For the first time in four meetings, the Ateneo Blue Eagles had something to smile about after swooping down on the visiting Titans, 10-7.

The Blue Eagles, hapless losers against the Titans in three previous encounters by a combined 31 runs, victimized the Titans for ten runs in the first two innings, highlighted by a nine-run outburst in the second inning when they sent 14 batters to the plate, chasing Titans starter Leslie Suntay. All nine runs were unearned.

Jon Zamora had two hits and drove in three runs while Joe Quiogue hurled six solid innings of three-hit ball giving up just two earned runs for Ateneo.

But the game would be far from over after the second inning. Nesty Leyson relieves Suntay and keeps the Blue Eagles at bay with 6 1/3 shutout innings of two-hit ball. The resilient Titans scramble their way back from a 10-1 deficit, getting single runs in the fifth thru seventh innings, highlighted by a Bacchus Ledesma homer, and pushing across another two in the eighth to set them up for an almost dramatic rally in the ninth.

Down to their last strike, Rye Gutierrez streaks a grounder that is misplayed by Blue Eagle shortstop Paolo Padla. Zamora, who had come in relief of Quiogue to start the seventh, then walks the bases loaded, scoring Gutierrez and bringing the possible go-ahead run to the plate. But Zamora induces Vince Alimurung to groundout, ending the rally and preserving Ateneo's victory.