Corendon Kinheim – Vaessen Pioniers 7-5 (7)
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Dirk van’t Klooster collected his 1000th hit in the Dutch Hoofdklasse in a 7-5 comeback win of his Corendon Kinheim over the Vaessen Pioniers. Three runs in the bottom of the seventh lifted the club from Haarlem, Netherlands to the victory. After Rene Cremer tied the game on a groundout by Jason Halman, Bryan Engelhardt hit the go-ahead solo homerun. It was his second homerun of the game after a three-run shot in the third. A RBI single by Rafael Jozefa added some insurance. The Pioniers led since a five-run third. Patrick Beljaards (W) struck out six in 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Jean-Paul Gulinck (L) took the loss.
Sparta/Feyenoord Rotterdam – ADO 8-2
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Sparta/Feyenoord Rotterdam rode a complete game by Ruderly Manuel to an 8-2 win over ADO. Manuel struck out 11 batters in nine innings, allowing five hits, two runs (1 ER) and a walk. Seven players collected at least two hits for Rotterdam. Quincy Lambertina (L) issued five runs (4 ER) on 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings for the loss.
L&D Amsterdam Pirates – DOOR Neptunus 9-3
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L&D Amsterdam defeated DOOR Neptunus 9-3 on Tuesday evening. Vince Rooi broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the fourth with a solo homerun. Sidney de Jong added two long balls for five RBI. He also scored three times. Ben Grover (W) issued six hits, three runs (1 ER) and a walk in six-plus innings. Tim Roodenburg (L) surrendered eight hits, five runs and two bb in five frames.
UVV – Mr. Cocker HCAW 4-6 (10)
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Mr. Cocker HCAW used RBI singles by Dirimo Chavez and Randy Daal in the top of the 10th inning to beat UVV 6-4. Utrecht had tied the contest with two runs in the eighth. Maarten Mulder (W) picked up the win in relief. Derek Tarapacki (L) took the loss after allowing just two unearned runs on four hits and a walk in 6 2/3 innings of strong relief.
{mrb-standing:netherlands-2011}
{mrb-schedule:2011-07-20|2011-07-21|NL}