MANILA, Philippines - Cebu peppered Alabang starter Paulo Mallari with hits in the early going as it fashioned out an 8-1 rout of the Alabang Tigers in the Dunkin’ Donuts Baseball Philippines Series VI at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium yesterday.
The Dolphins scored three runs each in the first and third innings off Mallari before capping their romp with a solo home run by Joseph Orillana in the fourth.
The victory, their second in three starts, came a day after the Dolphins bowed to the Manila Sharks, 7-8, in the tournament presented by Dunkin’ Donuts and organized by Community Sports Inc.
Taguig needed three extra innings to stop Pampanga, 3-2, in the second game.
Christian de Leon singled to score Richard Siacor for the marginal run, the Patriots’s first victory after back-to-back setbacks in the league presented by Dunkin’ Donuts and organized by Community Sports Inc.
First baseman Miggy Corcuera sent two runners home with a single in the first after Fulgencio Rances singled and Orillana walked. Jonash Ponce, who went aboard of a base on balls, scored on Florencio Ubungen’s double for a 3-0 lead.
Cebu sustained its charge as Ram Alipio hit a two-run single in the third after Ubungen doubled and Jennard Pareja was hit by a pitch before scoring on a Rances double.