Saturday, June 20, 2009

NINE-GAME WIN STREAK LIFTS NEPTUNUS INTO THREE-WAY DUTCH LEAD

The streaking DOOR Neptunus and Konica Minolta Pioniers have moved into a virtual three-way tie for the Dutch Major League lead with the struggling Amsterdam Pirates.

Neptunus has won nine games in a row to raise their record to 17-6-1. They swept a three-game set with ADO last weekend, including a 3-0 shutout on June 6 as Diegomar Markwell struck out ten ADO batsmen in 6.1 innings of work. Berry van Driel and Dushan Ruzic came out of the bullpen to preserve the whitewash with four more K’s between them.

Konica Minolta has a nice six-game win streak of its own. Ryan Murphy struck out ten batters and allowed just four hits in seven scoreless innings during a 4-1 win over Sparta/Feyenoord last weekend. The Pioniers are also 17-6-1.

Meanwhile, Amsterdam lost two games to Corendon Kinheim and one to Sparta/Feyernoord last week to fall to 19-8. Josh Renick’s walk-off RBI single gave Kinheim a 4-3 win last Thursday, while Jason Halman’s three runs keyed a 9-4 Corendon win on Saturday.

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