The regular season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse will end on Tuesday with a make-up game between ADO and L&D Amsterdam. Two days later the postseason is supposed to start with DOOR Neptunus taking on the Konica Minolta Pioniers, while Amsterdam faces Corendon Kinheim in the semi-finals.
DOOR Neptunus took the first seed with probably the most dominant season in Hoofdklasse history. They put up some impressive numbers this year (courtesy Neptunus website):
- New league record with 39 wins (old mark: 38 in 1999 and 2002)
- New club record with just three losses (old mark: 5 in 1989)
- New league record with 23 straight wins (old mark: 18 in 1989)
- 13 shutouts in 42 games
- Pitching staff allowed just 78 runs all season long with a team ERA of 1.39
- Leon Boyd, Diegomar Markwell, Dushan Ruzic and Kevin Heijstek picked up nine wins each
- Leon Boyd allowed just five runs (3 ER) in 69.1 innings pitched for an ERA of 0.39 (league record: 0.35 ERA by Nol Beenders in 1973)
- Neptunus now has a overall Hoofdklasse record of 862-327 (27 ties) in 1,253 games
Standings
| # | Team | W | T | L | R+ | R- | .pct | GB | Streak |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOOR Neptunus | 39 | 0 | 3 | 297 | 78 | .928 | 0 | W4 |
| 2 | Corendon Kinheim | 30 | 0 | 11 | 248 | 133 | .731 | 8.5 | L2 |
| 3 | L&D Amsterdam | 25 | 0 | 17 | 210 | 147 | .595 | 14 | W2 |
| 4 | Konica Minolta Pioniers | 22 | 0 | 20 | 193 | 134 | .523 | 17 | W3 |
| 5 | Mr.Cocker HCAW | 19 | 0 | 23 | 174 | 210 | .452 | 20 | W3 |
| 6 | Sparta/Feyenoord | 13 | 1 | 28 | 134 | 229 | .321 | 25.5 | L4 |
| 7 | ADO | 9 | 1 | 31 | 109 | 261 | .231 | 29 | L10 |
| 8 | Almere Magpies | 9 | 0 | 33 | 109 | 282 | .214 | 30 | L3 |
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