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Petra van Heijst hits first homerun of the season
 Nederlandse tekst
AMSTERDAM (Netherlands) -
The Dutch National Softball Team continued the 2012 Tulip League Indoor-season today with its second intersquad game.
Seven more indoor games are scheduled in the upcoming weeks.
In the first game last week, only four runs were scored, today a total of 12 runs were registered.
Some more facts of the first two games.
Last week 7 basehits, this week 18.
Last week 20 baserunners, this week 28.
Last week 13 strikeouts, this week 9.
Last week 17 groundouts, this week 16.
Last week 5 flyouts (including line drives, pop-ups and foul-outs), this week 12.
Team Grey today won 9-3.
Last week, all runs were scored in the final two at bats, today nine runs were already scored after completion of the fourth inning.
It was Team Black that opened the score in the first inning when Saskia Kosterink singled with one out and scored on a 2-out single by Solange Starrenburg.
Team Grey answered with two runs in the home of the first at bat.
Meike Witteveen (sac-bunt, fielder's choice) and Areke Spel (fielder's choice) then scored on singles by Virginie Anneveld and Yonina Sint Jago.
Team Grey added two runs in the second inning.
First, Laura van Essen (error) scored on a sacrifice fly by Mariëlle Vleugels.
Next, Nathalie Gosewehr (fielder's choice) scored on a 2-out single by Anne Blaauwgeers.
| Tulip League Homeruns |
| # | date | homeruns |
| 1 | Nov. 13, 2009 | Areke Spel |
| 2 | Nov. 13, 2009 | Solange Starrenburg |
| 3 | Dec. 4, 2009 | Saskia Kosterink |
| 4 | Dec. 4, 2009 | Saskia Kosterink |
| 5 | Jan. 22, 2010 | Saskia Kosterink |
| 6 | Feb. 12, 2010 | Areke Spel |
| 7 | Feb. 19, 2010 | Chantal Versluis |
| 8 | Feb. 26, 2010 | Chantal Versluis |
| 9 | Feb. 26, 2010 | Chantal Versluis |
| 10 | Feb. 4, 2011 | Linda Hoenderdos |
| 11 | Mar. 25, 2011 | Marisèla de Wind |
| 12 | Mar. 25, 2011 | Solange Starrenburg |
| 13 | Jan. 20, 2012 | Petra van Heijst |
Back-to-back 2-out doubles by Karin Tuk and Solange Starrenburg gave Team Black a run in the third inning, but then Team Grey again scored twice in its third at bat.
With one out, Areke Spel and Virginie Anneveld walked.
Areke then scored on a single by Yonina Sint Jago, while Fabienne van Uden (who ran for Virginie) was awarded home plate on an illegal pitch.
Team Black got another run back in the fourth inning when Petra van Heijst led off with a homerun to make it a 6-3 score.
Petra's homerun was the first of this indoor-season (for the record, it was hit at 12:02 PM) and the 13th overall in Tulip League-history.
Since early 2009, the Dutch Team plays indoor games to prepare for the international seasons.
In the first months of 2009, these were just intersquad games, but starting in November of 2009, a Team Black and Team Grey were formed (with a different compilation every week) to play games against each other.
Since then, 18 of these Black vs. Grey games were played (including today's game).
In the first Tulip League-season (November 2009-February 2010) nine homeruns were hit in 10 games.
In last year's season (January-March 2011), three homeruns were added in six games.
Team Grey added another run in the sixth inning.
Marisèla de Wind then singled and scored on a 2-out single by Nathalie Gosewehr to make it 7-3.
The team scored its final two runs in the seventh at bat.
Anne Blaauwgeers, Meike Witteveen and Fabienne van Uden then led off with singles to load the bases.
Next, Areke Spel also singled to bring in two runs and make it 9-3.
Today's practice session was led by Karen Marr, as Head Coach Craig Montvidas this morning flew to Italy to conduct a clinic in the upcoming weekend.
The game was officiated by umpires Hans Hornstra and Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven, whom we thank for their support today.
Preparing for Game 2 of the Tulip League-season
Today's umpires Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven and Hans Hornstra
Team Grey-pitchers Mariëlle Vleugels, Dagmar Bloeming and Rebecca Soumeru
Karin Tuk hitting for Team Black in the first inning; Anne Blaauwgeers is the catcher
After delivering an RBI-single in the first inning, Solange Starrenburg runs at first base
Marisèla de Wind plays at first base, Meike Witteveen is at second base
The infielders meet with pitcher Lindsey Meadows in the first inning
Team Black-pitchers Lindsey Meadows, Femke van Dusschoten and Ginger de Weert
Meike Witteveen advances to 2nd base on a force play-grounder, but Chantal Versluis has no play
Students watch the game between their lectures
Saskia Kosterink plays at first base, Petra van Heijst is at second base
Areke Spel running at third base with 3B Dinet Oosting standing besides her
Merel Oosterveld takes off from first base in the 2nd inning; playing at 2B is Meike Witteveen
Watching the action is umpire Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven
Nathalie Gosewehr is ready to bat as a fill-in player for Team Grey
Mariëlle Vleugels moments before her sac-fly in the second inning
Between innings, umpires Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven and Albert Jung (who was in attendance) discuss a situation
There was a lot of action in today's game
Solange Starrenburg beats the tag of Yonina Sint Jago to register an RBI-double in the 3rd inning
Veteran umpire Hans Hornstra was back in action today after a half year absence
Good to have you back, Hans!
Petra van Heijst hits the first homerun of this years indoor-season
Umpire Gerrit-Jan van der Hoeven took over the plate in the fifth inning; Anne Blaauwgeers is the catcher
Yonina Sint Jago is caught stealing and tagged out by Chantal Versluis in the 6th inning
Marisèla de Wind moments before hitting a single (and score) in the 6th inning
Saskia Kosterink and Rebecca Soumeru have a chat and look on
With a head-first sliding, Meike Witteveen scores the ninth and final run for Team Grey in the 7th inning
End of the game
After the game, a conditioning session was led by Vaughn Robinson, strength coach of the Arizona Diamondbacks
The conditioning drills took some 40 minutes...
...and ended today's practice in Amsterdam
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