesse Maduro.
Scoreboard Operator-.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-1:08 hrs.
Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede.
Game Notes:
 Keedy Florentina (Talent Team) makes her debut in the highest softball-league.
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 19,5° C (67,1° F); wind direction southwest;
wind speed 8 kmh (4,2 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 37%. |
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Tex Town Tigers vs. Talent Team Holland (game two)
Tex Town Tigers opened the score in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Isanthe Rouwenhorst.
With one out, she walked Annemiek Jansen, who then moved on a grouder and scored on a single by Laura Wissink.
The Talent Team came alongside in the top of the second, but failed to add more runs and left three runners behind.
With one out, Charlotte Drijvers reached on an error and the bases got loaded when Lisa Hop singled and Yindi Beekveldt reached on a bunt-single.
The tying run was then scored when TTT-starter Lindsey Meadows walked Lisa de Vries.
A strikeout and force out ended the at bat, meaning three runners were left behind.
In the bottom of the second, it was TTT that left two runners in scoring position.
With two outs, Daniëlle ten Donkelaar and Lizzy Uytendaal both singled, followed by an error, which led to runners on second and third base.
The two stranded when a flyout followed.
In the top of the third inning, the Talent Team got another chance to turn the game its way, but again left three runners behind.
Anna-Bè Bartels took over the TTT-pitching and walked Tammie Lijbers with one out.
With two outs, she got the bases loaded when Charlotte Drijvers and Lisa Hop delivered singles, but a grounder closed the at bat.
TTT then struck with three (unearned) runs in the bottom of the third.
Annemiek Jansen led off with a single and Nadine Marinus reached on an error.
After the two advanced on a wild pitch, the bases got loaded when Laura Wissink walked.
A run was then scored when Lindsey Meadows was hit by a pitch.
After an infield-fly, then next runs were scored on a force play-grounder by Cheyenne Scheffer and a single by Anna-Bè Bartels.
The Talent Team left a runner behind on second base in the fourth, but then finally scored a run in the fifth.
With one out, Uchenna Jong Loy doubled, moved on a grounder by Charlotte Drijvers and scored on an error.
With a 4-2 lead, TTT took more distance by scoring three runs on five basehits with two outs in the bottom of the fifth off of Myrthe Kesseler, who had taken over the pitching in the previous at bat.
Laura Wissink led off with a single, moved to third base on a wild pitch with two outs and scored on a single by Cheyenne Scheffer.
The bases then got loaded when Anna-Bè Bartels and pinch-hitter Aafje van Baal also singled.
Two runs were added when Olivia Hornstein followed with a 2-run double.
The 7-run difference was reached in the bottom of the sixth.
Laura Wissink led off with her third homerun of the season, which led to a pitching change.
Isanthe Rouwenhorst re-entered as pitcher, but got the bases loaded.
Lindsey Meadows walked, Jasmine Peters singled (followed by an error) and Cheyenne Scheffer also walked.
Meadows was then forced out at the plate on a grounder by Anna-Bè Bartels, but a single by Aafje van Baal brought in Peters, increased the lead to 9-2 and ended the game.
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| Tex Town Tigers - Talent Team Holland 9-2 (6 inn.) (game 2) |
| R | H | E |
| Talent Team Holland | 010 | 010 | | - | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Tex Town Tigers | 103 | 032 | | - | 9 | 13 | 2 |
| (one out when 7-run difference was reached in the sixth inning) |
| pitchers Talent Team | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Isanthe Rouwenhorst, L (0-3) | 3 | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
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| Myrthe Kesseler | 2 (*) | - | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
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| Isanthe Rouwenhorst (re-entry) | 0.1 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| (*) - Kesseler pitched to one batter in the sixth inning |
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| pitchers Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Lindsey Meadows | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
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| Anna-Bè Bartels, W (2-1) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | - |
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| Homerun: Tex Town Tigers: Laura Wissink (3)(6th,solo,off Kesseler). |
Umpires: HP-Wout van der Horst, 1B-Bob Gieskens.
Official Scorer-Brigitta Zaal.
Play-by-Play Scorer-Huub Nelissen.
Public Address Announcer-Jesse Maduro.
Scoreboard Operator-.
Starting Time-3:40 PM.
Time Played-1:47 hrs.
Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede.
Game Notes:
Weather conditions at game time: Sunny, 20,2° C (68,4° F); wind direction southwest;
wind speed 8 kmh (4,2 mph); wind force 3 Bft; humidity 41%. |
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