Baseball Philippines 2007
by Vince Alimurung
MANILA (from wire reports) - The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium echoed baseball immortality in the Philippines once again when Baseball Philippines took the field on Sunday in what looms as "the new hope" in Philippine sports.
Left-hander Joseph Orillana weaved a complete-game two-hitter along with six strikeouts as the Cebu Dolphins (1-0) defeated the Makati Mariners (0-1), 8-0 in the inaugural game of the country's newest sports circuit.
Orillana did not seem to need his team's bats on this warm Sunday. He would get all the offense he needed courtesy of Makati's porous defense which committed six errors in the game, two of which came early in the decisive second inning.
Sky Rosales, a former teammate of Orillana during their collegiate days at De La Salle University and on the farm with Titans Baseball, reached second on a fielding error then scooted home on Orillana's single in what stood up to be the winning run.
In the trailer of Sunday's double-dip, the Manila Sharks rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to fend off the Laguna Tigers for an 8-3 victory. The Sharks scored three times in the third, two in the fourth, and three more in the eighth to put the game away.
The Negros Roosters open their campaign next Sunday when they square off against the Dolphins.
by Vince Alimurung
MANILA (from wire reports) - The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium echoed baseball immortality in the Philippines once again when Baseball Philippines took the field on Sunday in what looms as "the new hope" in Philippine sports.
Left-hander Joseph Orillana weaved a complete-game two-hitter along with six strikeouts as the Cebu Dolphins (1-0) defeated the Makati Mariners (0-1), 8-0 in the inaugural game of the country's newest sports circuit.
Orillana did not seem to need his team's bats on this warm Sunday. He would get all the offense he needed courtesy of Makati's porous defense which committed six errors in the game, two of which came early in the decisive second inning.
Sky Rosales, a former teammate of Orillana during their collegiate days at De La Salle University and on the farm with Titans Baseball, reached second on a fielding error then scooted home on Orillana's single in what stood up to be the winning run.
In the trailer of Sunday's double-dip, the Manila Sharks rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to fend off the Laguna Tigers for an 8-3 victory. The Sharks scored three times in the third, two in the fourth, and three more in the eighth to put the game away.
The Negros Roosters open their campaign next Sunday when they square off against the Dolphins.
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