Another close game, another victory for Curaçao Neptunus. For five innings the team was kept in check by Kevin Heijstek as he limited them to one hit. The team needed only two innings to turn the tables and walk off the field with a 2-1 victory. Until the third inning, neither team did not score…
Hensley Meulens, the Curaçao-born bench coach of the San Francisco Giants made his first step in Major League Baseball, today 30 years ago. With the New York Yankees, Meulens became the first player from Curaçao to make it to the bigs. Meulens was signed by the Yankees as an undrafted free agent in 1985. After…
In game one of the 2019 Holland Series, Curaçao Neptunus hosted L&D Amsterdam Pirates. In a real see-saw game, both teams took the lead several times. But eventually, Neptunus took full advantage of Pirates’ struggling pitching and beat their opponent 6-4. Curaçao Neptunus opened the score in the third inning when Stijn van der Meer…
In the second round of the playdowns, Silicon Storks from the Hague hosted DSS from Haarlem. The game was played in Hoofddorp as Storks’ home field doesn’t have artificial lights. DSS clinched an easy 3-1 victory. Juan Carlos Sulbaran limited his former team (Storks) to three hits in six innings. He needed a lot of…
As expected, Quick Amersfoort won game five of the first round of the playdowns. Due to a lack of pitching depth, Silicon Storks was no match as Quick beat them 11-1 In the first inning, a muffed throw allowed Quick to put runners in scoring position before Rachid Engelhardt hit a sac fly to drive…
A hard-fought victory for Silicon Storks this afternoon with a starring role for starting pitcher Jurrian Koks, who pitched 8.0 innings keeping Quick in check rather well. Storks walked off the field as a victor, beating Quick Amersfoort 3-1. Silicon Storks took an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Kevin Nieveld drew…
In this episode of Dutchies around the World, we pay attention to Ozhaino Albies, Carter Kieboom, Spencer Kieboom, Sherten Apostel, Shervyen Newton, Edmond Americaan, Stephan Vidal and Roger Bernadina. Ozhaino Albies The Curaçaoan second baseman is having a good season so far. Currently, his batting average stands at .300. The main reason for that is…
In its fifth and final game, the Kingdom of the Netherlands finally clinched a convincing victory. During the tournament, the bats stayed silent, most of the time but today they woke up as the Dutch collected fifteen hits vs Croatia as they won 14-0 in five innings. Also today, the pitching was okay, in fact,…
In the first game of the consolation round, the Kingdom of the Netherlands took on Ukraine. In the first two innings, the Dutch offense had to get used to the slow pitches of the Ukraine pitcher but eventually, in the top of the third, they broke open the score. A walk and a throwing error…
Already eliminated from the semi-finals, team Kingdom of the Netherlands clinched its first victory of the tournament by beating Germany, that was unbeaten until today, 2-1 in another close affair. Two pitchers of Oosterhout Twins and one of Meerlease Pioniers had strong outings. Thomas Roijers (Twins) pitched four solid innings in which he gave up…
