Due to heavy rain, the sixth game in the Holland Series will be played on Sunday in Rotterdam. If the baseball players of Amsterdam Pirates manage to maintain their 5-1 lead, the seventh and all-deciding game for the national championship will immediately follow.
On Saturday, Amsterdam started the game great and the baseball players took a 3-0 lead, partly due to a homerun by Kenny Berkenbosch. After seven innings there was a 5-1 score on the scoreboard in favor of the home team. Then it rained too hard and the referees stopped the match.
The match was stopped for at least half an hour. After consultation between both teams, it was decided to finish the match on Sunday in Rotterdam. “We have already been in the same situation twice this series where we had to wait a very long time to continue playing. Then the energy of both teams drops. We want to show the public a good match and I think this is the best choice “, said Amsterdam coach Mervin Gario.
Amsterdam is behind 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. If Mervin Gario’s team wins the sixth match, the all-decisive seventh match will be played immediately afterwards in the Rotterdam Family Stadium. “We are also top performers and we take the good feeling of today into tomorrow,” Gario looks ahead.
The remainder of the sixth match starts tomorrow at 1 p.m. in Rotterdam. The possible seventh match starts at 2 p.m.