The Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association (KNBSB) used the long weekend to schedule a Softball Happening at the facilities of Olympia Haarlem. All nine teams in the Dutch Hoofdklasse played their regular game day in Haarlem. On Saturday the Tex Town Tigers, Sparks Haarlem, Olympia Haarlem and Iber Lengua Terrasvogels celebrated sweeps in their doubleheaders. On Sunday games between the Dutch National Team and a squad of foreign all-stars went on. The Softball Happening was closed out on Monday with a 12-0 shutout by Olympia Haarlem over the Dutch Juniors.
Results:
May 22:
DSS – Tex Town Tigers 0-2, 3-4
Sparks Haarlem – Euro Stars 7-0, 9-1
Iber Lengua Terrasvogels – Twins 2-1, 2-0
Olympia Haarlem – Centrals 3-1, 4-1
May 24:
Dutch Juniors – Centrals 0-12
Standings:
- Sparks Haarlem 15-1
- Tex Town Tigers 16-2
- Iber Lengua Terrasvogels 13-3
- Euro Stars 7-9
- Olympia Haarlem 6-9
- Centrals 7-11
- DSS 5-11
- Twins 4-10
- Dutch Juniors 0-17
Box scores and Stats available on KNBSB-Stats.nl