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   Olympia Haarlem, Sparks Haarlem, Terrasvogels stay unbeaten on Day 2 Jan de Wit Tournament
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 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
On a warm and sunny second day of the 30th edition of the Jan de Wit Tournament, 13 games were played under very nice weather conditions on Saturday (April 7).
There were short sleeves and shorts visible amongst spectators.
And yes, there were coaches coaching in shorts.
Players, coaches, umpires, scorers and spectators finally enjoyed being on the field for playing a softball-game after weeks of cold and freezing weather conditions.
Today, it finally Spring!
On Day 2 of the Jan de Wit Tournament, host FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem, Sparks Haarlem and Terrasvogels were the only three teams to stay unbeaten in the 10-team event.
Sparks Haarlem opened on Friday-evening with a 6-1 win and added two victories today.
Olympia Haarlem played three games today which all were won to become the first finalist.
And Terrasvogels came into action twice today and recorded two wins.
On Sunday, the final games are played in the Preliminary Round, then the games follow that will decide the final ranking.
(April 7)
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Game 2 - Onze Gezellen vs. Euro Stars
In its first game today, Onze Gezellen faced an 1-0 deficit in the bottom of the fourth inning, but then rallied for four runs en route to a 4-2 victory.
Fiona Sewalt went the distance for Onze Gezellen, which this year celebrates its 60th anniversary.
She saw Euro Stars get into scoring position for the first time in the second at bat.
In that inning, the first two batters reached base, but failed to score.
Fleur Bos and Eliza van 't Zelfde led off the inning with singles and both moved into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Kim van der Valk.
But they were left behind when two pop-flies followed.
Euro Stars was more successful in the third inning, as the team opened the score.
Britt Amersfoort led off with a single and advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Britt Smits.
She then scored on a 2-out double by Corine Ammerlaan, who herself was eliminated at third trying to stretch her hit into a triple.
In the fourth inning, the first three hitters of Euro Stars reached base, but the first two were forced out.
Onze Gezellen was unable to get into scoring position in the first three innings off of starter Shomayra Franka.
In the first inning, Babs de Jonge walked with two outs, but stranded on first base.
In the second at bat, Masha Meloni singled with one out, but was forced out on second base.
After OG was retired in order in the third, the team struck with four runs in the fourth inning.
Babs de Jonge led off with her second walk, then scored all the way from first base on a double by Laura Burggraaf to tie the score.
Hereafter, Laura van der Bos singled, which led to runners at the corners.
A pop fly on foul territory ended in an error to extend the at bat of Masha Meloni and she then connected for a sacrifice fly to bring in Burggraaf.
Next, Lisa Meyering reached on an error and Sanne Halderman followed with a bunt-single to load the bases.
That also led to a pitching change, as Romy van der Ham took over.
She began with a strikeout, but a wild pitch and an illegal pitch then accounted for two more runs which lifted the lead to 4-1.
Euro Stars got a chance to come alongside or take the lead in the top of the fifth, but scored only once and left three runners behind.
Pinch-hitter Lisa de Vries led off with a walk, then moved to third base when Britt Smits singled with one out.
The bases got loaded when Radna Mambi walked and a single by Corine Ammerlaan brought in a run.
With the bases still loaded, an infield-fly accounted for the second out, then a flyout ended the at bat and the game.
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| Onze Gezellen - Euro Stars 4-2 (4½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Euro Stars | 001 | 01 | | - | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Onze Gezellen | 000 | 4X | | - | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| pitchers Euro Stars | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Shomayra Franka, L | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
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| Romy van der Ham | 0.2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
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| pitcher Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Fiona Sewalt, W | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Umpires: HP-Arie Nokkert, 1B-Bianca Dweelaard.
Scorer-Colinda de Vries.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Starting Time-9:30 AM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
 Exhibition Game.
Game 2, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 3 - Carrousel vs. Birds
Carrousel shutout Birds 5-0 in its first game today after having lost the opening game on Friday-evening against Sparks Haarlem.
The first three innings of the game remained scoreless, as starting pitchers Nina Zakaznikova and Kelsey Huijzers were supported by their defense to avoid giving up runs.
In the top of the first inning, Tanisha van Krevel tripled with one out off of Zakaznikova, who then hit next batter Julie Winkel with a pitch.
The two runners were left behind, as a strikeout and flyout followed.
In the next four innings, only two hitters of Birds reached base.
With two outs, Tanisha van Krevel singled in the third inning.
And Jacqueline de Hoog singled in the fourth inning, also with two outs.
But both were left behind.
Carrousel got some more scoring opportunities, but also was held scoreless.
In the first inning, Narine Stepanyan singled, but then left first base too early.
In the second inning, with two outs and a runner on first base, Ekaterina Aleshina singled, then a force out ended the at bat.
In the third, Alexandra Chumanova led off with a single, moved on a sacrifice bunt, then stranded on second base.
The Russian squad opened the score with two unearned runs in the fourth at bat.
Lead-off hitter Vera Kukharenko reached on an error.
She moved on a sacrifice bunt and a grounder, then scored on a wild pitch.
With two outs, Ekaterina Aleshina walked, advanced when Tatiana Beltyukova also reached on an error.
Aleshina also went on to score on a wild pitch.
Later in the at bat, Beltyukova tried to score on a single by Alexandra Chumanova, but was eliminated at the plate.
Carrousel added three runs with two outs in the fifth inning.
With one out, Vera Gusakova and Narine Stepanyan singled.
With two outs, the two scored on a single (plus outfield-error) by Vasilia Sorokina.
The latter scored herself on a double by Nina Zakaznikova.
In the top of the sixth, with one out, Julie Winkel and Hannah Pitman both walked for Birds, but then were forced out, ending the game.
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| Carrousel - Birds 5-0 (5½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Birds | 000 | 000 | | - | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Carrousel | 000 | 23X | | - | 5 | 9 | 0 |
| pitcher Birds | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Kelsey Huijzers, L | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
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| pitchers Carrousel | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Nina Zakaznikova, W | 5 | 8 | - | 3 | - | - |
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| Marina Barysheva | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Mariana Prins, 1B-Arjan Mens.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Ben Goorts.
Starting Time-9:30 AM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 3, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 4 - Tex Town Tigers vs. FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem
In its first game of the tournament, FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem won 7-2 against Tex Town Tigers.
Six of the seven runs scored by Olympia Haarlem were unearned, due to three defensive errors.
Olympia Haarlem opened the score in the top of the first inning with two unearned runs.
Lead-off hitter Emma Wójcik was hit by a pitch, then Brenda Beers reached on a bunt-single.
A steal-attempt by Wójcik ended in an error, a run and a runner on third base.
With one out, Beers scored the next run on a stole base.
Tex Town Tigers got close to a run of its own in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Mariëlle Vleugels.
Annemiek Jansen led off with a single, moved on a sacrifice bunt by Amy Wells, then tried to score on a bunt-single by Nita Hickey, but was eliminated.
Olympia Haarlem added four more runs, also unearned, in the second inning.
Virginie Anneveld led off with a double and Stephanie Pearce followed with a single.
With runners on second and third base and two outs, the bases were loaded and a force play was created by walking Brenda Beers intentionally.
Hereafter, an outfield-error on a hit by Rachel van Veen led to two runs.
Moments later, two more runs were added on another outfield-error that followed on a hit by Jessie van Aalst.
Trailing 6-0, TTT got two runs back in its second at bat.
With one out, Nadine Marinus singled and scored when Aafje van Baal followed with a homerun.
In the top of the third inning, Olympia Haarlem scored its lone earned run.
Amber Krijgsman led off with a triple and scored on a following grounder by Rosanne de Vries.
TTT got into scoring position again in the bottom of the third, but was unable to score.
With two outs and Laura Wissink (fielder's choice) on first base, Lisa Marie Köllner was hit by a pitch.
The two moved on a wild pitch, but then were left behind when a grounder ended the inning and the game.
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| Tex Town Tigers - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 2-7 (3 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 241 | | | - | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tex Town Tigers | 020 | | | - | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| pitchers Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Mariëlle Vleugels, W (4-0) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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| Amber Krijgsman | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
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| pitchers Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Lindsey Meadows, L (1-1) | 2.1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
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| Cheyenne Scheffer | 0.2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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| Homerun: Tex Town Tigers: Aafje van Baal (1)(2nd,2-run,off Vleugels). |
Umpires: HP-Patrick Reus, 1B-Robin Stoevelaar.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Starting Time-11:02 AM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 4, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 5 - Terrasvogels vs. De Glaskoning Twins
Terrasvogels recorded a comfortable 9-0 shutout-victory in its first game of the tournament.
Opponent De Glaskoning Twins was limited to only four basehits by Australian righthander Alice Donohoe, who got only one baserunner in scoring position.
Terrasvogels took an early comfortable lead, scoring four runs in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Carling Hare.
The bases got loaded when Katharina Szalay led off with a bunt-single (followed by a throwing error), Dervisa Mutic walked and Noa Brand reached on a fielder's choice.
The first run was then scored when Britt Vonk walked and a grounder by Ella Krommendijk resulted in the second run.
With two outs, Jessica Waasdorp batted in two more runs with a single.
After a scoreless second inning, Terrasvogels rallied for five runs on five basehits in the third at bat.
Britt Vonk led off with a bunt-single, then no out was made on a force play-grounder by Ella Krommendijk.
Lizzie Clarijs followed with a runscoring double.
With two outs, a passed ball enabled Krommendijk to score.
Clarijs went on to score on a single by Lisa Waasdorp, which led to a pitching change.
Sheila van der Tang took over, but she was greeted with a single by Katharina Szalay and then gave up a 2-run triple to Dervisa Mutic that lifted the lead to 9-0.
Terrasvogels appeared to do some more scoring in the fourth inning when it had runners on second and third base with one out, but Sheila van der Tang then closed the inning with two strikeouts.
For Twins, Sterre den Duijn was the first baserunner when she singled with two outs in the second inning, but a grounder followed.
With one out in the third, Ennia Ballardini singled and Imane Alou Issa reached on a fielder's choice to get the team's lone runner into scoring position.
The inning ended with a double play.
In the fourth and fifth inning, the Terrasvogels-defense turned another double play.
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| Terrasvogels - De Glaskoning Twins 9-0 (4½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| De Glaskoning Twins | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Terrasvogels | 405 | 0X | | - | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| pitchers Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Carling Hare, L | 2.2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
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| Sheila van der Tang | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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| pitcher Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Alice Donohoe, W (2-0) | 5 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Martin Lemstra, 1B-Tommasita Pavan.
Official Scorers-Ben Goorts, Huub Rustman.
Public Address Announcer-Ben Goorts.
Starting Time-11:00 AM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 5, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 6 - Wesseling Vermins vs. Euro Stars
In its first game of the tournament, Wesseling Vermins broke an 1-1 tie in the second inning by scoring two unearned runs.
The German squad added four more runs to win 7-1.
National Team-pitcher Claudia Volkmann gave up only three basehits in the four innings she pitched for Wesseling.
Volkmann will pitch for Terrasvogels in the Golden League this season, but during this tournament, the righthander only played for Wesseling.
Two infielders played for two teams during the event in Haarlem, being Katharina Szalay and Lisa Marie Köllner.
They also played for Terrasvogels and Tex Town Tigers respectively for whom they will play in the Golden League this season.
A week ago, Köllner also played for two teams during the Mastenbroek Tournament in Enschede.
She then played for Tex Town Tigers and the German National Team.
Wesseling opened the score with two outs in the bottom of the first inning.
With two outs, Lara Brockmayer, who had reached on a bunt-single, advanced to third base on a single by Lisa Marie Köllner.
Hereafter, the bases got loaded when Julia de Jong was hit by a pitch.
Moments later, Brockmayer scored on a wild pitch.
The bases got loaded again when Tatjana Jung walked, but the three runners were left behind.
For Euro Stars, Radna Mambi had doubled with two outs in the first inning, but she was left behind.
The team then came alongside in the top of the second inning.
Fleur Bos led off with a walk and Eliza van 't Zelfde singled.
Bos then scored the tying run when Kim van der Valk also singled.
That was followed by an outfield-error, resulting in runners on second and third base, but they stranded, as Claudia Volkmann followed with two strikeouts, then a grounder ended the at bat.
The German squad re-took the lead in the bottom of the second inning off of starter Romy van der Ham.
With one out, Alisha Theissen reached on an error and Katharina Szalay was hit by a pitch.
With one out, an error on a force play-grounder by Lisa Brockmayer led to a run.
Szalay later scored in a stolen base-situation to make it a 3-1 score.
Wesseling Vermins added two runs in the third inning off of new pitcher Shomayra Franka.
With one out, Tatjana Jung walked and scored on a following triple by Maxine Dunford, who later scored herself on an error.
In the fourth inning, Wesseling Vermins increased the lead to 7-1 by scoring two more runs.
Milana Böttger led off with a bad-hop triple.
The ball jumped up in front of short stop Anna Prins and ended up in left-centerfield.
That enable Böttger to reach third base and she later scored wth one out on a passed ball, which also was ball-four for Lisa Marie Köllner.
Her pinch-runner Katharina Held went on to score on a 2-out double by Tatjana Jung.
After scoring its run in the second inning, Euro Stars left a runner on first base in the third inning and was retired in order in the fourth.
In the top of the fifth, Lisa de Vries led off for Euro Stars with a single, but a double play followed.
Next hitter Britt Smits also singled, but she was the final hitter in the game, as the 70-minute game-time had expired.
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| Wesseling Vermins - Euro Stars 7-1 (4½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Euro Stars | 010 | 00 | | - | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Wesseling Vermins | 122 | 2X | | - | 7 | 5 | 2 |
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| pitchers Euro Stars | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Romy van der Ham, L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| Shomayra Franka | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
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| pitchers Wesseling | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Claudia Volkmann, W | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
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| Hannah Held | 0.2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Bianca Dweelaard, 1B-Mariana Prins.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Robin Stoevelaar.
Starting Time-12:32 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 6, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 7 - Birds vs. Sparks Haarlem
In its first game of the day, Sparks Haarlem recorded a big 16-0 shutout-victory against Birds.
For Sparks Haarlem, this was its second victory after having opened the event on Friday-evening with a win against Carrousel.
Sparks Haarlem collected 11 basehits, including three by Maxime van Dalen, who doubled, scored twice and batted in four runs.
All nine players in the batting order of Sparks Haarlem scored at least once and hit at least one basehit.
Seven players had at least one run batted in.
Onaisha Franka scored three runs, while Kingsley Avery reached base four times.
Quincey Catsburg went the distance for Sparks Haarlem and gave up only one basehit in the three innings she pitched.
The lone hit was hit by Tanisha van Krevel, who led off the first inning with a single, but she was forced out moments later on a grounder by next hitter Kelsey Huijzers.
They were the only two hitters to reach base for Birds, which made seven defensive errors.
Sparks Haarlem rallied for five runs in the top of the first inning.
Kingsley Avery and Kimberly Jones led off with singles.
With one out, both scored on a single by Maxime van Dalen.
Hereafter, Feline Poot and Onaisha Franka hit back-to-back runscoring triples.
An error enabled Franka to score the fifth run in this inning.
Sparks Haarlem added three runs in the third at bat.
Maxime van Dalen led off with a single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Feline Poot.
Onaisha Franka then walked and Tammie Lijbers reached on an error.
Shortly hereafter, Franka scored on a single by Maaike Blaauwgeers, which led to a pitching change.
Lijbers then scored on a passed ball.
An 8-run rally followed in the fourth inning.
All runs were unearned, as the Birds-defense committed three errors.
In this at bat, Tammie Lijbers and Anne Blaauwgeers hit a 2-run single, while Maxime van Dalen added a 2-run double.
All nine players reached base in this inning.
Seven of them scored a run.
Anne Blaauwgeers scored twice in this at bat.
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...Left: Coaches Rob Korpel and Peter van Dalen meet with Umpires Arie Nokkert and Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven...
...Right: Jacqueline de Hoog was the starting pitcher for Birds... |
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...Onaisha Franka hits a triple in the 1st inning, then scores on an error...
...3B Chelsie Robison cannot avoid that Franka slides into 3rd base... |
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...Birds Head Coach Johan Korpel has a talk with his players... |
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...Left: Tammie Lijbers makes contact for Sparks Haarlem in the first inning...
...Right: Tanisha van Krevel is forced out by Onaisha Franka in the first inning...
(© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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| Birds - Sparks Haarlem 0-16 (3½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Sparks Haarlem | 503 | 8 | | - | 16 | 11 | 0 |
| Birds | 000 | X | | - | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| pitcher Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Quincey Catsburg, W (2-1) | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
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| pitchers Birds | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jacqueline de Hoog, L | 2.1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
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| Willemijn de Jong | 1.2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | - |
Umpires: HP-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven, 1B-Arie Nokkert.
Scorer-Eric de Vries.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Starting Time-12:30 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 7, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 8 - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem vs. Onze Gezellen
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem shutout Onze Gezellen 9-0 to record its second win of the day.
Olympia Haarlem collected ten basehits and scored all nine runs in the second inning.
Onze Gezellen produced only two basehits off of two pitchers.
In the top of the first inning, with one out, Laura van der Bos doubled off of starter Amber Krijgsman, but stranded on second base.
In the second, Masha Meloni led off with a single, moved on a grounder, then was eliminated on a grounder by Patricia Hesterman.
Rosanne de Vries took over the pitching for Olympia in the third inning.
The lefthander retired all six hitters she faced, three of them with a strikeout.
In its first at bat, Olympia Haarlem got two runners in scoring position.
With one out, Amber Krijgsman walked and Emma Wójcik singled, but they stranded on second and third base.
Olympia then rallied for nine runs in the second inning off of starter Roos-Marijn Kramer.
Thirteen batters hit in this inning, producing eight basehits.
Brenda Beers led off with a single, then stole second and third base.
The bases got loaded when Jessie van Aalst and Mariëlle Vleugels both walked.
Beers scored the first run on a sacrifice fly by Maranca Ham.
Next hitter Bobbi Scheurkogel lined out to leftfield.
With two outs, seven consecutive basehits followed, resulting in eight more runs.
First, Amber Krijgsman singled in a run, then Emma Wójcik added a 2-run double.
After a runscoring single by Rosanne de Vries, Stephanie Pearce also singled.
Brenda Beers (one run) and Jessie van Aalst (two runs) then followed with back-to-back runscoring doubles.
Hereafter, Isanthe Rouwenhorst took over the pitching, but she gave up another runscoring single, this time hit by Mariëlle Vleugels that lifted the lead to 9-0.
Brenda Beers singled and doubled in this inning and scored twice.
In the next two innings, Olympia was held scoreless.
The team was retired in order in the third.
In the fourth, Rosanne de Vries led off with a double, but she was eliminated in a double play.
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| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem - Onze Gezellen 9-0 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Onze Gezellen | 000 | 0 | | - | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 090 | 0 | | - | 9 | 10 | 0 |
| pitchers Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Roos-Marijn Kramer, L | 1.2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
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| Isanthe Rouwenhorst | 2.1 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
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| pitchers Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Amber Krijgsman, W (2-1) | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - |
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| Rosanne de Vries | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Arjan Mens, 1B-Martin Lemstra.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Ben Goorts.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 8, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 9 - Sparks Haarlem vs. Twins
In this game, Sparks Haarlem faced a quick 2-0 deficit in the first inning against De Glaskoning Twins, but recovered and scored four runs in the second inning en route to a 5-2 victory.
For Sparks Haarlem, this was its third win of the tournament.
In the top of the first inning, Imane Alou Issa led off with a single and stole second base.
She then moved to third base on a following single by Ennia Ballardini off of Ginger de Weert, who went the distance for Sparks Haarlem.
The bases got loaded when De Weert walked next hitter Minke Blok.
Hereafter, Claudia Kranendonk drilled the ball into deep rightfield for a 2-run double to give Twins an early lead.
De Weert followed with a strikeout, then Blok was eliminated at the plate trying to score on a grounder by Sterre den Duijn.
De Weert closed with another strikeout.
In the remainder of the game, only one more hitter of Twins would reach base.
That was done on an error by Ginger de Weert, who struckout eight hitters.
In its first at bat off of Margot van Eijl, Sparks Haarlem left three runners behind.
With two outs, Chantal Versluis and Maxime van Dalen singled and Onaisha Franka walked.
The inning when a line drive from Tammie Lijbers was caught by 2B Sterre den Duijn.
Sparks Haarlem turned the game its way by scoring four runs in the second inning.
With two outs, Ginger de Weert doubled.
Due to some injuries, the Sparks Haarlem-pitcher batted herself and with her double, she started the come-from-behind-rally.
Kingsley Avery followed with a single, then Kimberly Jones added a runscoring single.
Next, the bases got loaded when Chantal Versluis walked.
Hereafter, a fly into foul territory ended in an error, extending the at bat of Maxime van Dalen, who then connected for a 3-run double to put Sparks Haarlem ahead, 4-1.
Sparks Haarlem added another run in the third inning.
Lead-off hitter Tammie Lijbers reached on an error.
She moved on a single by Maaike Blaauwgeers and a sacrifice bunt by Kehli Washington.
With two outs, she scored on a single by Kingsley Avery.
Blaauwgeers also tried to score, but she was eliminated at the plate, which ended the inning.
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...Left: Ginger de Weert went the distance for Sparks Haarlem and struckout eight hitters...
...Right: Ennia Ballardini slides safely past 2B Kehli Washington in the first inning... |
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...Left: Kimberly Jones is caught stealing in the 1st inning and tagged by short stop Minke Blok...
...Right: Chantal Versluis hits a single for Sparks Haarlem in the 1st inning... |
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...In the 2nd inning, Ginger de Weert hits a double, then scores a run for Sparks Haarlem...
(© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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| Sparks Haarlem - De Glaskoning Twins 5-2 (3½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| De Glaskoning Twins | 200 | 0 | | - | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Sparks Haarlem | 041 | X | | - | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| pitcher Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Margot van Eijl, L | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 1 |
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| pitcher Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ginger de Weert, W (3-0) | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Umpires: HP-Robin Stoevelaar, 1B-Patrick Reus.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Starting Time-2:00 PM.
Time Played-1:08 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 9, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 10 - Birds vs. Terrasvogels
In its second game of the day, Terrasvogels recorded another comfortable victory.
After a 9-0 win earlier, the team now outscored Birds 13-3.
Terrasvogels scored its last five runs in a not-competed fourth inning, but according to the tournament-rules, all runs count.
Terrasvogels collected 14 basehits, including three by Britt Vonk, Katharina Szalay and Noa Brand.
Vonk and Szalay also scored three runs, Brand scored twice.
Vonk hit two 3-run homeruns!
Terrasvogels opened with a 5-run rally in the top of the first inning.
Katharina Szaly led off with a single and Ella Krommendijk reached on an outfield-error.
Hereafter, Britt Vonk hit a line drive homerun over the leftfield-fence.
Next hitter Noa Brand doubled and went on to score on an one-out single by Lisa Waasdorp.
She scored the fifth run in the at bat on a 2-out single by Denice van Dijk.
...Britt Vonk...
...two 3-run homeruns, 7 RBI's...
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Birds got two runs back in its first at bat off of Jessica Waasdorp.
She walked Willemijn de Jong and Tanisha van Krevel.
With these two on third and first base, Van Krevel stole second base, then an error enabled De Jong to score.
Van Krevel later scored on a 2-out single by Jacqueline de Hoog.
In the second inning, Terrasvogels added three more runs off of starter Esmée Toet.
Kelsy Pieneman led off with a walk and Katharina Szalay singled.
With one out, Britt Vonk hit another 3-run homerun, which was another line drive, this time over the fence in left-centerfield.
Moments later, a nice double play followed for the Birds-defense.
Noa Brand singled and Dervisa Mutic walked.
The latter was then forced out on a grounder by Lisa Waasdorp.
That brought Brand to third base.
In the meantime, the ball was thrown to first base trying to complete a double play there.
At the same time, Brand continued towards the plate trying to score, but she was then eliminated at the plate, making it a double play after all.
Terrasvogels was retired in order in the third inning by new pitcher Bodine Jansen.
In the home half of the third, Birds scored its third run.
With one out, Michelle van der Meer walked and the bases got loaded when Rosalie Iannelli singled and Julie Winkel's force play-grounder ended in an error.
Van der Meer then scored on a sacrifice fly by Jacqueline de Hoog, but the other two runners were left behind.
In the top of the fourth inning, Terrasvogels rallied for five more runs.
Katharina Szalay led off with a single and scored on an one-out single by Britt Vonk, who batted in seven runs in this game.
Noa Brand followed with another single and the bases got loaded when Dervisa Mutic walked.
Hereafter, Lisa Waasdorp contributed with a runscoring single and when a throwing error from the outfield followed another run was added.
A runscoring single by Lizzie Clarijs and RBI-double from Denice van Dijk lifted the lead to 13-3 and also ended the game.
The inning ended with one out, as the time-limit of 70 minutes had been reached.
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| Birds - Terrasvogels 3-13 (3½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Terrasvogels | 530 | 5 | | - | 13 | 14 | 2 |
| Birds | 201 | X | | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
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| pitcher Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jessica Waasdorp, W (2-0) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| pitchers Birds | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Esmée Toet, L | 2 | - | 2 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
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| Bodine Jansen | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
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| Homeruns: Terrasvogels: Britt Vonk 2 (2) (1st,3-run,off Toet; 2nd,3-run,off Toet). |
Umpires: HP-Mariana Prins, 1B-Arie Nokkert.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Robin Stoevelaar.
Starting Time-3:31 PM.
Time Played-1:11 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 10, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 11 - Euro Stars vs. Tex Town Tigers
After having lost its first game today, Tex Town Tigers recorded a comfortable 12-1 win in its next match-up against Euro Stars, which played its third game of the day.
TTT collected 11 basehits, including three by Annemiek Jansen and Lizzy Uytendaal, who both singled, doubled and tripled.
Tex Town Tigers decided the game by scoring seven runs in the top of the first inning.
Six of the runs were unearned.
Annemiek Jansen led off with a single and scored the first run on an one-out single by Nadine Marinus.
Hereafter, Laura Wissink walked and a run was scored when an error was made on a force play-grounder by Lisa Marie Köllner.
The bases then were loaded when Nita Hickey walked.
Wissink scored the next run when Köllner was forced out on a grounder by Myrthe Smid.
A wild pitch led to runners on second and third base.
A force play was created by walking Aafje van Baal intentionally, but hereafter Lizzy Uytendaal contributed with a 2-run double.
She later scored herself on a triple by Annemiek Jansen.
TTT added a run in the second inning when Laura Wissink singled and scored on a pinch-hit single by Cheyenne Scheffer.
In the third inning, TTT lifted the lead to 10-0 by scoring two more runs.
Aafje van Baal led off with a walk and Lizzy Uytendaal singled, then both scored on a double by Annemiek Jansen.
In the meantime, TTT-starter Cheyenne Scheffer retired nine batters in a row in the three innings she pitched, five of them with a strikeout.
With two outs in the top of the fourth, TTT again scored twice.
Myrthe Smid then walked and Aafje van Baal singled.
The two scored on a triple by Lizzy Uytendaal, who was eliminated at the plate trying to complete an inside-the-park-homerun.
In the bottom of the fourth, Uytendaal took over the pitching for TTT and gave up the lone run Euro Stars scored.
Britt Smits led off with a triple and scored on a wild pitch.
Kim van der Valk then singled, but a double play and a flyout ended the inning and the game.
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| Euro Stars - Tex Town Tigers 1-12 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Tex Town Tigers | 712 | 2 | | - | 12 | 11 | 0 |
| Euro Stars | 000 | 1 | | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| pitchers Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Cheyenne Scheffer, W (1-1) | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
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| Lizzy Uytendaal | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| pitchers Euro Stars | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Chantal Fehling, L | 0.2 | - | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
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| Romy van der Ham | 2.1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - |
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| Shomayra Franka | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Umpires: HP-Tommasita Pavan, 1B-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Ben Goorts.
Starting Time-3:30 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 11, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 12 - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem vs. Wesseling Vermins
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem won 9-2 against Wesseling Vermins in the late afternoon to record its third victory of the day to stay unbeaten.
With that, the team will finish in first place in Pool A, whatever happens on Sunday.
And with that, Olympia Haarlem became the first finalist of the tournament.
On Sunday, Olympia Haarlem closes the Preliminary Round against Euro Stars.
In an earlier game, Wesseling Vermins meets Tex Town Tigers.
The winner of that game can end up in a tie with Olympia Haarlem in case of a loss against Euro Stars.
But the head-to-head results will then be in favor of Olympia, as it has won against both teams.
Olympia Haarlem decided the outcome with a 5-run rally in the bottom of the first inning.
Bobbi Scheurkogel led off with a double and scored on an one-out single by Jessie van Aalst, who advanced herself to third base on an outfield-error.
Hereafter, Rachel van Veen and Rosanne de Vries delivered back-to-back RBI-doubles.
They went on to score on a runscoring single by Dinet Oosting and a 2-out double by Stephanie Pearce.
One run was added with two outs in the second inning.
That was scored by Jessie van Aalst, who reached on an error and scored on another.
Wesseling was held scoreless by starter Rosanne de Vries, who was relieved wit two outs in the second inning by Bobbi Scheurkogel.
In the top of the third, the German squad scored its first run.
Maxine Dunford led off with a single and moved to third base when an error was made on a grounder by Katharina Szalay.
Dunford was then eliminated at the plate trying to score on a hit by Milena Böttger.
Moments later, Szalay scored when a grounder by Lisa Brockmayer ended in another error.
Olympia Haarlem scored three more runs in the third.
Dinet Oosting and Amber Krijgsman led off with singles, then scored on a single by Stephanie Pearce and a grounder by Maranca Ham.
With two outs, Pearce's pinch-runner Emma Wójcik scored on a single by Virginie Anneveld.
In the top of the fourth, Wesseling scored its second run.
Alisha Theissen then led off with a single and went on to score on a single by Stefanie Theismann.
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| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem - Wesseling Vermins 9-2 (3½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Wesseling Vermins | 001 | 1 | | - | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 513 | X | | - | 9 | 12 | 2 |
| pitchers Wesseling | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Katharina Held, L | 1 | - | - | 6 | 5 | 5 |
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| Hannah Held | 2 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 3 |
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| pitchers Olympia | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Rosanne de Vries, W (1-0) | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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| Bobbi Scheurkogel | 2.1 | - | - | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Bianca Dweelaard, 1B-Arjan Mens.
Scorer-Eric de Vries.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Starting Time-5:00 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 12, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 13 - De Glaskoning Twins vs. Carrousel
Carrousel broke an 1-1 tie with a 4-run rally in the second inning en route to a 5-2 win against De Glaskoning Twins.
With the win, the Russian squad won its second game to remain a contender for first place in Pool B.
That can end up a in a tie between three teams on Sunday.
Sparks Haarlem and Terrasvogels are unbeaten in this Pool and will face each other in the final game of this Pool.
Carrousel meets Terrasvogels in its first game on Sunday-morning.
After a scoreless first inning, Carrousel opened the score in the top of the second inning.
With one out, Ekaterina Aleshina doubled, but was eliminated on a grounder by next hitter Nina Zakaznikova.
After the latter had stolen second base, Tatiana Beltyukova walked.
On a wild pitch, Zakaznikova moved to third base.
While Beltyukova also tried to advance, she was eliminated, but in the meantine, Zakaznikova was able to score.
Twins came alongside in the bottom of the second inning.
Michelle van Bodegom then reached on an error, stole second base and moved to third base on a wild pitch.
With one out, she scored when Tess Remmers also reached on an error.
Hereafter, two force play-grounders closed the inning.
Carrousel broke the 1-1 tie by scoring four runs in the third inning.
With one out and Yana Islamova (single) on second base, Verdzhinia Gusakova and Narine Stepanyan delivered back-to-back runscoring doubles that put the Russians ahead, 3-1.
With two outs, Vera Kukharenko walked and scored on a double by Vasilia Sorokina.
She later scored herself on an error.
Twins managed to add another run in the bottom of the third inning.
With one out, Nina Oomes tripled, but later was eliminated trying to score on a passed ball.
Minke Blok then also tripled and scored on a single by Claudia Kranendonk.
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| De Glaskoning Twins - Carrousel 2-5 (3 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Carrousel | 014 | | | - | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| De Glaskoning Twins | 011 | | | - | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| pitcher Carrousel | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Maya Shalvadze, W | 3 | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
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| pitchers Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Sheila van der Tang, L | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
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| Margot van Eijl | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Patrick Reus, 1B-Martin Lemstra.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Ben Goorts.
Starting Time-5:00 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 13, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 14 - Onze Gezellen vs. Tex Town Tigers
Tex Town Tigers closed the second day of the tournament with a big 13-0 shutout-win against Onze Gezellen.
The Enschede-squad scored six runs in the non-completed fourth inning.
TTT collected 15 basehits with five players hitting two of them.
TTT used ten players who all hit at least one basehit.
After a scoreless first inning, Tex Town Tigers scored two runs in the top of the second inning.
With one out, Cheyenne Scheffer singled, moved on a sacrifice bunt by Aafje van Baal and scored when a hit by Lizzy Uytendaal ended in an outfield-error.
With Uytendaal on third base, Marije Oosting-ten Thij walked.
Uytendaal then scored while Oosting was caught stealing.
TTT rallied for five runs in the third inning.
Amy Wells led off with a bunt-single, stole second base and moved to third base on a sac-bunt by Nadine Marinus.
Myrthe Smid then also reached on a bunt-single and Laura Wissink followed with a single.
Hereafter, Lisa Marie Köllner delivered a runscoring single.
Two runs were added when an error was made on a sacrifice bunt by Cheyenne Scheffer, who later scored herself on a wild pitch to make it a 7-0 score.
A 6-run rally in the top of the fourth lifted the lead to 13-0.
Nadine Marinus led off with a walk and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Myrthe Smid
Hereafter, six consecutive basehits were recorded.
Laura Wissink tripled and scored on a double by Lisa Marie Köllner.
Later, runscoring singles by Nita Hickey and Marije Oosting-ten Thij followed.
Another run was scored on a force play-grounder by Amy Wells and single by Nadine Marinus accounted for the 13th run.
Jessica Tolmie threw three scoreless innings for TTT.
The Australian righthander faced only nine hitters.
With one out in the first inning, she gave up a single to Laura van der Bos, but she was caught stealing moments later.
Tolmie then retired the next seven batters in a row, five of them with a strikeout.
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| Onze Gezellen - Tex Town Tigers 0-13 (3½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Tex Town Tigers | 025 | 6 | | - | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| Onze Gezellen | 000 | X | | - | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| pitcher Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jessica Tolmie, W (2-0) | 3 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - |
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| pitcher Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Lisa Meyering, L | 4 | - | 2 | 15 | 13 | 9 |
Umpires: HP-Robin Stoevelaar, 1B-Tommasita Pavan.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Starting Time-6:30 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 14, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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