The Blue Eagles kicked off their title defense with a 7-3 win over Adamson to cap off the opening day baseball tripleheader for UAAP Season 78 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.
The defending champions were down 2-0 after the top half of the third inning due to errors from Ateneo infielders. A passed ball allowed Jerome Yenson to score first in the second inning, while a Ryan Tionloc error allowed Kenneth Badrina to get on base in the third. He eventually made it home on a Lawrence Ruiz sacrifice fly to double the lead.
But it did not take long for Ateneo to respond. At the bottom of the third, Marquis Alindrogan secured a base hit, who then eventually scored after Dio Remollo produced a RBI single. After a failed fielder's choice that brought Marco Mallari on first, a Gino Tantuico RBI single tied the game. Javi Macasaet then popped a 2-RBI double to bring home both Remollo and Tantuico to give the Blue Eagles a 4-2 lead that they would not relinquish.
Ateneo would pad on runs in the 5th, 6th, and 8th innings, while the Falcon batters did manage to pull one back in the 9th for the final score.
According to head coach and program director Randy Dizer, the title defense will be hard, acknowledging that it is anybody's game this season.
Paulo Macasaet pitched a complete game, striking out nine and giving up just four hits. He would be missing the next couple of game due to national team duty in Australia for the World Baseball Classic qualifiers.
The first baseball game for Season 78 saw UST eke out a 5-4 win over UP. Christian Mercado's 8th inning RBI clinched the victory for the Golden Sox. Relief pitcher Lesmar Ventura provided the heat with 13 strikeouts after starter Jackson Acuna allowed three runs in the first three innings.
In the matchup of former finalists in the current Ateneo reign in the diamond, National University needed extras to dispatch La Salle, 8-7. A Kenneth Ibanez RBI single scored Floro Malit at the top of the tenth inning.
Meanwhile, Adamson extended its softball winning run to 64 games with a 7-4 victory over UP in the finals rematch, while NU and UST issued shutouts to UE (6-0) and Ateneo (8-0 in six innings), respectively.
The defending champions were down 2-0 after the top half of the third inning due to errors from Ateneo infielders. A passed ball allowed Jerome Yenson to score first in the second inning, while a Ryan Tionloc error allowed Kenneth Badrina to get on base in the third. He eventually made it home on a Lawrence Ruiz sacrifice fly to double the lead.
But it did not take long for Ateneo to respond. At the bottom of the third, Marquis Alindrogan secured a base hit, who then eventually scored after Dio Remollo produced a RBI single. After a failed fielder's choice that brought Marco Mallari on first, a Gino Tantuico RBI single tied the game. Javi Macasaet then popped a 2-RBI double to bring home both Remollo and Tantuico to give the Blue Eagles a 4-2 lead that they would not relinquish.
Ateneo would pad on runs in the 5th, 6th, and 8th innings, while the Falcon batters did manage to pull one back in the 9th for the final score.
According to head coach and program director Randy Dizer, the title defense will be hard, acknowledging that it is anybody's game this season.
Paulo Macasaet pitched a complete game, striking out nine and giving up just four hits. He would be missing the next couple of game due to national team duty in Australia for the World Baseball Classic qualifiers.
The first baseball game for Season 78 saw UST eke out a 5-4 win over UP. Christian Mercado's 8th inning RBI clinched the victory for the Golden Sox. Relief pitcher Lesmar Ventura provided the heat with 13 strikeouts after starter Jackson Acuna allowed three runs in the first three innings.
In the matchup of former finalists in the current Ateneo reign in the diamond, National University needed extras to dispatch La Salle, 8-7. A Kenneth Ibanez RBI single scored Floro Malit at the top of the tenth inning.
Meanwhile, Adamson extended its softball winning run to 64 games with a 7-4 victory over UP in the finals rematch, while NU and UST issued shutouts to UE (6-0) and Ateneo (8-0 in six innings), respectively.
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