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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photos by Fred Versluis, Rein Merkx, Henk Seppen, Univ. of California at Berkeley & Marco Stoovelaar) Surprising scores on second day Mastenbroek Tournament Nederlands ENSCHEDE (Neth.) - On Saturday (March 31), all participating teams of the 3-day international J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament got into action on the second day of the event. And that resulted in some surprising scores. DSS played three games today. Despite having a small roster at the moment, the team recorded two victories. The Haarlem-squad shutout host Tex Town Tigers 3-0 and won 4-1 against Barracudas from Switzerland. DSS opened the day with a 9-0 shutout-loss against Sparks Haarlem. However, later in the afternoon, the second game of Sparks Haarlem against SK Joudrs Praha from the Czech Republic ended in a 2-2 tie. In its other games, Joudrs won 3-1 against the Swiss squad and lost 4-1 to Tex Town Tigers. As a result of this, DSS now shares first place in Pool A with Tex Town Tigers, but is in first place based on the head-to-head score. In Pool B, first place is shared by Carrousel from Russia and the National Team of Germany. Both teams faced each other in the first game today and that ended in a 2-1 win for the German squad in what might be a deciding game in this Pool. Hereafter, the Germans nipped Dutch champion FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 4-3, then lost 5-2 to Silver League-team De Glaskoning Twins. Carrousel recorded two victories after losing the opener. The Russian squad won 2-1 against Roef!, then won 8-4 against Twins. Olympia Haarlem recovered from the loss and shutout Roef! 4-0. The final games are played on Sunday. (March 31) Scores Complete Schedule Exhibition Season & Regular Season Related Articles: Tex Town Tigers opens Mastenbroek Tournament with win. (March 30) Busy Easter-weekend ahead for baseball and softball. (March 29) New additions Golden League-teams. (March 28) Amsterdam Pirates wins Midden-Nederland Cup. (March 24-25) Roef! plays double-header against Hoofddorp Pioniers. (March 24) Terrasvogels wins Pre-Season Tournament of Roef! (March 17-18)

Game 2 - Germany vs. Carrousel ...Katharina Szalay... ...game-winning basehit... (© Photo: Marco Stoovelaar) In the first game of the day, the National Team of Germany nipped Carrousel from Russia 2-1, scoring the winning run in the final at bat. Carrousel opened the score in the top of the first inning off of starting pitcher Mona Hörner. Yana Islamova led off with a walk and stole second base, then scored when next hitter Verdzhinia Gusakova tripled. With one out, the latter was eliminated when she got in a rundown between the plate and third base. For Germany, the first at bat began with a walk for Katharina Szalay, who will play again for Terrasvogels this season in the Golden League. Szalay stole second base with two outs, but was left behind. Germany came alongside in the bottom of the second inning off of starter Nina Zakaznikova. Celina McKenzie led off with a walk, then moved on a sacrifice bunt by Alexandra Stüwe and a grounder by Lisa Kälblein. With McKenzie on third base, Nancy Papoit walked. A throwing error on a grounder by Milana Böttger led to the tying run and runners on second and third base. They stranded, as the inning ended with a strikeout. In the top of the fourth inning, Hannah Held took over the German pitching and got three grounders. She became the winning pitcher, as Germany scored the winning run moments later in its fourth at bat. New pitcher Vera Kukharenko gave up a lead-off single to Alexandra Stüwe. Her pinch-runner Julia Triflinger advanced on a wild pitch and moved to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Lisa Kälblein. Next hitter Nancy Papoit walked and with two outs, Triflinger scored the winning run on a walk-off single by Katharina Szalay.

Germany - Carrousel 2-1 (4 inn.) R H E Carrousel 100 0 - 1 2 1 Germany 010 1 - 2 3 0 (two outs when winning run was scored in the fourth inning) pitchers Carrousel inn. SO BB H R ER Nina Zakaznikova 3 5 3 1 1 - Vera Kukharenko, L 0.2 1 1 2 1 1 pitchers Germany inn. SO BB H R ER Mona Hörner 3 3 1 2 1 1 Hannah Held, W 1 - - - - - Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Michael Renggli (Swi.), 1B-Arjan de Wever. Scorer-Jesse Maduro. Play-by-Play Scorer-Stefan Slinger. Public Address Announcer-Jesse Maduro. Starting Time-9:30 AM. Time Played-1:14 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 2, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 3 - SK Joudrs Praha vs. Barracudas In the other early morning-game today, SK Joudrs Praha from the Czech Republic won 3-1 against Barracudas from Switzerland. The Swiss team initially took an 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning. With one out, Kimberly Zehnder doubled off of starter Adéla Linková. She then moved to third base on a grounder by Adeline Glauser and scored when a throwing error followed. Barracudas got another scoring opportunity in the second inning. With one out, Ines Dübendorfer was hit by a pitch and Celine Welti walked. The two moved on a wild pitch, but then were left behind. Joudrs left two runners behind in the first inning and was retired in order in the second inning by Jordan Dixon, who went the distance for Barracudas. But in the bottom of the third inning, Joudrs turned the game its way by scoring two runs. With one out, Tereza Jakešová and Aneta Prokopenková singled, then the bases got loaded when Adéla Weissová was hit by a pitch. A strikeout followed, but then Julie Coufalová connected for a 2-run single. Joudrs added an insurance run in the fourth inning when Adéla Šimůnková homered with two outs to make it a 3-1 score.

SK Joudrs Praha - Barracudas 3-1 (4½ inn.) R H E Barracudas 100 00 - 1 3 0 SK Joudrs Praha 002 1X - 3 5 1 pitcher Barracudas inn. SO BB H R ER Jordan Dixon, L 4 5 - 5 3 3 pitchers Joudrs inn. SO BB H R ER Adéla Linková, W 3 6 2 2 1 - Lucie Zappová, SV 2 1 - 1 - - Homerun: Joudrs: Adéla Šimůnková (1)(4th,solo,off Dixon). Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Bob Gieskens, 1B-Martin Lemstra. Official Scorer-Huub Nelissen. Play-by-Play Scorer-Jeanette van Drunen. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-9:30 AM. Time Played-1:10 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 3, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 4 - DSS vs. Sparks Haarlem DSS and Sparks Haarlem met in the late morning in a game in which several players faced their former team. Sparks Haarlem recorded a 9-0 shutout and it was a former DSS-player who had a big contribution in the win. Sparks Haarlem collected nine basehits, including three by Feline Poot and Maxime van Dalen. Feline Poot, who last season played for DSS, tripled, hit a 3-run homerun and batted in five runs, missing only the double to hit for-the-cycle. Van Dalen doubled and tripled, missing only the homerun to hit for-the-cycle. She scored three runs, Poot scored once. ...Head Coaches Norman Ames and... ...Peter van Dalen meet... ...before the game... (© Photo: Fred Versluis) Quincey Catsburg, who also transfered from DSS to Sparks Haarlem after last season, started for her new team and gave up only one basehit in the three innings she pitched. The fourth inning was thrown by a surprise reliever, as Kirsten Scheele took over. She retired after the 2016 season, but made two appearances last year to fill in during injuries. DSS also had two surprise players. Debby Connor was the designated player and later in the game, Michelle van Driel batted for her. Connor and Van Driel both played for Sparks Haarlem in the past. Both last played in 2014. They only played in this game. Sparks Haarlem opened the score with two runs in the top of the first inning off of Anna-Bè Bartels, who went the distance for DSS. With two outs, Chantal Versluis doubled and scored on a single by Maxime van Dalen, who then scored when Feline Poot tripled. A 6-run rally followed in the third at bat. Maaike Blaauwgeers and Chantal Versluis led off with walks. Hereafter, Maxime van Dalen doubled in a run and Feline Poot followed with a 3-run homerun. With one out, Kingsley Avery reached on an infield-hit and moved to third base on two consecutive wild pitches. She then scored on a single by Onaisha Franka, who later scored on a passed ball to lift the lead to 8-0. Sparks Haarlem scored one more run in the fourth. Maxime van Dalen then led off with a triple and scored on a following single by Feline Poot. DSS got its first baserunner in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, Jenny Kinburn, who last season played for Sparks Haarlem, reached on an error, but she stranded on first base. In the third inning, DSS left runners behind on first and third base. Trailing 9-0, the Haarlem-squad got the bases loaded in the bottom of the fourth off of Kirsten Scheele. With one out and Dominique Burger (fielder's choice) on first base, Michelle van Driel pinch-hitter for Debby Connor and reached on an infield-hit. With two outs, the bases got loaded when Lisette Untied also singled, but the inning and the game ended with a strikeout.

...Left: Chantal Versluis scores the first run for Sparks Haarlem... ...Right: Quincey Catsburg started for Sparks Haarlem... ...Feline Poot is greeted after hitting a 3-run homerun... (© Photos: Fred Versluis)

DSS - Sparks Haarlem 0-9 (4 inn.) R H E Sparks Haarlem 206 1 - 9 9 2 DSS 000 0 - 0 4 2 pitchers Sparks Haarlem inn. SO BB H R ER Quincey Catsburg, W (1-0) 3 4 - 1 - - Kirsten Scheele 1 2 - 3 - - pitcher DSS inn. SO BB H R ER Anna-Bè Bartels, L (0-1) 4 4 2 9 9 8 Homerun: Sparks Haarlem: Feline Poot (1)(3rd,3-run,off Bartels). Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Robin Stoevelaar, 1B-Patrick Reus. Scorer-Loek Venker. Play-by-Play Scorer-Stefan Slinger. Public Address Announcer-Loek Venker. Scoreboard Operator-Puck de Groot. Starting Time-11:05 AM. Time Played-1:11 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 4, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 5 - Roef! vs. De Glaskoning Twins ...Wies Ligtvoet... ... 2 runs scored... (© Photo: Rein Merkx) Roef! rallied for five runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to win 6-2 against De Glaskoning Twins. After Roef!-starter Marjolein Merkx had retired the side in the top of the first inning, her teammates rallied for five runs on only one basehit in the home half of the at bat. The bases got loaded when Twins-starter Carling Hare walked Wies Ligtvoet, Kim Donkers and Isa Los. Hereafter, Charlotte Drijvers also walked to bring in the first run. Cindy van der Zanden then received the fifth consecutive walk, which made it a 2-0 score. The next run was added on a single by Céline Janssens. After a double play was made, Drijvers scored on a passed ball and Van der Zanden scored on an error to lift the lead to 5-0. Twins got two runs back in the top of the second inning. Claudia Kranendonk and Michelle van Bodegom walked, then the bases got loaded with one out when Manon van Alebeek singled. Ellinor Keepers then delivered a 2-run single, but Merkx closed with two strikeouts. Roef! added a run in the second inning. Wies Ligtvoet then led off with a double, moved on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch to make it a 6-2 score. In the top of the fourth, Twins got another scoring opportunity. Sterre den Duijn led off with a walk and Manon van Alebeek was hit by a pitch. With one out, pinch-hitter Nina Oomes singled. The other two runners advanced, but Den Duijn was then elimimated in a long rundown between third base and the plate. Van Alebeek and Oomes later moved on a wild pitch, but stranded on second and third base.

Roef! - De Glaskoning Twins 6-2 (3½ inn.) R H E De Glaskoning Twins 020 0 - 2 4 1 Roef! 510 X - 6 3 0 pitchers Twins inn. SO BB H R ER Carling Hare, L 1 (*) - 7 2 6 4 Sheila van der Tang 2 - - 1 - - (*) - Hare pitched to three batters in the second inning pitchers Roef! inn. SO BB H R ER Marjolein Merkx, W 3 5 2 3 2 2 Gini Ketelaars 1 1 1 1 - - Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven, 1B-Bianca Dweelaard. Scorer-Bertil Haage. Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-11:00 AM. Time Played-1:10 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 5, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 6 - SK Joudrs Praha vs. Tex Town Tigers Tex Town Tigers recorded its second win of the tournament, beating SK Joudrs Praha 4-1 in the afternon. New Zealander Nita Hickey accounted for all TTT-runs. TTT appeared to open the score in the top of the first inning, but left three runners behind. Annemiek Jansen led off with a bunt-single and Myrthe Smid reached on an infield-hit. With one out, Laura Wissink walked, but they all stranded. The Czech opponent then took an 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Lindsey Meadows-Oosterveld. Tereza Jakešová led off with a double, moved to third base on an one-out infield-hit by Veronika Klimplová and scored when the latter stole second base. TTT answered with two unearned runs in the top of the second inning. With one out, the bases got loaded. With Cheyenne Scheffer (walk) on first base, an error on a sacrifice bunt by Lizzy Uytendaal led to runners at the corners and a walk for Annemiek Jansen loaded the bases. A force out at the plate on a grounder by Myrthe Smid accounted for the second out, but hereafter, Nita Hickey delivered a 2-run single. In the bottom of the third inning, it was Joudrs that left three runners behind. Moments later, TTT added two runs in the fourth at bat. With one out, Annemiek Jansen walked and Myrthe Smid was hit by a pitch. After a double-steal, both runners scored when Nita Hickey again connected for a 2-run single.

SK Joudrs Praha - Tex Town Tigers 1-4 (4 inn.) R H E Tex Town Tigers 020 2 - 4 5 0 SK Joudrs Praha 100 0 - 1 3 2 pitchers Tex Town Tigers inn. SO BB H R ER Lindsey Meadows-Oosterveld, W (1-0) 2 (*) 2 1 2 1 1 Cheyenne Scheffer, SV (1) 2 - 1 1 - - (*) - Meadows pitched to one batter in the third inning pitchers Joudrs inn. SO BB H R ER Lucie Zappová, L 3 2 3 4 2 - Adéla Linková 1 - 1 1 2 2 Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Arjan de Wever, 1B-Bob Gieskens. Scorer-Loek Venker. Play-by-Play Scorer-Ingrid Oosterveld. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-12:30 PM. Time Played-1:17 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 6, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 7 - Germany vs. FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem The National Team of Germany came from behind twice against Dutch reigning champion FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem to win 4-3. Olympia Haarlem opened the score with one run in the top of the first inning. With one out, Amber Krijgsman struckout, but reached first base on a passed ball. She then stole second base and scored on a 2-out single by Mariëlle Vleugels. Olympia Haarlem left a runner behind in the second and third inning, then Germany scored twice in its third at bat. With one out, lefthanded starter Rosanne de Vries gave up a single, then a runscoring triple to Katharina Szalay. Hereafter, Amber Krijgsman took over the pitching, but Szalay was then awarded the plate when an illegal pitch was called. In the top of the fourth, Olympia Haarlem re-took the lead off of new pitcher Hannah Held, who took over from starter Claudia Volkmann. Virginie Anneveld led off with a single and next hitter Dinet Oosting also singled. Anneveld, who transfered from Sparks Haarlem to Olympia after last season, advanced to third base on the basehit and scored the tying run when a throwing error followed. That brought Oosting to third base and she scored on a single by Rachel van Veen. In the bottom of the fourth, Germany again erased the deficit when the Olympia-defense committed two errors. With one out, Milana Böttger was hit by a pitch. An error on a sacrifice bunt by Alexandra Stüwe then led to runners on second and third base. Mona Hörner followed with a runscoring single that tied the score and when an outfield-error was made, pinch-runner Annie Stepniak (who ran for Stüwe) was able to score the winning run.

Germany - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 4-3 (4 inn.) R H E FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 100 2 - 3 5 2 Germany 002 2 - 4 4 1 (one out when winning run was scored in the bottom of the fourth inning) pitchers Olympia Haarlem inn. SO BB H R ER Rosanne de Vries 2.1 2 - 3 2 2 Amber Krijgsman, L (0-1) 1 2 1 1 2 - pitchers Germany inn. SO BB H R ER Claudia Volkmann 3 1 1 2 1 - Hannah Held, W 1 - - 3 2 1 Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Mariana Prins, 1B-Michael Renggli (Swi.). Official Scorer-Huub Nelissen. Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-12:30 PM. Time Played-1:14 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 7, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 8 - Tex Town Tigers vs. DSS Tex Town Tigers suffered its first loss of the tournament when it was shutout 3-0 by DSS. All runs were scored in the fifth inning. ...Stephanie Trzcinski... ...No-Hitter... (© Photo: Univ. of Calif., Berkeley) Australian righthander Stephanie Trzcinski made her debut for DSS and threw a No-Hitter. She struckout five hitters, walked one batter. Another batter reached on an error, which she made herself. With one out in the first inning, Myrthe Smid reached when Trzcinski made a throwing error on her bunt. She moved on a passed ball, but then was left behind. In the third, lead-off hitter Lizzy Uytendaal walked, but she was caught stealing. Hereafter, Trzcinski retired the final seven batters she faced. DSS was held scoreless by veteran righthander Martina Lackner, who played for TTT in 2009-2012. Hereafter, the Austrian pitcher played in the Czech Republic. Lackner also struckout five hitters and held DSS scoreless for four innings. In the top of the first, Annemiek de Rover singled for DSS with one out and moved to second when an outfield-error followed, but then was left behind. In the next inning, Lackner gave up a 2-out double to Lisette Untied, but she also stranded. In the third, DSS left a runner behind on first base and in the fourth, another runner stranded on second base. DSS then decided the game in the top of the fifth inning, scoring three unearned runs. Puck Verbrugge led off with a walk and Anna-Bè Bartels reached on an error. Australian righthander Jessica Tolmie then took over from Lackner and saw the two runners advance on a grounder by Jenny Kinburn. To create a force play, the bases were loaded by giving Annemiek de Rover an intentional walk. But hereafter, Sophie Bugter connected for a 2-run single and Stephanie Trzcinski added a runscoring single to bring in the third run. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Trzcinski retired the side to complete her No-Hitter.

Tex Town Tigers - DSS 0-3 (5 inn.) R H E DSS 000 03 - 3 5 1 Tex Town Tigers 000 00 - 0 0 2 pitcher DSS inn. SO BB H R ER Stephanie Trzcinski, W (1-0) 5 5 1 - - - (Stephanie Trzcinski throws a No-Hitter) pitchers Tex Town Tigers inn. SO BB H R ER Martina Lackner, L (0-1) 4 (*) 5 2 3 2 - Jessica Tolmie 1 1 1 2 1 1 (*) - Lackner pitched to two batters in the fifth inning Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Bianca Dweelaard, 1B-Martin Lemstra. Scorer-Renate van Stigt. Play-by-Play Scorer-Ingrid Oosterveld. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-2:15 PM. Time Played-1:20 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 8, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 9 - Carrousel vs. Roef! Carrousel briefly trailed 1-0 against Roef!, but answered with two runs to win its first game of the tournament. Vera Kukharenko went the distance for Carrousel, struckout three hitters and gave up only three hits in the 5-inning game. But she faced an 1-0 deficit after the top of the first inning. She walked lead-off hitter Wies Ligtvoet, who stole second base and scored on an one-out double by Kim Donkers. The latter moved to third base on a wild pitch, but was left behind. Roef! was retired in order in the second and third inning, then got into scoring position again in the fourth, while trailing 2-1. Kim Donkers and Charlotte Drijvers both singled, but stranded on second and third base. The team was retired in order again by Kukharenko in the fifth. Carrousel came alongside with two outs in the bottom of the first inning off of starter Kim Horsten. With one out, Verdzhinia Gusakova singled and moved into scoring position on a grounder. She then scored the tying run on a single by Vera Kukharenko. After being retired in order in the second inning, Carrousel took a 2-1 lead in the third inning off of new pitcher Tamara Togni. With two outs, the Argentinian righthander walked Narine Stepanyan, who scored when an outfield-error followed on a single by Kukharenko. In the fourth inning, pinch-hitter Vasilisa Sorokina doubled with one out for the Russian squad, but later was left behind on third base,. In the fifh inning, it was Verdzhinia Gusakova who doubled with one out. She moved to third base on a wild pitch, but the inning (and the game) then ended when she was eliminated in a double play after a flyout in centerfield.

Carrousel - Roef! 2-1 (5 inn.) R H E Roef! 100 00 - 1 3 1 Carrousel 101 00 - 2 5 0 pitchers Roef! inn. SO BB H R ER Kim Horsten 2 - 1 2 1 1 Tamara Togni, L 3 1 1 3 1 - pitcher Carrousel inn. SO BB H R ER Vera Kukharenko, W 5 3 1 3 1 1 Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven, 1B-Robin Stoevelaar. Official Scorer-Huub Nelissen. Play-by-Play Scorer-Stefan Slinger. Public Address Announcer-Huub Nelissen. Scoreboard Operator-Loran Los. Starting Time-2:25 PM. Time Played-1:10 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 9, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 10 - Sparks Haarlem vs. SK Joudrs Praha Sparks Haarlem and SK Joudrs Praha played a 2-2 tie in their next game. Both teams trailed, but came alongside. Joudrs opened the score with one run in the top of the first inning off of starter Ginger de Weert. She gave up a lead-off triple to Tereza Jakešová, who scored with one out on a grounder by Veronika Klimplová. Sparlks Haarlem came alongside in its first at bat and did it almost the same way. Anne Blaauwgeers also led off with a triple off of starter Adéla Linková. She scored with one out on a wild pitch. In the top of the second inning, the Czechs left runners behind on first and second base. Hereafter, Sparks Haarlem took a 2-1 lead. With one out, Onaisha Franka singled, then an error on a force play-grounder by Tammie Lijbers led to runners on first and second base. Franka then scored when Maaike Blaauwgeers followed with a single, but Sparks Haarlem also stranded runners on second and third base. This time, it was Joudrs that came back and tied the score in the third inning. Tereza Jakešová led off with a double and scored with one out on a triple by Veronika Klimplová, who batted in both runs for Joudrs. Klimplová was left behind on third base. Joudrs got another scoring opportunity in the fourth inning off of new pitcher Kirsten Scheele. The team got its first two batters on base, but was unable to score. For Sparks Haarlem, Onaisha Franka led off the bottom of the fourth with a triple. After a pitching change, she was eliminated in a double play when a bunt by Tammie Lijbers was caught.

...New faces at Sparks Haarlem: Kimberly Jones (3rd base) and Feline Poot (short stop)... ...Left: Ginger de Weert was the starting pitcher for Sparks Haarlem... ...Right: A look in the commentator's booth of SoftbalDino... ...In front is commentator Cobus Oosting and in the back director Hans Vleugels... (© Photos: Fred Versluis)

Sparks Haarlem - SK Joudrs Praha 2-2 (4 inn.) R H E SK Joudrs Praha 101 0 - 2 5 1 Sparks Haarlem 110 0 - 2 6 0 pitchers Joudrs inn. SO BB H R ER Adéla Linková 3 (*) 1 1 6 2 1 Adéla Weissová 1 1 - - - - (*) - Linková pitched to one batter in the fourth inning pitchers Sparks Haarlem inn. SO BB H R ER Ginger de Weert 3 2 1 4 2 2 Kirsten Scheele 1 - 1 1 - - Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Arjan de Wever, 1B-Mariana Prins. Scorer-Renate van Stigt. Play-by-Play Scorer-Karin Pieneman. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-4:00 PM. Time Played-0:00 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 10, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 11 - De Glaskoning Twins vs. Germany De Glaskoning Twins handed Germany its first loss of the tournament, while recording their first win themselves. After briefly trailing 1-0, Twins came alongside and went on to win 5-2. Germany opened the score with one run in the top of the first inning off of starter Margot van Eijl. Katharina Szalay led off with a single, moved on a single by Miriam Kemmer and a sacrifice bunt by Alexandra Stüwe, then scored on a single by Lisa-Marie Köllner. Twins came alongside in the bottom of the first inning. Imane Allou Issa led off with a walk, stole second base and scored the tying run on a 2-out ground-rule double by Claudia Kranendonk. After Germany left runners behind on second and third base in the top of the second inning, Twins took the lead moments later. Sterre den Duijn led off with a walk and stole second base. She then scored on a following single by Sheila van der Tang, who herself was left behind on third base. In the third inning, Twins added two runs off of reliever Claudia Volkmann. With one out, Minke Blok homered, then Claudia Kranendonk doubled. She moved to third base on a single by Michelle van Bodegom, then scored on an infield-hit by Sterre den Duijn. Germany left another runner on third base in the top of the fourth inning, then Twins scored another run in its fourth. With two outs, Nina Oomes homered to make it a 5-1 score. Germany scored its second run in the fifth inning. With two outs, Alexandra Stüwe singled and scored on a double by Lisa-Marie Köllner.

De Glaskoning Twins - Germany 5-2 (4½ inn.) R H E Germany 100 01 - 2 7 0 De Glaskoning Twins 112 1X - 5 7 1 pitchers Germany inn. SO BB H R ER Mona Hörner, L 2 1 2 2 2 2 Claudia Volkmann 2 3 - 5 3 3 pitchers Twins inn. SO BB H R ER Margot van Eijl, W 3.2 - - 4 1 1 Manon van Alebeek, SV 1.1 - 1 3 1 1 Homeruns: Twins: Minke Blok (1)(3rd,solo,off Volkmann), Nina Oomes (1)(4th,solo,off Volkmann. Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Patrick Reus, 1B-Bob Gieskens. Scorer-Loek Venker. Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-3:55 PM. Time Played-1:24 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 11, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 12 - FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem vs. Roef! After the surprise loss against Germany, FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem recorded a 4-0 shutout-win against Roef!, but was outhit 6-4. Mariëlle Vleugels went the distance for the reigning Dutch champion. ...Mariëlle Vleugels went the distance... ...for Olympia Haarlem... (© Photo: Henk Seppen) Roef! came close to scoring the opening run in the top of the first inning. With one out, Kim Donkers singled and was able to reach third base when an outfield-error followed, but she stranded on third base. Olympia Haarlem scored the first run in its first at bat. Lead-off hitter Brenda Beers was hit by a pitch and stole second base with one out, but then was eliminated on a grounder by Dinet Oosting. The latter advanced to second base on a wild pitch, then scored on a single by Mariëlle Vleugels. After Roef! left a runner behind on second base in the next inning, Olympia added three runs in its second inning. Jessie van Aalst led off with a single and Rachel van Veen walked. An error then was made on a sacrifice bunt by rookie Bobbi Scheurkogel. When a second error followed, Van Aalst scored. With runners on second and third base and one out, a pitching change followed. Kim Horsten took over, but she saw Scheurkogel score on a wild pitch and thereafter, Van Veen on a sacrifice fly by Brenda Beers, which increased the score to 4-0. Roef! got into scoring position again in the third inning when Wies Ligtvoet and Kim Donkers singled with one out, but they also were left behind. Olympia Haarlem also failed to scored in its third and fourth inning, leaving runners behind on second and third base, respectively. Roef! got a final scoring opportunity in the fifth inning. With one out, Eva van Knegsel doubled and Wies Ligtvoet singled (and stole second), but then stranded on second and third base.

FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem - Roef! 4-0 (4½ inn.) R H E Roef! 000 00 - 0 6 3 FysioExpert Olympia Haarlem 130 0X - 4 4 1 pitchers Roef! inn. SO BB H R ER Gini Ketelaars, L 1.1 - 1 2 4 3 Kim Horsten 2.1 - - 2 - - Tamara Togni 0.1 - - - - - pitcher Olympia Haarlem inn. SO BB H R ER Mariëlle Vleugels, W (1-0) 5 - - 6 - - Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Bianca Dweelaard, 1B-Robin Stoevelaar. Official Scorer-Huub Nelissen. Play-by-Play Scorer-Jeanette van Drunen. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-5:25 PM. Time Played-1:14 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 12, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 13 - Barracudas vs. DSS ...Sophie Bugter... ...RBI-double... (© Ph: Fred Versluis) DSS won 4-1 against Barracudas in its last game of the day. The Haarlem-squad decided the game with a 3-run rally in the top of the first inning off of starter Adeline Glauser. Jenny Kinburn led off with a single, then Annemiek de Rover lined out to centerfield, but Sophie Bugter followed with a runscoring double. DSS got runners at the corners when Morgan Sampson singled. Bugter and Sampson then scored when Stephanie Trzcinski hit a ground-rule double and Dominique Burger singled to make it a 3-0 score. Barracudas got one run back in the bottom of the first inning off of Stephanie Trzcinski. With one out, Kimberly Zehnder singled, advanced on a wild pitch, then scored on a single by Adeline Glauser, but this was to be the lone run for the Swiss team. In the second inning, Jordan Dixon took over the pitching for Barracudas. She struckout eight hitters and gave up only one more basehit in the remainder of the game. The lone basehit was an infield-hit by Morgan Sampson in the third inning after Sophie Bugter had led off with a walk, but the two runners were left behind. DSS did score another run in the fourth inning. With two outs, Jenny Kinburn's hit into the outfield ended in two errors, enabling him to circle the bases and score a run.

Barracudas - DSS 1-4 (4 inn.) R H E DSS 300 1 - 4 6 0 Barracudas 100 0 - 1 4 2 pitcher DSS inn. SO BB H R ER Stephanie Trzcinski, W (2-0) 4 7 - 4 1 1 pitchers Barracudas inn. SO BB H R ER Adeline Glauser, L 1 - - 5 3 3 Jordan Dixon 3 8 1 1 1 - Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Martin Lemstra, 1B-Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven. Scorer-Loek Venker. Play-by-Play Scorer-Ben Goorts. Public Address Announcer-. Starting Time-5:25 PM. Time Played-1:12 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 13, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

Game 14 - Carrousel vs. De Glaskoning Twins In the final game of the second day, Carrousel trailed 4-0, but rallied for eight runs in the second inning to win 8-4 against De Glaskoning Twins. Twins scored three runs in the top of the first inning. Nina Oomes and Ennia Ballardini led off with walks. An error then enabled Oomes to score the first run and the next run was added on an infield-hit by Claudia Kranendonk. Next hitter Michelle van Bodegom doubled down the leftfield-line to bring in the third run. In the bottom of the first inning, Carrousel got its first two hitters on base, but a force out at third base and a double play ended the at bat. Twins added a run in the top of the second inning. Anne Ketelaar-Poot led off with a walk, moved on a sacrifice bunt by Ellinor Keepers and scored on a 2-out single by Ennia Ballardini to make it a 4-0 score. However, this lead was not enough, as Carrousel rallied for eight runs in the bottom of the second inning. The Russian squad recorded five basehits and while the Twins-defense made three errors, all runs were earned. With two runners on base and one out, Nina Zakaznikova hit a triple. Next hitter Alina Afanasyeva was hit by a pitch. With two outs, a double-steal situation led to a run and an error. Another error enabled Afanasyeva to score the tying run. Hereafter, Verdzhinia Gusakova walked and Narine Stepanyan singled. With runners at the corners, another double-steal situation gave Carrousel a 5-4 lead. A double by Vera Kukharenko accounted for the next run and a pitching change. Sterre den Duijn took over from starter Carling Hare, but she gave up a 2-run double to Vasilisa Sorokina that lifted the lead to 8-4. Twins left a runner behind on first base in the top of the third inning. Carrousel got two baserunners in its third at bat with one out, but the game then ended, as the time-limit was reached.

Carrousel - De Glaskoning Twins 8-4 (3 inn.) R H E De Glaskoning Twins 310 - 4 3 3 Carrousel 080 - 8 6 1 (game ended with runners on 1st and 2nd base and one out in the bottom of the 3rd inning) pitchers Twins inn. SO BB H R ER Carling Hare, L 1.2 1 4 4 8 8 Sterre den Duijn 0.2 - 2 2 - - pitcher Carrousel inn. SO BB H R ER Maya Shalvadze, W 3 2 4 3 4 4 Standings Exh. Season Scores Schedule Team Rosters Umpires: HP-Patrick Reus, 1B-Mariana Prins. Official Scorer-Huub Nelissen. Play-by-Play Scorer-Stefan Slinger. Public Address Announcer-Huub Nelissen. Starting Time-6:55 PM. Time Played-1:10 hrs. Site-Sportpark 'De Kroedkotten', Enschede (site Tex Town Tigers). Game Notes: Exhibition Game. Game 14, J.C.J. Mastenbroek Tournament 2018.

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