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Baseball Philippines: Cebu resumes bid for semis


MANILA, Philippines – It will be a busy weekend for Baseball Philippines as the league plays the remainder of its Series V classification phase and the quarterfinal round starting Friday at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. Cebu (4-4) seeks to keep its drive for the second outright semifinals seat going as it plays Dumaguete Unibikers at 7:30 am Friday. A win will put the Dolphins to a clash with Manila for the right to join unbeaten Batangas Bulls into the Final Four. However, a loss to the Unibikers will hand the second outright semis seat to the Sharks (6-3) with the Dolphins relegated to the quarterfinal stage starting Saturday. The final ranking of the six competing teams will be known after Friday’s games with the third and fourth-ranked teams enjoying twice-to-beat advantage in the quarterfinals against the No. 5 and 6. The two outright semifinalists – Batangas and Cebu or Manila – will later gain the win-once incentive against the teams that will prevail in the quarterfinals. The semis will be played next weekend (June 20 and 21) while the best-of-three finals will commence on June 27. Meanwhile, Alabang (3-2) collides with Marikina (1-3) with its sights set on the second finals slot in the Junior Baseball Philippines at 11 a.m. Cagayan has already qualified for the championship after winning all its five assignments. - GMANews.TV