The Cebu Dolphins opened the game with a three-run first inning, and never looked back to record their second consecutive win, defeating the debuting Negros Roosters, 9-4, in the Baseball Philippines Pilot Series at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium
Manuel Bacarisas opened the scoring with a double to score leadoff hitter Fulgencio Rances, who singled and reached second on a passed ball prior to the run.
Centerfielder Jonas Ponce followed it up with a single to score Bacarisas which then led to first baseman Miggy Corcuera duplicate the previous scenario by putting Ponce home from second, following a stolen base, for a 3-0 lead.
Cebu added three runs in the third as Corcuera singled to right field scoring Bacarisas from second. Right fielder Joseph Orillana added another run on a double to centerfield, scoring Ponce from third.
It was followed by third baseman Anthony Olaybar’s single to score Corcuera from third, who hustling all the way from first in the previous at-bat, for a commanding 6-1 lead.
The Dolphins would then add two runs in the fourth and one more in the eighth.
Starter Darwin Dela Calzada (1-0, 1.80 ERA) allowed only one run through four innings, but surrended three earned runs in the fifth. However, he was still named as the winning pitcher after being pulled out in the fifth inning.
The Roosters struggled but made some interesting showing in the fifth with a three-run barrage.
Negros scored its second run on a Gary Ejercito’s run-scoring single to right field. Junifer Binarao gave the Roosters’ its third run on a one-bagger, droving-in Ejercito from third. A fielder’s choice on Virgilio Roxas scored Jerry Estanislao to cut the lead 8-4.
Joey Guerrero (0-1) was pulled after all three Cebu batters, earning three runs.
Bacarisas and Rances each had four hits and scored two and three runs, respectively. Ponce had two hits in five at-bats with three RBI’s.
Negros’ Rommel Maniago had three hits in four at-bats while Guerrero had two hits.
Manuel Bacarisas opened the scoring with a double to score leadoff hitter Fulgencio Rances, who singled and reached second on a passed ball prior to the run.
Centerfielder Jonas Ponce followed it up with a single to score Bacarisas which then led to first baseman Miggy Corcuera duplicate the previous scenario by putting Ponce home from second, following a stolen base, for a 3-0 lead.
Cebu added three runs in the third as Corcuera singled to right field scoring Bacarisas from second. Right fielder Joseph Orillana added another run on a double to centerfield, scoring Ponce from third.
It was followed by third baseman Anthony Olaybar’s single to score Corcuera from third, who hustling all the way from first in the previous at-bat, for a commanding 6-1 lead.
The Dolphins would then add two runs in the fourth and one more in the eighth.
Starter Darwin Dela Calzada (1-0, 1.80 ERA) allowed only one run through four innings, but surrended three earned runs in the fifth. However, he was still named as the winning pitcher after being pulled out in the fifth inning.
The Roosters struggled but made some interesting showing in the fifth with a three-run barrage.
Negros scored its second run on a Gary Ejercito’s run-scoring single to right field. Junifer Binarao gave the Roosters’ its third run on a one-bagger, droving-in Ejercito from third. A fielder’s choice on Virgilio Roxas scored Jerry Estanislao to cut the lead 8-4.
Joey Guerrero (0-1) was pulled after all three Cebu batters, earning three runs.
Bacarisas and Rances each had four hits and scored two and three runs, respectively. Ponce had two hits in five at-bats with three RBI’s.
Negros’ Rommel Maniago had three hits in four at-bats while Guerrero had two hits.
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