Dutch starting pitcher of the Softbank Hawks, Rick van den Hurk, won hit fourth game of the season and his thirteenth straight game since his debut in the NPB last year. In today’s game vs the lowly Orix Buffaloes, Rick threw 87 pitches in six full innings. Rick gave up two runs on three hits…
At the end of last season, Dutch pitcher, Loek van Mil returned to the USA as the Minnesota Twins signed the tall right hander to a contract and placed him at their AAA farm team. In three games his performance was promising as he posted a 0.00 ERA with one strike out and a hit….
Day three of round two today. One surprise, if you can call it that way. Curacao Neptunus headed to Haarlem to take on Kinheim. L&D Amsterdam hosted the neighbours of Kinheim (literally): DSS. UVV took on HCAW from Bussum and De Glaskoning Twins hosted Vaessen Pioniers. Vaessen Pioniers 0 – 3 De Glaskoning Twins After…
On the second day of round two there were no surprises. Curacao Neptunus hosted Kinheim, DSS took on L&D Amsterdam Pirates, HCAW faced UVV and Vaessen Pioniers was the home team vs De Glaskoning Twins. Kinheim 3 – Curacao Neptunus 6 With the 9-9 tie in which Neptunus blew a lead, still not a distant…
On day one of the second round, Curacao Neptunus faced Kinheim, DSS took on L&D Amsterdam Pirates, HCAW hosted UVV and Vaessen Pioniers played vs De Glaskoning Twins. It was an exciting night with two come back from behind victories and two almost comeback from behind victories. Curcacao Neptunus 9 – 9 Kinheim Glen Wassink…
Tonight the game that was rained out on Saturday, was played. Due to the split results, this appeared to be the rubber game of the three game series. L&D Amsterdam Pirates 7 – 0 Vaessen Pioniers Dennis Burgersdijk took the mound for L&D Amsterdam Pirates and he was practically unhittable for the team from…
On day three of round one, L&D Amsterdam Pirates headed to Hoofddorp to take on Vaessen Pioniers. De Glaskoning Twins moved to Rotterdam to face Curacao Neptunus. UVV took on DSS in an attempt to sweep the team from Haarlem and Kinheim visited Bussum to take on HCAW. One very surprising outcome that perhaps no-one…
Today day two of round one was played. One game, the one between L&D Amsterdam Pirates and Vaessen Pioniers, was rained out. The other games were De Glaskoning Twins vs Curacao Neptunus, Kinheim vs HCAW and UVV vs DSS. UVV 8 – 2 DSS Despite two errors, UVV stayed at the right side of the…
Tonight Curacao Neptunus held their yearly presentation of their flagship team. The event in their clubhouse took about half an hour. In the short event, chairman of the club Georffrey Kohl, who was also a successful pitcher with the club, reviewed the past season in which the club won the Dutch national title, the European…
Within a month after the start of the Mexican Baseball League season, Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen released Kalian Sams. Despite getting seven hits in as many games, the Mexican League club thought it was time for him to go. The outfielder from The Hague actually did not do this bad but he has been victimized…
