Cebu, Dumaguete look to recover

VENGEANCE will be on the minds of the Cebu Dolphins and the Dumaguete Uni-Bikers as they face the Alabang Tigers and the reigning champions Manila Sharks, respectively, today in the do-or-die semifinals in the Baseball Philippines Series 9 at the Rizal Baseball Stadium.

The Tigers leaned on back-to-back home runs by Tino Ubungan and Matt Laurel in the first inning to stop the Dolphins, 9-6, and force a rubbermatch for the first finals berth.  The three-time champion Sharks, likewise, trounced the Uni-bikers, 6-1, in their own semis series.

Alabang and the top seeded Cebu dispute the first championship berth at 9 a.m. with Manila and No. 2 Dumaguete collide in the 1 p.m. contest with the winners clashing for the crown. /Correspondent Jonas Panerio