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UNIVERSITY of the Philippines surged late to overpower the league-leading University of Santo Tomas, 16-6, securing its third win in the UAAP 86 Baseball tournament on Sunday at the former’s home field in Diliman, Quezon City.
“Nakita mo naman ‘yun nangyari dun sa adjustment. Even with all the injuries, nag-step up sila ngayon dahil sinabi ko must-win na sa ‘min itong last four games for us to make it to the Final Four,” said UP head coach Anthony Dizer. The Fighting Maroons snagged the lead in the fourth at 4-3 after cutting that cushion to one, thanks to a two runs-batted-in single from Tristan Yu.The Golden Sox then retaliated to get back at 5-4 with a base hit of their own that scored two care of Harry Geronimo.
Two straight errors from UST scored Javier and put Razhley Santos and Aaron Nicha on the bases for UP. Kobe Torres and LM Basañes obliged with sacrifice hits to take back the advantage, 8-3, which turned out to be for good.
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