Reigning Dutch champion and European champion Curaçao Neptunus did not make a lot of roster moves during the transition period. Only three new players joined the ranks of the Rotterdam based club. A couple of players has decided to leave the club for a surprising destination. In a press release the club announced the following…
In a game with nothing at stake, as the positions in the regular season were set already, Curaçao Neptunus hosted Pickles UVV. Without flexing their muscles, Neptunus beat UVV 2-0. Until the fourth inning Pickles UVV could keep pace with Curaçao Neptunus when neither team scored. But in the bottom of the fourth, Neptunus loaded the…
After trailing 5-0 at the start of the fifth inning, Curaçao Neptunus managed to come back in the ninth inning and walk away with the 7-5 victory in extra innings. L&D Amsterdam Pirates’ bullpen did not manage to do the job as they gave up four runs in the ninth inning. A passed ball and…
Yesterday, Curaçao Neptunus beat T&A San Marino in a rather lopsided game in which the Italians could not get a grip on Diegomar Markwell’s pitches. In the other semi-final, L&D Amsterdam just stayed at the wrong side of the score as they fought their way back after trailing 7-0. T&A San Marino 1 – 7…
Until the go-ahead run in the fifth inning, Rouen Huskies was a tough opponent for Curaçao Neptunus. Only after the Dutch team took a 5-2 lead, things started to roll. Eventually, Neptunus beat the Huskies 9-3. Today’s game started better for Curaçao Neptunus than yesterday’s. With two outs, Christian Diaz hit a line drive to the…
In a game that started like the one of yesterday, Curacao Neptunus stepped off the field as a victor. In a close game both teams left eight runners on the bases. Pirates got runners in scoring position four times without taking advantage of it, Neptunus did so three times. Where Neptunus’ bullpen was the achilles heel…
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…
Today not a Dutch pitcher as a starter, but one from the French competition. But nevertheless a solid outing. Owen Ozanich pitched through five innings in which he only gave up three hits and struck out four without surrendering a run. Europe on its turn scored three runs in the first two innings. With two…
Lars Huijer had a great start for team Europe today. In the first five innings he kept team CPBL hitless. Okay, he hit a batter with a pitch and but he didn’t give up a walk. But in the sixth, Lars gave up the first run to the Taiwanese team. Three hits towards the outfield…
I have to stop saying things like “It looks like they start to hit better”. I said that in the report of the game between team Europe and team KBO. But in the last two games Europe was shutout twice. Yesterday 9-0 and today… In the first inning the CPBL delegation got on the board…
