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Deja Vu

They say that pitching makes up 75% of winning ballgames. For the Antipolo City ACG, nothing can be much closer to the truth.

On Saturday, Antipolo City (8-0) became the first team to shutout an opponent this season, behind another six hitless innings from ace Mel Palacol in cruising to a 13-0 win over the Taguig Gems.

The lefthander, who hurled six-hitless innings on Opening Day and 9 1/3 hitless innings to start the season, was at it again. This time he struck out eight and walked three while retiring the last 15 batters to lower his league-leading earned run average to 1.07. Jospeh Orillana relieved Palacol in the seventh to complete the shutout. Rufino Palacol Jr had a pair of doubles and a triple while driving in three runs to pace the ACG offense.

Taguig (3-3) meanwhile continued to play catch up with the league in splitting yet their third successive doubleheader the following day. After being nosed out 7-6 by Diliman (6-3), the Gems won the trailer against Alabang (4-6) by default, setting the stage for an interesting play-off run between the two teams.

On Saturday, Mike Gabriel's three-run triple highlighted a six-run second inning and the Gems took advantage of five Makati miscues for a 9-5 victory, sending the Titans to their eighth consecutive defeat in the process.

Playing in rain-soaked weather, Alabang got a pair of rbi-triples from Jobie Rabat enroute to a 15-9 win againt Loyola Heights (2-6). The Titans' season series sweep of the Blue Eagles gave them the tie-breaker edge for the fourth play-off spot between the teams.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES / WEEKEND 5

BATTING
		AB	R	H	BI	BB	K
	J.Rabat, ALA	4	2	3	3	0	0
	N.Leyson, ALA	2	2	2	1	2	0
	R.Palacol Jr, ANT	4	2	3	3	0	0
	A.Bautista, ANT	4	3	2	2	0	0
	J.Orillana, ANT	4	2	3	2	0	0

PITCHING
		IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
	M.Palacol, ANT	6	0	0	0	3	8

REPORT CARD

Here's a snapshot of the Titans League: league batting average .303, league earned run average 7.08, league fielding average .881.

FIGHTING SULLIVANS

Antipolo City's five Palacol brothers have combined to hit .462 (55 for 119) while accounting for 42% of the ACG offense with 42 runs scored and 40 runs batted in.

BASEBALL IS A STRANGE GAME

National team member Chris Canlas of Loyola Heights has one hit in eight plate appearances, while having committed three errors in two games. Diliman's JP Teruel went 0 for 17 before breaking out by going 3 for 4 two Sundays ago. Alabang's Rigor Orteza is hitting .476, good for ninth in the league.

HE'S UP THERE HACKING

Antipolo City lead-off hitter Mark "Tony" Olayvar has yet to draw a walk in 42 plate appearances.

THE MARIKINA SALAMI

There have been three grand slams hit this season, all by Marikina hitters (Sonny Pensaber, Sky Rosales, and Arjay Santos)