L&D AMSTERDAM defeated CORENDON KINHEIM on Thursday evening 5-4 behind a two-run homerun by Fausto Alvarez and two RBI by Bjoern Henrichs , kicking off the second week of Hoofdklasse Baseball in the Netherlands. The champion of 2006 and 2007 tried to come back after trailing 1-5 in the seventh, but weren’t able to bring the tying run across the plate. Jason Halman hit a solo homerun for the team from Haarlem.
KINHEIM already had lost the first two games against the PIRATES last weekend and starts the season 0-3 after a successful European Cup at the beginning of April. They will take on RCH MEDIA MONKS on Saturday and Sunday. AMSTERDAM is playing against SPARTA/FEYENOORD. The matchup yesterday was a rescheduled match from June 18, as both teams qualified for the European Champions Cup in Barcelona, which takes place on June 20 and 21.
Box scores to all Dutch games are available on KNBSB-STATS.nl
| Time | Home | Visitor | Result | |
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| Thursday, April 16 2009 | ||||
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19:45 | Corendon Kinheim | L&D Amsterdam | 04:05 |
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| Dates and Times are subject to change! In case of doubt check with the responsible national federation! | ||||||
| Saturday, April 18 2009 | ||||||
| 13:00 | L&D Amsterdam | Sparta/Feyenoord | Amsterdam - Spo... | |
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| 14:00 | Konica Minolta Pioniers | ADO | Hoofddorp - Spo... | |
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| 14:00 | MediaMonks RCH | Corendon Kinheim | Heemstede - Hee... | |
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| 14:00 | Mr.Cocker HCAW | DOOR Neptunus | Bussum - Sportv... | |
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| Sunday, April 19 2009 | ||||||
| 13:00 | ADO | Konica Minolta Pioniers | Den Haag - Leen... | |
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| 13:00 | Corendon Kinheim | MediaMonks RCH | Haarlem - Pim M... | |
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| 13:00 | DOOR Neptunus | Mr.Cocker HCAW | Rotterdam - Fam... | |
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| 13:00 | Sparta/Feyenoord | L&D Amsterdam | Rotterdam - Spo... | |
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Standings
| # | Team | W | L | R+ | R- | .pct | GB | Streak |
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| 1 | DOOR Neptunus | 32 | 9 | 249 | 97 | .773 | 0 | W3 |
| 2 | L&D Amsterdam | 29 | 12 | 258 | 153 | .702 | 3 | W6 |
| 3 | Konica Minolta Pioniers | 27 | 13 | 252 | 135 | .666 | 4.5 | W2 |
| 4 | Corendon Kinheim | 26 | 16 | 227 | 166 | .619 | 6.5 | L2 |
| 5 | Sparta/Feyenoord | 24 | 17 | 155 | 138 | .583 | 8 | W1 |
| 6 | Mr.Cocker HCAW | 11 | 30 | 145 | 260 | .273 | 21 | L8 |
| 7 | ADO | 10 | 31 | 113 | 269 | .250 | 22 | L1 |
| 8 | MediaMonks RCH | 5 | 36 | 88 | 269 | .130 | 27 | L12 |
