Sparks took a 1-0 lead in the third inning off of Maaike Zijlstra, who also was the losing pitcher in Game One last Friday. She walked lead-off batter Sabine Franssen, who moved on a sac-bunt by Kim Kluijskens, then scored on a 2-out single by Marloes Fellinger.
In the sixth inning, Sparks increased its lead to 3-0. With one out, Jolanda Kroesen and Mariska Greve singled and both scored when Noémi Boekel followed with a 2-run triple.

Terrasvogels was close to the opening run in the second inning when Hannah Owings walked and advanced on a sac-bunt and a grounder, but another grounder ended the at bat.
In the sixth inning, Terrasvogels did score its first run. Maaike Zijlstra led off with a single off of starter Andrea Lindgren, who was then relieved by Rebecca Soumeru, who had thrown two complete games on Friday and Saturday in Game One and Two and today earned a save. After a flyout, Soumeru gave up a single to Hannah Owings, who was replaced by pinch-runner Marije Bakker. Another flyout followed and it appeared that Nathalie Gosewehr was to become the third out when she hit the ball towards centerfield, but there Jolanda Kroesen missed the ball, enabling Zijlstra to score. Moments later, Bakker was eliminated at home when she tried to score after the ball when passed the catcher on a following pitch.
Line Score & Box Score Game Three Holland Series
(October 2)

Game One. (September 30)
Game Two. (October 1)
Game Four. (October 8)

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