NAITAKDA ng Ateneo de Manila ang pagtutuos sa archrival De La Salle sa UAAP Season 81 Baseball Finals makaraang ungusan ang University of Santo Tomas ,11-10, nitong Miyerkules sa Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

Uminit sina Rodrigo Bitong at Kiko Andaya sa huling dalawang innings at binura ang 10-8 na kalamangan ng Tigers at pinamunuan ang Blue Eagles sa kanilang come-from-behind win.

Huling nagkatapat ang dalawang koponan sa finals noong 2016 kung saan winakasan ng Green Batters 13-year title drought sa pamamagitan ng 2-0 Finals sweep kontra Eagles.

“It was not easy, especially [since] there are a lot of personalities in this team,” pahayag ni Ateneo first year coach Bocc Bernardo. “It was the discipline of the team that led us to this moment. I’m just happy to be back in the Finals and we’ll take it from there.”

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“We just told them that UST will not give us this game on a silver platter – we need to work hard for it. And they gave us a good fight. It’s really about school pride and the dignity of the team,” aniya.

Magsisimula ang best-of-three championship ng dalawang koponan sa Marso 29.