Standings W L
x-Manila 8 1
x-Cebu 7 2
x-Batangas 5 5
*Taguig 3 5
*Alabang 2 6
Dumaguete 1 7
x-clinched semifinal berth
*-playing at presstime
Games Saturday
(Parade Grounds, Clark Field)
9 a.m. – Manila vs. Alabang (resumption of postponed game)
1 p.m. – Cebu vs. Dumaguete
Batangas used a three-run binge in the sixth inning to regain control then leaned on Romeo Jasmin’s solid relief job to pound out a 7-4 victory over Dumaguete, and clinch the third semifinal berth in Baseball Philippines Series 8 at the Parade Grounds in Clark Field, Pampanga, Sunday.
Justin Zialcita notched the go-ahead run in the sixth while Jasmin preserved Batangas’ lead in a relief appearance as the Bulls rolled to their fifth win in 10 outings to advance in the league organized by Community Sports Inc. and sponsored by Gatorade and Rawlings.
Alex Ching tripled to spark Batangas’ fightback in the bottom of the sixth and scored on a Carlo Banzon single to tie the game at four before Zialcita made it a two-run game with a long drive to right field to send Banzon and Randy De Leon home for a 6-4 Bulls lead.
Jojo Apura scored on a catching error in the outfield to add another run in the seventh inning of the match which served as the fifth out-of-town game of the league backed by Clark Development Corp., Victory Liner, SM City Clark and San Miguel Corp.
Jasmin took over in the seventh and never allowed a run, giving up only a hit while striking out two batters to send the Bulls to the next round while booting out the Uni-bikers, who took their seventh loss against a lone victory.
Batangas assistant coach Emerson Barandoc said that the players were tired after defeating the Uni-bikers, 11-0, last Saturday.
“It’s a good thing we recovered in the sixth, then Romeo held on. He really is our closer,” said Barandoc, who took over Randy Dizer, who handles the national softball team competing in the Aspac regional championship in Bacolod City.
The league is backed by Harbour Centre, The Heritage Park, Emperador Distillers, Philippine Transmarine Carriers, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Philippine Amateur Baseball Association, Philippine Umpires Association and DZSR Sports Radio 918. For details, log on to www.baseballphilippines.com.
The Uni-bikers looked poised for an upset win after taking a 4-3 lead in the fifth as Lloyd Arago crushed a double to deep left field to score Pelos Remollo before advancing to home on a ground-rule double by Andy Tan.
Batangas held a 2-0 lead after a two-run single by Apura in the first inning but the Uni-bikers tied the game on a sacrifice fly by Justin Mathay and an RBI single by Arago in the second and third inning respectively.(pr)
Linescores:
Dumaguete 011 020 000 4 8 6
Batangas 200 103 10x 7 9 2
No comments:
Post a Comment