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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Fred Versluis & Marco Stoovelaar)
   Olympia Haarlem also wins Jan de Wit Tournament again
Nederlands
 HAARLEM (Neth.) -
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem also has won the annual international Jan de Wit Tournament again.
On Sunday (April 8), the reigning champion recorded a convincing 6-0 win against Sparks Haarlem to win the event for the third consecutive year.
A week ago, Olympia Haarlem also won the international J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament in Enschede, which it also won for the third year in a row.
In the Jan de Wit Final of last year, Olympia Haarlem also recorded a 6-0 shutout.
The team then faced Roef!, which didn't participate this year.
The Jan de Wit Tournament was organized for the 30th time by Olympia Haarlem.
The event was created by the club's predecessor DSC '74.
Finally, it was Spring!
After weeks of cold and sometimes freezing temperatures, the weather conditions were great this weekend.
Saturday's temperatures varied from 19 degrees Celsius (66.2 Fahrenheit) and 23 (73.4) with an average temperature of 20 degrees (68) in the afternoon.
On Sunday, it was the warmest April 8 in Dutch weather history.
In the afternoon, it was 23.1 degrees Celsius (73.6 Fahrenheit), which broke the old record of 22.6 Celsius (72.7 F) from 1969.
In the east of the country, temperatures rose ro 24 degrees (75.2 F).
In the west, at the coast, there was a cool wind in the afternoon, but nevertheless, the weather conditions also were very there fine with temperatures around 18 degrees (64.4 F).
...The winning team of Olympia Haarlem...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
A week ago, it was only two degrees Celsius (35.6 Fahrenheit) when the third day of games went underway at the Mastenbroek Tournament in Enschede.
It also was very cold and rainy on the second day of the Haarlem Series.
In today's Final, Olympia Haarlem met Sparks Haarlem, just as it did in the Mastenbroek Final.
However, for the second week in a row, the deciding game ended prematurely.
Today, the game was halted after only two innings.
Last week, the game lasted three innings.
The reason was the same, as the team of Sparks Haarlem has some injuries and with that, it has a shortage of available players.
With today's games, the exhibition season ended for the Golden League-teams.
The regular season in the highest division opens next Saturday (April 14).
The new season in the Silver League begins a week later.
Chantal Versluis (Sparks Haarlem) was the Best Hitter of the tournament with a .857 batting average (6-for-7).
Following her to form the top-10 were Nadine Marinus (Tex Town Tigers) .778 (7-for-9), Alexandra Chumakova (Carrousel) .714 (5-for-7), Stephanie Pearce (Olympia Haarlem) .667 (6-for-9), Laura van der Bos (Onze Gezellen) .636 (7-for-11), Maxime van Dalen (Sparks Haarlem) .600 (6-for-10), Katharina Szalay (Terrasvogels) .583 (7-for-12), Jessie van Aalst (Olympia Haarlem) .571 (4-for-7), Jacqueline de Hoog (Birds) .571 (4-for-7) and Tanisha van Krevel (Birds) .571 (4-for-7).
Final Standings
1. FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem. 2. Sparks Haarlem, 3. Terrasvogels, 4. Tex Town Tigers, 5. Onze Gezellen, 6. Carrousel (Russia), 7. De Glaskoning Twins, 8. Wesseling Vermins (Germany), 9. Birds, 10. Euro Stars.
(April 8)
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Game 15 - Terrasvogels vs. Carrousel
Terrasvogels opened the third day of the tournament with a 5-3 win against Carrousel.
With this, Carrousel was eliminated for first place in Pool B and the Final.
For Terrasvogels, this was its third win.
In its next game, the team now faces Sparks Haarlem, which also has three victories.
The winner of that game will become the second finalist.
In this early morning-game (it started at 9 AM), there were some crucial errors, resulting in five unearned runs.
In earned runs, Terrasvogels would have won 2-1.
Terrasvogels was the most productive of the two teams.
The squad opened the score with two runs in the bottom of the first inning.
With one out, Britt Vonk and Noa Brand both singled.
With two outs, both scored on a single by Jessica Waasdorp.
Hereafter, Denice van Dijk was hit by a pitch, but the two runners were left behind.
Terrasvogels added its third run in the second at bat.
Marijn Crouwel led off with a single and Masha Meloni reached on an error.
Crouwel and Meloni, as well as pitcher Roos-Marijn Kramer, are players of Onze Gezellen, with whom Terrasvogels has a working agreement, making them eligible to play for both teams.
The bases got loaded when Lisa Waasdorp walked.
With one out, Crouwel scored on a grounder by Noa Brand, but again two runners stranded.
Pitcher Roos-Marijn Kramer retired the side in both the first and second inning, but then saw Carrousel come alongside in the third at bat.
With one out and Tatiana Beltyukova (fielder's choice) on first base, Alexandra Chumanova walked.
With two outs and runners on second and third base, Verdzhinia Gusakova singled in centerfield to bring in Beltyukova.
However, an outfield-error followed, enabling Chumanova and Gusakova also to score, resulting in a 3-3 tie.
After Terrasvogels had made a double play in the top of the fourth, the team re-took the lead with two outs in the home half of the at bat, scoring two runs.
With one out, Lisa Waasdorp singled and Britt Vonk walked.
An error on a grounder by Noa Brand then loaded the bases.
Hereafter, Waasdorp was forced out at the plate on a grounder by Ella Krommendijk.
That also created some back-and-forth throwing, an error and two runs to give Terrasvogels a 5-3 lead.
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| Terrasvogels - Carrousel 5-3 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Carrousel | 003 | 0 | | - | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Terrasvogels | 210 | 2 | | - | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| pitcher Carrousel | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Marina Barysheva, L | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
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| pitcher Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Roos-Marijn Kramer, W | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Arjan de Wever, 1B-Frits Budding.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-none (no sound/music allowed before 12 PM).
Starting Time-9:00 AM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
 Exhibition Game.
Game 15, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 16 - Tex Town Tigers vs. Wesseling Vermins
Tex Town Tigers opened Day 3 with a 3-1 victory against Wesseling Vermins.
For Tex Town Tigers, this was its third win of the tournament.
However, the team was eliminated on Saturday for first place in Pool A and a spot in the Final.
With this win, TTT can end up in a tie with FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem in case that team ends up short against Euro Stars.
But the head-to-head game was won by Olympia on Saturday.
Wesseling Vermins opened the score in the top of the first inning.
Alisha Theissen and Milena Böttger led of with singles.
The first then moved on a passed ball.
With one out, she scored on a wild pitch, which brought Bötgger to second base.
She advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Leonie Thiele, but was left behind.
In the remainder of the game, only one more hitter would reach base off of Cheyenne Scheffer, who struckout three hitters.
Trailing 1-0, Tex Town Tigers answered with two runs in its first at bat.
Amy Wells led off with a walk, moved on a passed ball, then reached third base on a bunt-single by Nadine Marinus.
Wells scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Myrthe Smid.
Marinus went on to score the go-ahead run on a double by Laura Wissink, who later stranded on third base.
TTT added another run in the second inning.
With one out, Marije Oosting-ten Thij singled, stole second base and moved to third base on a wild pitch.
With two outs, she scored on a double by Nadine Marinus.
In the third, Nita Hickey singled for TTT with two outs and stole second base, but was left behind.
Cheyenne Scheffer then retired the side in the top of the fourth to end the game.
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...Left: TTT-Head Coach Robert Kovačević looks on from the 3B coaching-box...
...Right: Cheyenne Scheffer went the distance and was the winning pitcher; Standing in the back is short stop Nita Hickey... |
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...Left: Nadine Marinus was 2-for-2 with a double, run scored, RBI and stolen base...
...Right: Pitcher Jessica Tolmie got a pinch-hit appearance for Tex Town Tigers...
(© All Photos: Marco Stoovelaar) |
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| Tex Town Tigers - Wesseling Vermins 3-1 (3½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Wesseling Vermins | 100 | 0 | | - | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tex Town Tigers | 210 | X | | - | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| pitchers Wesseling | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Katharina Held, L | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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| Hannah Held | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
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| pitcher Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Cheyenne Scheffer, W (2-1) | 4 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Bianca Dweelaard, 1B-Louis Rohan.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-none (no sound/music allowed before 12 PM).
Starting Time-9:03 AM.
Time Played-1:03 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 16, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 17 - De Glaskoning Twins vs. Birds
De Glaskoning Twins shutout Birds 7-0 in its fourth game of the tournament.
For Twins, this was its first win, while Birds remained winless in four games.
Birds got an opportunity to open the score in the top of the first inning.
Jacqueline de Hoog led off with a single and stole second base.
Hereafter, Kelsey Huijzers singled down the leftfield-line.
De Hoog tried to advance to third base, but was eliminated.
Esmée Toet then walked and Birds got runners on second and third base after a passed ball, but they were left behind.
Twins then reacted with three runs in its first at bat.
Imane Alou Issa led off with a walk, stole second base and scored on a following triple by Nina Oomes.
Minke Blok followed with a runscoring single and later went on to score herself on an error.
Twins added three more runs in the second inning and the same players were involved.
With two outs, Imane Alou Issa singled and Nina Oomes walked.
They scored on runscoring singles by Minke Blok and Claudia Kranendonk.
Blok would score the sixth run on a wild pitch.
After leaving a runner behind on second base in the second inning, Birds got another scoring opportunity in the third.
Jacqueline de Hoog led off with a single and moved to third base when a hit by Kelsey Huijzers ended in an error, which enabled her to reach second base.
Huijzers was then eliminated on a following grounder by Esmée Toet, while De Hoog was unable to advance.
Toet stole second base, but Birds again left runners behind on second and third base.
Twins scored its seventh run in the third inning.
Ennia Ballardini led off with a walk and later scored on an one-out grounder by Tess Remmers.
Birds was retired in order in the fourth to end the game.
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| De Glaskoning Twins - Birds 7-0 (3½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Birds | 000 | 0 | | - | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| De Glaskoning Twins | 331 | X | | - | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| pitchers Birds | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Bodine Janssen, L | 1.2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
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| Kelsey Huijzers | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
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| pitcher Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Sterre den Duijn, W | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Patrick Reus, 1B-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-none (no sound/music allowed before 12 PM).
Starting Time-10:30 AM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 17, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 18 - Euro Stars vs FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem
FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem remained unbeaten thanks to a covincing 15-1 win against Euro Stars.
For Olympia, this was its fourth victory, while Euro Stars remained winless.
Olympia Haarlem opened the score with three runs in the top of the first inning.
Emma Wójcik and Amber Krijgsman led off with walks.
Hereafter, the latter was eliminated in a double play after Stephanie Pearce flied out.
That brought Wójcik to third base and she scored the first run on a single by Rosanne de Vries.
Rachel van Veen then followed with a 2-run homerun.
Next hitter Dinet Oosting walked, but the inning ended with a nice defensive play.
Virginie Anneveld grounded to short, but it was 1B Britt Amersfoort, who made a nice play at first base while receiving the ball.
In the second inning, Olympia Haarlem added four runs.
Lead-off hitter Mariëlle Vleugels was hit by a pitch.
Her pinch-runner Brenda Beers stole second base, advanced on an error and scored on a grounder by Maranca Ham.
Hereafter, 1B Britt Amersfoort made another great play, while receiving a throw at first base.
With two outs, Olympia got the bases loaded when Amber Krijgsman and Stephanie Pearce singled and Rosanne de Vries was hit by a pitch.
Rachel van Veen then walked to bring in a run and also a new pitcher.
Two more runs were added when Dinet Oosting singled to lift the lead to 7-0.
Euro Stars scored its lone run in the bottom of the second inning.
Corine Ammerlaan led off with a walk.
She advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Anna Prins, reached third base on a wild pitch and scored on a single by Eliza van 't Zelfde.
In the top of the third inning, Olympia staged an 8-run rally.
That was done on seven basehits, including runscoring singles by Rosanne de Vries, Rachel van Veen, Jessie van Aalst and Virginie Anneveld.
Olympia collected 12 basehits in this game, including two by Rosanne de Vries and Rachel van Veen.
De Vries scored three runs.
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| ...Starting pitchers Rosanne de Vries (left) and Romy van der Ham... |
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...Left: 1B Britt Amersfoort made some nice defensive plays for Euro Stars...
...Right: Rachel van Veen hit a 2-run homerun for Olympia Haarlem...
(© All Photos: Marco Stoovelaar) |
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| Euro Stars - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 1-15 (3 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 348 | | | - | 15 | 12 | 1 |
| Euro Stars | 010 | | | - | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| pitchers Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Rosanne de Vries, W (2-0) | 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| Bobbi Scheurkogel | 1.1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
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| pitchers Euro Stars | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Romy van der Ham, L | 1.2 | - | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
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| Chantal Fehling | 0.2 | - | - | 5 | 5 | 4 |
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| Shomayra Franka | 0.2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 1 |
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| Homerun: Olympia Haarlem: Rachel van Veen (2)(1st,2-run,off Van der Ham). |
Umpires: HP-Arjan Mens, 1B-Martin Lemstra.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-none (no sound/music allowed before 12 PM).
Starting Time-10:30 AM.
Time Played-1:08 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 18, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 19 - Sparks Haarlem vs. Terrasvogels
In the final game of Pool B, Sparks Haarlem shutout Terrasvogels 9-0 to remain unbeaten and finish in first place.
With that, the team became the second finalist, while Terrasvogels suffered its first loss and has to play for third place.
Winning pitcher Quincey Catsburg gave up only three basehits and allowed only one runner to get into scoring position.
She was supported by her defense, while her teammates also contributed with some big hits.
Two of them were hit by Feline Poot, who hit two 3-run homeruns.
Besides that, she also made some great defensive plays as short stop.
In the top of the first inning, Catsburg gave up a lead-off single to Katharina Szalay.
With one out, Feline Poot made a nice double play.
The second inning ended with another good play by the short stop, who plays in her first season for Sparks Haarlem, after having played for DSS last year.
In the third inning, with two outs, Dervisa Mutic singled for Terrasvogels, but stranded on first base.
In the fourth, Lisa Waasdorp led off with a walk and became the lone runner of Terrasvogels to get into scoring position.
She advanced on a grounder by Noa Brand, but then was left behind.
...Public Address Announcer Wouter Hoos...
...closely follows the action on the field...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
In the fifth, Lizzie Clarijs led off with a single, but Sparks Haarlem then turned another double play with Feline Poot in the middle.
Sparks Haarlem opened the score with two runs in the bottom of the first inning off Australian righthander Alice Donohoe.
She walked lead-off hitter Kingsley Avery, who moved on a grounder and scored the first run on a double by Chantal Versluis.
The latter scored the next run on a 2-out single by Feline Poot, who batted in seven runs.
With that, she evened this year's tournament-record of most RBI's in one game.
On Saturday, it was Terrasvogels short stop Britt Vonk, who batted in seven runs and also hit two 3-run homeruns.
The Terrasvogels-defense also turned two double plays in this game, the first one in the second inning and the second one in the fourth at bat.
The second double play started with a nice defensive play by short stop Lizzie Clarijs.
Sparks Haarlem added its third run in the second inning.
Tammie Lijbers led off with a single and later scored on a single by Kehli Washington.
In the third inning, three more runs were scored.
With one out, Chantal Versluis singled and Maxime van Dalen walked.
Hereafter, Feline Poot hit a line drive homerun into left-centerfield.
In the bottom of the fifth, leading 6-0, she hit another 3-run homerun.
With one out, Versluis doubled and Van Dalen walked again.
Poot then hit a walk-off homerun into centerfield.
That ended the game, as the 7-run difference, mercy-rule had been reached.
Sparks Haarlem collected nine basehits, including three by Chantal Versluis (two doubles), who also scored three runs.
Feline Poot also was 3-for-3, including the two mentioned homeruns.
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...Left: Coaches Edward Franka, Peter van Dalen (Sparks Haarlem) and Ferenc Jongejan (Terrasvogels)...
...meet umpires Louis Rohan and Arjan de Wever before the start of the game...
...Right: Quincey Catsburg was the winning pitcher for Sparks Haarlem... |
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| ...In the 3rd inning, Feline Poot hits her first of two homeruns and is greeted at the plate by her teammates... |
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...Left: Kingsley Avery makes contact for Sparks Haarlem...
...Right: Lizzie Clarijs is forced out by SS Feline Poot, standing at right is 2B Onaisha Franka... |
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...Left: Feline Poot is greeted by Head Coach Peter van Dalen after her 2nd homerun in the 5th inning...
...Right: Feline Poot hit two 3-run homeruns and batted in 7 runs...
(© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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| Sparks Haarlem - Terrasvogels 9-0 (5 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Terrasvogels | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Sparks Haarlem | 213 | 03 | | - | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| (one out when 7-run difference was reached in the bottom of the 5th inning) |
| pitcher Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Alice Donohoe, L (2-1) | 4.1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
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| pitcher Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Quincey Catsburg, W (2-1) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
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| Homeruns: Sparks Haarlem: Feline Poot 2 (3)(3rd,3-run,off Donohoe; 5th,3-run,off Donohoe). |
Umpires: HP-Louis Rohan, 1B-Arjan de Wever.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Starting Time-11:58 AM.
Time Played-1:03 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 19, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 20 - Wesseling Vermins vs. Onze Gezellen
Onze Gezellen closed the Preliminary Round with a 3-1 win against Wesseling Vermins.
With this, Onze Gezellen won its second game to finish in third place in Pool A to qualify for the game for fifth and sixth place.
Fiona Sewalt went the distance for Onze Gezellen and gave up only four basehits.
Onze Gezellen appeared to open the score right away in the top of the first inning.
Jacky Huijben led off with a double.
She stole third base with two outs, but then was left behind.
Onze Gezellen did open the score in the second at bat.
Yindi Beekveldt and Marijn Crouwel led off with singles.
The latter was forced out on a grounder by Masha Meloni.
That brought Beekveldt to third base and she scored when a throwing error followed trying to complete a double play on the grounder by Meloni.
OG doubled its lead in the fourth inning.
Yindi Beekveldt led off with a triple, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Marijn Crouwel.
Fiona Sewalt had allowed only one hitter to reach base in the first three innings, but she gave up a run in the fourth.
Christina Dehmel then led off with a double, moved on a grounder by Alisha Theissen and scored on a single by Leonie Thiele.
An error on a grounder by Lara Brockmayer and a double-steal led to runners on second and third base, but they were left behind.
Onze Gezellen added an insurance run in the bottom of the fifth.
With two outs, Laura van der Bos singled and Babs de Jonge walked.
Laura Burggraaf then followed with a runscoring single to make it a 3-1 score.
With one out in the top of the sixth, Alisha Theissen singled for the German squad.
Fiona Sewalt followed with a strikeout, which also ended the game, as the 70-minute time-limit had expired.
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| Wesseling Vermins - Onze Gezellen 1-3 (6 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Onze Gezellen | 010 | 110 | | - | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Wesseling Vermins | 000 | 100 | | - | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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| pitcher Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Fiona Sewalt, W | 5.2 | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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| pitcher Wesseling | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Claudia Volkmann, L | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
Umpires: HP-Bianca Dweelaard, 1B-Frits Budding.
Official Scorer-Huub Nelissen.
Public Address Announcer-Huub Nelissen.
Starting Time-12:00 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 20, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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Game 21 - Wesseling Vermins vs. De Glaskoning Twins (7th/8th place)
De Glaskoning Twins recorded a mercy-rule, 9-1 victory against Wesseling Vemins to finish in seventh place.
Twins collected 12 basehits in the game, including two by Nina Oomes, Minke Blok and Sterre den Duijn.
They all had an extra-basehit.
Initially, it was Wesseling Vermins that opened the score in the bottom of the first inning.
Katharina Szalay led off with a single, moved on a sacrifice bunt by Christina Dehmel and a wild pitch, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Alisha Theissen.
After two scoreless innings, Twins came alongside in the top of the third.
With one out, Ellinor Keepers singled and went on to score on a 2-out single by Nina Oomes.
Twins then rallied for eight runs in the fourth inning to take command over the game.
There were nine basehits in this inning.
All nine players in the line-up reached base consecutively!
The bases got loaded when Claudia Kranendonk, Sterre den Duijn and Ennia Ballardini (bunt) all singled.
Sheila van der Tang followed with a 2-run single to put Twins ahead, 3-1.
The next run was scored on a single by Tess Remmers.
After Van der Tang was elimated at the plate on a grounder by Ellinor Keepers, Imane Alou Issa delivered a 2-run single.
Next, Nina Oomes doubled and Minke Blok added a 2-run single.
With two outs, Blok scored the eighth run in the inning on a triple by Sterre den Duijn to make it a 9-1 score.
The German opponent left a runner behind on second base in the third inning.
In the fourth, Leonie Thiele led off with a single.
Her pinch-runner Hannah Held then moved on a passed ball and a sac-bunt by Lara Brockmayer.
She then tried to score on a grounder by Milena Böttger and was eliminated at the plate.
A grounder then ended the game.
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| Wesseling Vermins - De Glaskoning Twins 1-9 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| De Glaskoning Twins | 001 | 8 | | - | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| Wesseling Vermins | 100 | 0 | | - | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| pitcher Twins | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Margot van Eijl, W | 4 | - | - | 4 | 1 | 1 |
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| pitchers Wesseling | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Claudia Volkmann | - (*) | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Hannah Held, L | 4 | 2 | - | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| (*) - Volkmann was announced as starter, but was replaced by Held when top 1st inning began)
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Umpires: HP-Martin Lemstra, 1B-Patrick Reus.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Wouter Hoos.
Starting Time-1:30 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 21, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018 (7th/8th place). |
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Game 22 - Euro Stars vs. Birds (9th/10th place)
Birds broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the second inning against Euro Stars and went on to win 10-3 to finish in ninth place.
Both teams were winless before this game.
In the top of the first inning, Birds opened the score with two outs.
Hannah Pitman and Bodine Jansen then both singled and scored when Chelsie Robison followed with a triple.
Euro Stars immediately came alongside in its first at bat.
With one out, the bases got loaded when Britt Smits, Radna Mambi and Anna Prins all singled.
Hereafter, Corine Ammerlaan connected for a 2-run single to make it a 2-2 score.
With two outs and runners on second and third base, the inning ended when short stop Esmée Toet caught a line drive hit by Lisa de Vries.
Birds re-took the lead in the second inning when it scored four unearned runs.
With one out, Liz van der Hoeven reached on an error and Aline Nijenhuis walked.
Van der Hoeven then scored the go-ahead run on a following single by Kelsey Huijzers.
When the latter was forced out on a grounder by Esmée Toet, Nijenhuis scored.
Another error was made on a grounder by Hannah Pitman, resulting in runners on second and third base.
They then scored on a double by Bodine Jansen to make it a 6-2 score.
Birds added three more runs in the top of the third.
Michelle van der Meer (single) and Liz van der Hoeven (hit by pitch) then both scored on a 2-out single by Esmée Toet.
Van der Hoeven scored in a close play at the plate.
Moments later, Toet scored the next run on a double by Hannah Pitman.
Euro Stars scored its third run in the bottom of the third.
Britt Smits led off with a walk, moved to third base on a single by Radna Mambi and scored on a grounder by Anna Prins.
In the top of the fourth, Birds scored another run.
Chelsie Robison led off with a walk, reached third base on a double by Tanisha van Krevel and scored on a single by Michelle van der Meer.
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| Euro Stars - Birds 3-10 (3½ inn.) |
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| Birds | 243 | 1 | | - | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| Euro Stars | 201 | X | | - | 3 | 5 | 4 |
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| pitcher Birds | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jacqueline de Hoog, W | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
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| pitchers Euro Stars | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Chantal Fehling, L | 1.2 | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
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| Shomayra Franka | 1.1 | 1 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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| Romy van der Ham | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven, 1B-Arjan Mens.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Huub Nelissen.
Starting Time-1:29 PM.
Time Played-1:10 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 22, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018 (9th/10th place). |
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Game 23 - Tex Town Tigers vs. Terrasvogels (3rd/4th place)
In a very attractive and suspenseful game, Terrasvogels won 3-2 in eight innings against Tex Town Tigers to finish in third place.
In the Preliminary Round, games can end in a tie, but according to tournament-rules, the games that decide the final ranking needs a winner.
When the 70-minute time-limit is reached and the score is tied, the game continues with the tie-break rule, meaning the new inning begins with a runner on second base.
Terrasvogels got into scoring postion in each of the first three innings off of Australian starter Jessica Tolmie.
In the first inning, Katharina Szalay led off with a single.
She moved on an one-out grounder by Noa Brand and a single by Britt Vonk resulted in runners at the corners.
But the inning ended when the latter was caught stealing.
In the second inning, Terrasvogels opened the score.
Ella Krommendijk led off with a single, then Jessica Waasdorp walked.
With one out, Krommendijk scored on a double by Kelsy Pieneman, but Terrasvogels left runners behind on second and third base.
In the third at bat, Dervisa Mutic off with a single.
She moved into scoring position on a grounder.
Hereafter, TTT-leftfielder Aafje van Baal made a great catch on a hit by Britt Vonk.
That brought Mutic to third base, but she stranded there.
...Lizzie Clarijs...
...winning pitcher...
(© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) |
Terrasvogels-starter Lizzie Clarijs had a fine outing.
She threw seven strong innings in which she gave up only two basehits.
Clarijs was supported with some nice defensive plays.
TTT got into scoring position for the first time in the second inning.
With two outs, Nadine Marinus walked and stole second base, Clarijs closed with a strikeout.
In the third inning, Aafje van Baal led off with a single, but hereafter, three force play-grounders followed.
TTT came alongside in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Myrthe Smid led of with a walk, then scored all the way from first base when Laura Wissink followed with a double.
Wissink moved to third base on a sac-bunt by Nita Hickey, but was left behind.
Both teams were unable to get into scoring position in the fifth and sixth inning.
As the 70-minute time-limit had expired after six innings, the tie-break rule came into effect from the seventh inning on.
For Terrasvogels, tie-break runner Jessica Waasdorp moved to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Denice van Dijk in the top of the seventh inning, but then was left behind.
The same situation happened for TTT in the bottom of the seventh.
Tie-break runner Nita Hickey moved to third base on a sac-bunt by Nadine Marinus, but then stranded.
In the eighth inning, Terrasvogels struck with two runs.
Tie-break runner Lisa Waasdorp then scored when a grounder by Katharina Szalay ended in a throwing error.
Moments later, Szalay scored the next run on a sacrifice fly by Dervisa Mutic to make it a 3-1 score.
The inning ended when centerfielder Annemiek Jansen caught two line drives hit by Noa Brand and Britt Vonk.
The suspense continued in the bottom of the eighth inning off of reliever Alice Donohoe.
Tie-break runner Aafje van Baal moved to third base on a single by Lizzy Uytendaal, who was caught stealing shortly thereafter.
After Amy Wells had grounded out, Annemiek Jansen drilled the ball into right-centerfield for a triple!
That brought in Van Baal and made it a 3-2 score.
With Jansen on third base, the inning and the game ended when Myrthe Smid grounded out to short stop Britt Vonk.
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...Denice van Dijk puts down a sacrifice bunt for Terrasvogels in the 7th inning... |
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...Lisa Waasdorp hitting for Terrasvogels with her sister Jessica on 3rd base in the 7th inning... |
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...Left: Tie-break runner Nita Hickey dives back, while 3B Katharina Szalay receives the ball in the 7th inning...
...Right: Lizzy Uytendaal pitched in relief for Tex Town Tigers... |
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...Lisa Waasdorp (left) and Katharina Szalay score for Terrasvogels in the 8th inning...
...Coaching the runners are Dervisa Mutic (8) and Noa Brand (28)... |
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...Left: Alice Donohoe pitched the 8th inning for Terrasvogels...
...Right: TTT Head Coach Robert Kovačević has a meeting with hitter Amy Wells (34)...
...and runners Aafje van Baal and Lizzy Uytendaal in the 8th inning... |
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...Annemiek Jansen hits an RBI-triple in the 8th inning, but is left behind on 3rd base, where she is joined by 3B Katharina Szalay...
(© All Photos: Marco Stoovelaar) |
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| Tex Town Tigers - Terrasvogels 2-3 (8 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Terrasvogels | 010 | 000 | 02 | - | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Tex Town Tigers | 000 | 100 | 01 | - | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| pitchers Terrasvogels | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Lizzie Clarijs, W (1-0) | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| Alice Donohoe, SV (1) | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
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| pitchers Tex Town Tigers | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jessica Tolmie | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
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| Lizzy Uytendaal, L (0-1) | 5 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
Umpires: HP-Bianca Dweelaard, 1B-Martin Lemstra.
Official Scorer-Ben Goorts.
Public Address Announcer-Ben Goorts.
Starting Time-3:00 PM.
Time Played-1:30 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 23, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018 (3rd/4th place). |
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Game 24 - Carrousel vs. Onze Gezellen (5th/6th place)
Onze Gezellen closed the tournament with a 4-2 victory against Carrousel to finish in fifth place.
Trailing 2-1 after one inning, the Haarlem-based team scored twice in the second inning and from there hold onto the lead.
Onze Gezellen opened the score with two outs in the top of the first inning.
Babs de Jonge then walked and moved to third base on a single by Laura Burggraaf.
The bases got loaded when Marijn Crouwel walked and a run was scored when Sanne Halderman also walked.
But three runners were left behind when the inning ended with a strikeout.
In the bottom of the first inning, Carrousel answered with two runs.
Both were unearned, as two errors contributed to the scoring.
Lead-off hitter Yana Islamova reached on an error, then Verdzhiniya Gusakova singled.
The two advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Narine Stepanyan.
A sacrifice fly by Vera Kukharenko brought in the tying run.
When that was followed by an error, Gusakova also was able to score.
With two outs, two walks followed, but these two runners were left behind.
Onze Gezellen came back on to immediately in the second inning.
With two outs, Jacky Huijben, Laura van der Bos and Babs de Jonge all doubled to make it a 3-2 score for the Haarlem-team.
In the bottom of the third, the Russian opponent got a chance to do some scoring again.
With one out, Narine Stepanyan doubled and Vera Kukharenko singled.
They were left behind on second and third base.
First, a pop-fly accounted for the second out.
Hereafter, Isanthe Rouwenhorst closed the inning with a strikeout.
OG added an insurance run in the fourth inning and then again scored with two outs.
This time, there were four consecutive singles.
The bases got loaded when Laura van der Bos, Babs de Jonge and Laura Burggraaf all singled.
Van der Bos then scored when Marijn Crouwel also singled.
Three runners were left behind when a pop-fly ended the at bat.
In its final at bat, Carrousel got another runner into scoring position.
With two outs, Alexandra Chumanova singled and moved on a wild pitch, but a groundout then ended the game.
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| Carrousel - Onze Gezellen 2-4 (4 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Onze Gezellen | 120 | 1 | | - | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Carrousel | 200 | 0 | | - | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| pitcher Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Isanthe Rouwenhorst, W | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | - |
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| Nina Zakaznikova, L | 1.2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
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| Vera Kukharenko | 2.1 | 3 | - | 5 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Frits Budding, 1B-Louis Rohan.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Eric de Vries.
Starting Time-3:03 PM.
Time Played-1:11 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 24, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018 (5th/6th place). |
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Game 25 - Sparks Haarlem vs. FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem (Final)
In the Final, FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem led 6-0 after two innings against Sparks Haarlem when the game suddenly ended prematurely.
When the bottom of the second inning was about to start, it was announced that it was to be the final at bat.
The reason for the sudden ending was that Sparks Haarlem was dealing with some injuries and didn't have enough avaible players to continue.
A week ago at the Mastenbroek Tournament in Enschede, the Final between the same two teams ended after three innings for the same reason.
That game was won by Olympia Haarlem with an 8-3 score.
Amongst the injured players are pitcher Rebecca Soumeru, catcher Anne Blaauwgeers and outfielder Maaike Blaauwgeers.
Anne Blaauwgeers only played in the first two games of the tournament.
In the Final, she did the catching, but didn't hit.
Maaike Blaauwgeers did only play in the first three games.
Short stop Feline Poot was limited to playing only one game per day, as she is recovering from an injury.
In the Final, it was necessary to put two pitchers in the batting order.
Besides starting pitcher Ginger de Weert that was Quincey Catsburg, who was the designated player.
In the Jan de Wit-Final, Olympia Haarlem opened the score with three runs in the top of the first inning off of starter Ginger de Weert.
Brenda Beers led off with a single and Jessie van Aalst walked.
With one out, Mariëlle Vleugels delivered a runscoring single.
With two outs, two more runs were added when Rachel van Veen hit a double.
In the second at bat, Olympia again scored three runs.
With two outs, Brenda Beers singled again and Jessie van Aalst received another walk.
They both scored when Dinet Oosting followed with a triple.
Hereafter, Kirsten Scheele took over the Sparks-pitching.
She gave up a runscoring single to Mariëlle Vleugels that brought in temporary runner Jessie van Aalst, who ran for (catcher) Oosting.
Virginie Anneveld then also singled off of her former teammate, who then closed with a strikeout.
Mariëlle Vleugels pitched for Olympia Haarlem.
In the bottom of the first inning, she gave up a lead-off single to Kingsley Avery, who stole second base and moved to third base on a passed ball with two outs.
Maxime van Dalen then walked, but the two runners then were left behind.
In the bottom of the second inning, Vleugels retired the side in what was to be the final at bat of this game, which ended after having played only 48 minutes.
And with that, Olympia Haarlem won the Jan de Wit Tournament for the third year in a row.
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...Left: Ginger de Weert was the starting pitcher for Sparks Haarlem...
...Right: Brenda Beers steals 2nd base in the 1st inning and slides past SS Onaisha Franka... |
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...Left: Brenda Beers scores the first Olympia-run in the 1st inning; At left is Belgian HP Umpire Sara Dielen...
...Right: 3B Virginie Anneveld tells not to throw when Kingsley Avery reaches 3rd on a passed ball in the 1st inning... |
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...Left: Outfielders Kehli Washington, Kingsley Avery and Chantal Versluis look on during a time-out...
...Right: Kirsten Scheele took over the Sparks-pitching in the 2nd inning... |
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...Left: Mariëlle Vleugels was the winning pitcher for Olympia Haarlem...
...Right: Pitcher Quincey Catsburg was the designated player for Sparks Haarlem... |
...The players high-five each other after completion of the game...
...Left to right: Kingsley Avery, Virginie Anneveld, Mariëlle Vleugels, Onaisha Franka, Emma Wójcik and Feline Poot...
(© All Photos: Fred Versluis) |
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| Sparks Haarlem - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 0-6 (2 inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem | 33 | | | - | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Sparks Haarlem | 00 | | | - | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| pitcher Olympia Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Mariëlle Vleugels, W (5-0) | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
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| pitchers Sparks Haarlem | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Ginger de Weert, L (3-1) | 1.2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
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| Kirsten Scheele | 0.1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Sara Dielen (Belgium), 1B-Arjan de Wever,
2B-Patrick Reus, 3B-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven.
Official Scorer-Marco Stoovelaar.
Public Address Announcer-Huub Nelissen.
Starting Time-4:55 PM.
Time Played-0:48 hrs.
Site-Nol Houtkamp Sportpark, Haarlem (site Olympia Haarlem).
Game Notes:
Exhibition Game.
Game 25, Jan de Wit Tournament 2018. |
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