The playdowns in the Dutch Hoofdklasse ended last week with UVV, Mr. Cocker HCAW and Sparta/Feyenoord Rotterdam securing their spots for 2012. ADO finished in fourth place with a dismal 1-8 record and has to play the Euro Stars in a demotion/promotion series.
The best-of-five series started already last Thursday. ADO and the Euro Stars split the first two games. In the first match the team from The Hague prevailed 9-4. In the second the Euro Stars won 7-6 on a walk-off homerun by Jeffrey Sprott in the tenth inning.
Game three was stopped by the umpires in the eighth inning, when Euro Stars’ head coach Peter van den Akker stayed too close to the dugout following an ejection according to a report by Honkbalsite.com. ADO was leading 10-2 at this point and the Royal Dutch Baseball and Softball Association has to decide what is going to happen.
Results Demotion/Promotion Series:
Thursday, September 1:
ADO – Euro Stars 9-4
Saturday, September 3:
Euro Stars – ADO 7-6
Sunday, September 4:
ADO – Euro Stars suspended
Schedule:
Saturday, September 10:
14:00 Euro Stars – ADO
Sunday, September 11:
14:00 ADO – Euro Stars
Final Standings Playdowns Hoofdklasse:
- UVV 7-2
- Mr. Cocker HCAW 6-3
- Sparta/Feyenoord Rotterdam 4-5
- ADO 1-8