Holland Series: DOOR Neptunus wins Championship with 5-4 Victory

Holland Series Game 4:

(1-3) Konica Minolta Pioniers – DOOR Neptunus 4-5

NEP 100 010 030  5 9 0
PIO 001 120 000  4 8 2

Box score

DOOR NEPTUNUS has won the title in the Dutch Hoofdklasse. They used a three-run rally in the top of the eighth to beat the PIONIERS 5-4 in game four on Saturday and won the Holland Series 3-1. It is their first championship since 2005 and the twelfth in their team history, which ties them with record-holder HAARLEM NICOLS.

NEPTUNUS started into the eighth trailing 2-4, but they quickly loaded the bases and Sharnol Adriana tied the contest with a two-run single. A few batters later a sac fly by Matt McGraw pushed winning run Andy Leer over the plate and sealed the 5-4 win.

Earlier the game went back and forth until the bottom of the fifth, when KONICA MINOLTA took the lead on a two-run double by Mark Duursma. Bart Sabel hit a solo homerun for the team from Hoofddorp.

Diegomar Markwell (NEP) went five innings and allowed just six hits, four runs and four walks, striking out five. Jorian van Acker replaced him and picked up the win in relief. Dushan Ruzic closed it out with two scoreless innings. Roger Kops had gotten the starting assignment for the PIONIERS and surrendered just two runs on six hits and two bb in six innings. Maarten Mulder took the loss.

Belgian national team player Benjamin Dille (NEP) received the MVP trophy in the Holland Series, going 7-for-15 with six runs scored and two RBI.

Recap Game 1: Neptunus – Pioniers 16-0 (7)
Recap Game 2: Pioniers – Neptunus 4-2
Recap Game 3: Neptunus – Pioniers 8-4