Nobody would have predicted this match-up for the Series 3 crown. The expansion Batangas Bulls upset the defending champion Cebu Dolphins while the sub-.500 Dumaguete Uni-bikers stunned the top-ranked Manila Sharks to set up a fresh Baseball Philippines Championship Series at historic Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium. BPCS preview >
| 2008 Series 3 Standings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | PCT | GB | RS | RA | |
| Manila | 10 | 1 | 0.909 | — | 95 | 47 |
| Batangas | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 2.5 | 110 | 67 |
| Cebu | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 2.5 | 98 | 79 |
| Taguig | 6 | 6 | 0.500 | 4.5 | 91 | 81 |
| Dumaguete | 4 | 7 | 0.364 | 6 | 75 | 96 |
| Antipolo | 3 | 8 | 0.273 | 7 | 68 | 117 |
| Makati | 1 | 10 | 0.091 | 9 | 53 | 101 |
| 2008 Series 3 Team Batting :: Regular season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | |
| Cebu | 390 | 98 | 141 | 66 | 44 | 66 | .362 | .447 | .518 |
| Batangas | 408 | 110 | 140 | 76 | 20 | 45 | .343 | .392 | .520 |
| Manila | 425 | 95 | 143 | 72 | 49 | 41 | .336 | .419 | .447 |
| Dumaguete | 379 | 75 | 124 | 61 | 29 | 36 | .327 | .383 | .512 |
| Taguig | 410 | 91 | 121 | 57 | 41 | 64 | .295 | .370 | .446 |
| Makati | 343 | 53 | 97 | 33 | 17 | 55 | .283 | .333 | .373 |
| Antipolo | 375 | 68 | 90 | 45 | 28 | 46 | .240 | .312 | .323 |
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