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Dutch Team Blue opens Indoor Cup with No-Hit ShutOut
 Nederlandse tekst
SCHIEDAM (Neth.) - Team Blue of the Dutch National Softball Team opened the 15th edition of the International Indoor Cup Tournament in Schiedam on Friday-evening with a convincing 6-0 No-Hit ShutOut vs. Firestix from the USA in Pool B.
Added to Team Blue for this tournament were Junior-players Rebecca Duindam and Marisèla de Wind.
Pitching-duo (and sisters) Femke van Dusschoten and Malou van Dusschoten combined on a 4-inning No-Hitter.
Femke started the game and retired 10 of the 11 batters she faced, striking out six of them.
She allowed only one player, Angela Martin, to reach base, when she walked her with one out in the first inning.
Hereafter, Femke retired the next nine batters in a row, before being relieved with one out in the fourth inning by Malou, who then retired the only two batters she faced, including one on a strikeout.
The first batter Malou faced was retired on a nice over-the-fence-running-catch by 2B Rebecca Duindam.
Team Blue opened the score in the second inning.
Solange Starrenburg led off with a single, then stole both second and third base, before scoring on a grounder by next batter Karin Tuk.
After stranding two runners in the next at bat, Team Blue rallied for three runs in the fourth inning.
With one out, Anne Vlietstra walked, stole second and advanced on a deep ground rule single by Marisèla de Wind.
Next, she scored on a grounder by Rebecca Duindam.
Team Blue got runners on the corners when Nathalie Gosewehr followed with a single.
After the latter stole second base, Chantal Versluis connected for a 2-run double to make it 4-0.
Two runs were added in the fifth inning.
Karin Tuk (hit by pitch) and Marisèla de Wind (walk) then advanced on an infield-hit by Rebecca Duindam to load the bases.
Nathalie Gosewehr then followed with her third single of the evening (she was 3-for-4) to bring in a run and Chantal Versluis then walked to be credited with her third RBI of the evening.
After Rebecca was forced out at the plate on a nice play by short stop Ayla Spoljar, the bases remained loaded, as the tournament rule 50-minute time-rule was reached, meaning the game ended.
Because of this, the inning could not be completed, resulting in the official final score being 4-0 after four complete innings.
However, according to tournament rules, all statistics of the abbreviated at bat count in the totals.
Box Score Team Blue vs. Firestix
Schedule & Results Dutch National Teams Indoor Cup Tournament
other scores on Friday-evening:
Pool A: Leafs (USA) vs. Bulls (USA), 2-3; SK Joudrs Praha (Czech Rep.) vs. Borgerhourt Squirrels (Belgium), 2-1.
Pool B: Eagles (USA) vs. Twins (Neth.), 2-4.
Pool C: Stripes (USA) vs. Euro Stars (Neth.), 2-5.
Pool D: Stars (USA) vs. Czech Stars (Czech Rep.), 0-8.
coverage
Day 2 - Saturday, January 16
Day 3 - Sunday, January 17
The team and individual awards of the 15th Indoor Cup Tournament
An overview of Hall 1 during the opening game between Stripes (USA) and Euro Stars (Netherlands)
Anne Vlietstra and Marisèla de Wind
have some fun during the game preparations
The teams are lining up for the Opening Ceremony
Players and coaches turn to the flag for the playing of the national anthems
Media Officer Marco Stoovelaar and Team Manager Paul Boonstra
represented the three Dutch National Teams during the Opening Ceremony
A look at the well-filled stands behind rightfield
Head Coach Craig Montvidas hits the last grounders before the game
The American umpires for the Team Blue vs. Firestix game
1B Umpire Robert Allen (left) and HP Umpire Steven Mitchell
Heidi van der Munnik (left) and Rox van der Hoeven of the Indoor Cup-organization
acted as the scorers during this game
The players of Team Blue are ready for their first game
Solange Starrenburg hitting in the second inning
Moments later, she would single and score the first run
The players look on from the dug-out with Karin Tuk hitting
Starting pitcher Femke van Dusschoten delivers a pitch
Playing at first base, Saskia Kosterink keeps an eye on the batter
Karin Tuk connects, but is called out as her batted ball hits the ceiling for the second time
Junior Marisèla de Wind moments before hitting a single in the 4th inning
Running at second base, Anne Vlietstra advances to third on Marisèla's basehit
Junior Rebecca Duindam follows with an RBI-grounder to bring in Anne
Nathalie Gosewehr (who batted 3-for-4) running at second base
Chantal Versluis at second base after her 2-run double in the 4th inning
Runner Rebecca Duindam give signals to batter Chantal Versluis
in the fifth inning, which would be the last at bat in this game
Pitchers Femke van Dusschoten and Malou van Dusschoten,
who threw a Combined No-Hitter
(special thanks to Fred Versluis for submitting several photos)
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