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.

Photo courtesy of Baseball Philippines

Source: GMANews.TV

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