University of Sto. Tomas needed only seven innings to get the job as they defeated De La Salle University with a convincing 17-6 win to meet Rizal Technological University for the PABA Youth baseball tournament title at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.
The UAAP champion Growling Tigers put the game over, outscoring the Green Archers, 12-2, through three innings and worked its way to a mercy rule at the end of the seventh inning.
Tournament rules state that the game will end at the seven inning mark if a team leads by 10 runs or more, UST won by 11.
The Growling Tigers will have a unique opponent against an RTU squad who scored an upset win over Tanauan in the morning. They will meet on Saturday for the start of their best-of-three championship.
UST began its demolition in the bottom of the first, scoring five runs, the first two coming from Jake Cumlat's two-RBI double that scored Michael Zapanta and Jerry Diego for an early 2-0 lead.
Three batters later, Niel Suelto connected on a one-bagger to right field, putting runners Lozada and Jonjon Robles home for a 4-0 edge. Haruta Estanislao ended the inning with an RBI, scoring Suelto before was caught at third for the final out of the inning.
In the second inning, UST added four more runs with Diego hitting a triple that put Ace Baquiran home for a 5-0 lead. A series of DLSU blunders increased the lead to 9-0.
While DLSU scored two runs in the third, on a 2-RBI double by leftfielder Marco Alquiros to cut the lead at 9-2, the Growling Tigers answered with three runs in the bottom half with Lozada making an RBI triple, scoring Cumlat for the 10 run lead.
Lozada went 2-for-2 with two RBI's and three walks while Julius Gerona pitched a solid outing for UST, allowing two runs.
DLSU struggled on the mound as Jeffrey Ardio was once again decimated for the second week in a row by the same squad, allowing five runs in only 1 1/3 innings pitched.
The UAAP champion Growling Tigers put the game over, outscoring the Green Archers, 12-2, through three innings and worked its way to a mercy rule at the end of the seventh inning.
Tournament rules state that the game will end at the seven inning mark if a team leads by 10 runs or more, UST won by 11.
The Growling Tigers will have a unique opponent against an RTU squad who scored an upset win over Tanauan in the morning. They will meet on Saturday for the start of their best-of-three championship.
UST began its demolition in the bottom of the first, scoring five runs, the first two coming from Jake Cumlat's two-RBI double that scored Michael Zapanta and Jerry Diego for an early 2-0 lead.
Three batters later, Niel Suelto connected on a one-bagger to right field, putting runners Lozada and Jonjon Robles home for a 4-0 edge. Haruta Estanislao ended the inning with an RBI, scoring Suelto before was caught at third for the final out of the inning.
In the second inning, UST added four more runs with Diego hitting a triple that put Ace Baquiran home for a 5-0 lead. A series of DLSU blunders increased the lead to 9-0.
While DLSU scored two runs in the third, on a 2-RBI double by leftfielder Marco Alquiros to cut the lead at 9-2, the Growling Tigers answered with three runs in the bottom half with Lozada making an RBI triple, scoring Cumlat for the 10 run lead.
Lozada went 2-for-2 with two RBI's and three walks while Julius Gerona pitched a solid outing for UST, allowing two runs.
DLSU struggled on the mound as Jeffrey Ardio was once again decimated for the second week in a row by the same squad, allowing five runs in only 1 1/3 innings pitched.
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