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Batangas and Manila will open their best-of-3 Baseball Philippines championship series this weekend at Manila’s Rizal Memorial Stadium. The Bulls dispatched the Cebu Dolphins last weekend as Romeo Jasmin carried a no-hitter through seven innings on the way to an 8-1 win in their semifinal series clincher. The Sharks needed 14 innings to oust the Alabang, 11-10, to win their series as a throwing error by Tigers third baseman King Manay allowed Edito Justo to score the game-winning run from second base.