The Namur Angels finished their 2008 campaign with a split of the final weekend with the Mortsel Stars.
In the first game at Mortsel the Angels fell behind early and never mounted a serious comeback challenge in a game that highlighted some of their weaknesses of the past season, scoring runs on offense, and allowing walks and free passes on defense.
The top of the first started well for the Angels. Leadoff man Philip Van Woensel legged out an infield hit and Ronny Heymans followed by lining a single to right. As the Angels have struggled to score this year, Morgan Brown followed with a sacrifice bunt to move the runners along and Jerome Sana made it count went he delivered one run with a single. Unfortunately the inning came to a screeching half one batter later when the Angels hit into a critical double play with only one run to show for their efforts.
Mortsel came right back in the bottom half, using a single, a sac bunt of their own, a walk, and a double to plate two against Adrien Stockart of Namur. In the second it was more of the same as the Stars batted around. Back to back walks followed by a passed ball put the Angels on their heels without a ball being put into play. Stockart did manage to get weakly hit balls to retire the next two, but one run still came in. Then four consecutive singles made the score 6-1 after two innings. While that was all Stockart would allow over seven innings, it was enough. Michael Harmelink of Mortsel kept the Angels from threatening the rest of the way en route to an 8-1 win and a five game losing streak for Namur continuing.
Offensively, Namur had seven hits, with Van Woensel going 3-4 and Brown going 2-3.
In the final game of the season, Namur at last reversed the unfortunate trend of falling behind and staying behind with a late innings comeback. In the second inning Mortsel got on top with a pair of flair singles putting runners at first and third. The Stars nine-hole hitter dribbled a ball in front of the plate but it created havoc when it was thrown into right field and a run crossed the plate.
Erik Hufnagel slammed the door after that, throwing a complete game. He chalked up a season high 15 strikeouts while only surrendering five hits and no earned runs. Namur only had five hits as well, but was assisted by the wildness of Mortsel’s pitchers to push across three runs in the seventh. With one out, Ludovic Geuquet beat out an infield single. Adrien Geuquet followed with a long at bat for a walk and Juny Gressman’s pinch-hitting appearance yielded the same result. With the bases loaded Van Woensel came through with a lined single to center to tie the game, then a pair of wild pitches plated the last two.
Heymans led offensively with a pair of hits and a walk, while Adrien Geuquet reached base all four times in a variety of ways.
| Time | Home | Visitor | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday, September 13 2008 | ||||
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15:30 | Royal Greys | K. Borgerhout Squirrels | 05:00 |
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15:30 | K. Mortsel Stars | Namur Angels | 08:01 |
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15:30 | Hoboken Pioneers | Brasschaat Braves | 05:04 |
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15:30 | The Merchtem Cats | R. Antwerp Eagles | 03:04 |
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15:30 | Beveren Lions | Louvain La Neuve Phoenix | 06:08 |
| Sunday, September 14 2008 | ||||
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15:30 | Brasschaat Braves | Hoboken Pioneers | 06:13 |
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15:30 | Namur Angels | K. Mortsel Stars | 03:01 |
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15:30 | K. Borgerhout Squirrels | Royal Greys | 05:04 |
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15:30 | R. Antwerp Eagles | The Merchtem Cats | 05:11 |
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15:30 | Louvain La Neuve Phoenix | Beveren Lions | 03:05 |
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15:30 | K. Deurne Spartans | Brussels Kangaroos | 07:02 |
Standings Elite
| # | Team | W | L | R+ | R- | .pct | GB | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoboken Pioneers | 19 | 1 | 162 | 49 | .950 | 0 | W7 |
| 2 | Royal Greys | 16 | 4 | 136 | 54 | .800 | 3 | L1 |
| 3 | K. Mortsel Stars | 9 | 11 | 104 | 92 | .450 | 10 | L1 |
| 4 | Namur Angels | 7 | 13 | 107 | 102 | .350 | 12 | W1 |
| 5 | K. Borgerhout Squirrels | 5 | 15 | 69 | 173 | .250 | 14 | W1 |
| 6 | Brasschaat Braves | 4 | 16 | 91 | 199 | .200 | 15 | L4 |
Standings Promo
| # | Team | W | L | R+ | R- | .pct | GB | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Merchtem Cats | 12 | 3 | 152 | 58 | .800 | 0 | W1 |
| 2 | Brussels Kangaroos | 10 | 5 | 127 | 76 | .666 | 2 | W1 |
| 3 | R. Antwerp Eagles | 9 | 6 | 99 | 86 | .600 | 3 | L1 |
| 4 | K. Deurne Spartans | 9 | 6 | 74 | 49 | .600 | 3 | L1 |
| 5 | Beveren Lions | 3 | 12 | 67 | 144 | .200 | 9 | W1 |
| 6 | Louvain La Neuve Phoenix | 2 | 13 | 50 | 156 | .133 | 10 | L1 |
