A day of upsets, tight games and upsets.
The biggest news of the day is that ILLAM has broken the seven year finals streak of Bacolod West in the Senior League Softball division with an impressive 7-2 win. ILLAM’s bats game out swinging from the first pitch by bull pitcher Annelie Benjamin with lead off hitter Isabel Gomez and starting pitcher Jill Tanaka both scoring in the first inning. ILLAM never looked back and broke the game wide open with a huge 5th inning. ILLAM now represents the Philippines in the Regional Tournament in Guam on June 10-16. It is the first time that Bacolod West is not represented in softball.
There were some other upsets today particularly in Boys Baseball. Heavily favored ILLAM Big League team lost a thrilling 3-2 game to Tanauan in Rizal Memorial to lose the Championship they were defending. Tanauan made it a double whammy against ILLAM by winning the Junior Boys Semifinals in a seesaw battle that ended up 12-10 in Tanauan’s favor. They now play Muntinlupa in the finals.
The exciting and tight Big League Girls Division brought yet another cliffhamger. ILLAM had beaten Rizal twice in the elimination round and were favored to take the championship. After a tight 2-all game, Rizal went ahead on close plays that were decided by inches, lucky catches, close plays at the plate and top quality defense and pitching from both teams. It is the first time that Rizal will be participating in a Softball Regional and look at them to be a strong contender Guam and definitely in Kalamazoo this August.
In other the showcase, Little League Baseball Division, the Round of 16 games were mostly one-sided with the exception of a close call win by ILLAM over Los Banos. They made up for it though in the afternoon game with a blowout win over Lipa. Pre-tournament favorite Tanauan was not as lucky as they lost a close 5-4 game to Cavite to be eliminated. Muntinlupa was close to elimination, down 6-3 at the last inning in Calamba only to win 7-6 with a bases loaded triple by Paco Tantuico.
The Little League Softball finals cast is complete and we will surely have a first-timer to the Regionals this year with Palayan and Cavite squaring off for the Championship at 11:30 AM tomorrow.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
ROUND OF 16
LLB68
Lipa
13
Manila
1
LLB69
ILLAM
6
Los Banos
5
LLB70
Cavite
14
Kalinga
0
LLB71
Tanauan
17
Caloocan
9
LLB72
Marikina
19
Valenzuela
0
LLB73
Bulacan
14
Taguig
1
LLB74
Calamba
13
Antipolo
3
LLB75
Muntinlupa
21
Gen Trias
10
ROUND OF 8
LLB76
Marikina
11
Bulacan
1
LLB77
Cavite
5
Tananuan
4
LLB78
ILLAM
16
Lipa
2
LLB79
Muntinlupa
7
Calamba
6
Games on Sunday
9:30 AM
Marikina
Muntinlupa
9:30 AM
ILLAM
Cavite
3:30 PM
Championship
JUNIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
JLB36
Lipa
7
Cam Norte
0
JLB37
Muntinlupa
4
Marikina
3
JLB38
Tanauan
12
ILLAM
10
Games on Sunday
10:00 AM
Tanauan
11
Muntinlupa
0
For Championship
SENIOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
SLB26
ILLAM
Tanauan
SLB28
Muntinlupa
20
Antiplo
6
Games on Sunday
1:00 PM
Tanauan
ILLAM
For Championship
BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL
BLB16
Tanauan
3
ILLAM
2
TANAUAN IS BIG LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL
LLS21
Cavite
10
Muntinlupa
3
LLS22
Palayan
7
ILLAM
3
Games on Sunday
11:30 AM
Cavite
Palayan
For Championship
JUNIOR LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Games on Sunday
1:30 PM
ILLAM
Bacolod East
For Championship
SENIOR LEAGUE SOFTBALL
SLS22
ILLAM
7
Bacolod West
2
ILLAM IS SENIOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
BIG LEAGUE SOFTBALL
BLS21
Rizal
3
ILLAM
2
RIZAL IS BIG LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!
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