HEMET, CALIFORNIA: Team Manila–Philippines showed its true form and class as it beat 2016 defending champion Central Hemet Xplozion, 7 – 1, to win the 2017 PONY International 18-U Girls Softball World Series crown, the first-ever by the Philippines or Asia, at the packed out Diamond Valley Park in the Valley-Wide Recreation District here.

Standout pitcher Alma Tauli, the 16-year old native of Norzagaray. Bulacan and daughter of a retired security guard and a housekeeper, pummeled the defending champions and capped her dazzling performance with five strikeouts and six no run innings that had the Californians winded and awed.

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