The deciding runs were already scored in the first inning when Percy Isenia hit a 3-run homerun. ,,It was a fastball and I had a great feeling right away'', Isenia said afterwards. ,,The three runs proved to be enough'', he continued. ,,HCAW appeared to come back in the seventh inning, but then Jeroen made two great plays'', referred Isenia to third baseman Jeroen Sluijter, who made a diving stop on a line drive by Nick Fridsma with a runner on first base, then made another fine play with two outs on a grounder by Dimitri Leon to end the inning.

LHP Diegomar Markwell pitched eight innings and won his second game of the Series. The former pro was named the Series MVP. ,,Thanks for the honor'', Markwell reacted. ,,We've work hard as a team this season''.

No HCAW-runner reached third base in the game. In the eighth inning, Ronald Jaarsma came closest. After he led off with a double down the leftfield-line, he tried to advance when next batter Gino Henson grounded to short, but he was thrown out at third. A strikeout and groundout ended the possible scoring opportunity.

In the ninth inning, HCAW had two runners on base off of closer Robin van Doornspeek. With one out, Rodney Michel walked and with two outs Martijn Meeuwis also got a free pass. Veteran Roy Berrevoets, who was added to the coachingstaff for the post-season, then stepped in as a pinch-hitter, but popped up to first baseman Percy Isenia to end the game. This was Berrevoets' first Holland Series-appearance since October 3, 1999. He retired after that season.

Neptunus' 25 Holland Series HRs
4	Percy Isenia (1999 (2), 2003, 2005) Marcel Buurman (1989, 1994 (2), 1995)
3	Adonis Kemp (1995)
2	Wim Martinus (1989, 1990) Dirk van 't Klooster (2000, 2001)
1	Haime Wiersma (1987), Jim Wasem (1989), Marlon Fluonia (1991), Bob van Aalen (1993), Johnny Balentina (1994), Jeroen Sluijter (1998), Ken Brauckmiller (1998), Eddie Dix (1999), Ron Agterberg (1999), Marcel Kruyt (1999)
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HCAW-starter Cliff Foster gave up four hits, including the homerun, in the first inning, but recovered after that and gave up only three additional hits in the remainder of the game. In the second and third inning, he was supported with a double play. In the sixth, HCAW committed two errors and Neptunus got runners on first and third with two outs, but a grounder prevented more runs. Foster gave up only one basehit in the last six innings!

Besides leaving two runners behind in the ninth, HCAW also stranded two runners in the second and fourth inning. In the seventh, Rodney Michel led off with a single, but then pitcher Diegomar Markwell was supported by some fine defense by his third baseman Jeroen Sluijter.

In the first inning, Dirk van 't Klooster reached on an one-out infield-hit, then Harvey Monte singled with two outs. Next, Percy Isenia hit a 3-1 pitch over the leftfield-fence for a 3-run homerun that gave Neptunus an early 3-0 lead. It was the 25th homerun for Neptunus in Holland Series-history. On September 20, 2003, Isenia also was the last player to homer in a Holland Series. That homerun also came vs. HCAW. Isenia now has four Holland Series-homeruns to come alongside Marcel Buurman for the most hit by a Neptunus-player. The all-time career Holland Series-record is five, accomplished by Clive Mendes (HCAW).

It was the first time since 1992 when a club lost the opening game, then won three in a row to win the title. In 1992, the only other time it happened, ADO lost the opener to Kinheim, but then won the next three to become champion.
Line Score & Box Score
Complete Play-by-Play Game Four HCAW vs. Neptunus
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Game One. (September 24)
Game Two. (September 25)
Game Three. (September 29)

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