Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Isle of Man beats sluggers
THE ISLE Of Man Sluggers are zeroing in on its third straight title as they made it to the championship round after beating the Salazar Colleges of Science and Institute of Technology Blazing Batters with, 7-6, in the Vice Gov. Gregory Sanchez Softball Cup Senior’s A Division semifinals at the Labangon Elementary School yesterday.
In the other Senior’s A semifinals, Aldritz Pau De Arco moved up the ladder and got the shot for the second championship ticket after defeating Locan of Lapu-Lapu City, 4-2.
Gameplan
Aldritz Pau will have to play SCSIT for the right to play the IOM Sluggers in the knockout championship game.
Tanny Ladisla was the surprise package for Isle Of Man as he went 3-of-3 at bat and scored three runs, including a homer and two runs-batted-in to deliver the goods for the Sluggers.
IOM opened the game with a homerun courtesy from Allen Diniola. Ladisla and Allan Defensor who also went 3-of-3 at bat and scored one run, gave the Sluggers a 3-0 lead after the second inning.
Rolly Bacarisas and Genaro Macayan moved SCSIT within 2-3 at the bottom of the third inning but Ladisla kept IOM scoring with another run at the top of the fourth.
Ladisla then scored a homerun at the top of the fifth inning, sending Alintone Adolfo and Ely de la Cerna home for a 7-3 lead.
With IOM held scoreless in the final two innings, Sherwin Tabar, Macayan and Sada Ikeda inched SCSIT within 6-7, but failed short when Isle Of Man got the luck they needed in the end game.
Inning
Meanwhile, Samuel Bacaltos, Junnix Bacaltos and Felix Custodio opened up Aldritz Pau scoring in the first inning and Samuel Bacaltos added one more run in the second to beat the youthful Locan.
In the Seniors’ B Division, Grand Royal Spa booked the first finals ticket after defeating Poblacion-Talisay, 10-2.
Poblacion-Talisay will get its chance to play GRS in the finals if it could beat Sho of Paknaan-Mandaue City.
Paknaan eliminated Sibonga with a 7-5 victory in the other semifinal game. (RCM)
