Pinay pugs, ex-Sen. Coseteng to grace Scoop

win streak in MLB history, but he also surrendered the most runs he has since last losing on May 22.

“He has been so good for so long there builds this thought of invincibility and that it’s impossible to beat

“So when it happens, it’s a surprise to all of us because we’ve watched for months this guy completely dominate the opposition. It’s just not easy to do what these guys do in their streaks of dominance.”

- lowed matched his total from his prior eight starts combined, with Hinch calling Soto “the difference in the game.”

“He never really controlled Soto the whole night,” Hinch said of Cole.

The Astros are chasing their second title in three seasons while the Nationals, who moved from Montreal to Washington for the 2005

- tors captured the 1924 championship. No Washington team since 1933 had played in the Series.

“It’s huge. (The club) waited a long time to get to this position. I’m super happy I’m a part of it,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. “We’re elated to be here. The city is going crazy.”

Washington right-hander Max Scherzer took the victory despite

and three walks.

Zimmerman, Soto homer

- riel smacked a two-run double off

ahead 2-0.

Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman answered with a solo homer in the second inning and Soto blasted a

to equalize at 2-2.

game with a homer to break a record he shared with Lou Gehrig

Daniel Hudson replaced Rainey

the bases loaded to end the threat. In the eighth, Springer doubled

Doolittle entered to get the last four outs, retiring the Astros in order in the ninth for the save.

THE last time the Philippines dominated the boxing competitions in the Southeast Asian Games was in 2005, when the country last hosted the biennial conclave.

The host’s boxing team, led by the now- head coach Ronald Chavez, hacked out an eightgold medal harvest with the men’s and women’s sides splitting the loot with four each.

In this 30th edition of the Games, the Filipino fighters don’t like to promise anything, except to say that they are aiming to repeat that 2005 winnings and regain the sport’s overall title.

A few weeks ago, during the Sports Communicators Organization of the Philippines ( Scoop) On Air Forum, Chavez and his assistant, 1992 Barcelona Olympic bronze medallist Roel Velasco boldly predicted the target is doable.

The duo, however, limited theirs projections to the men’s team’s chances.

On Friday, it will be women’s coach Boy Velasco and consultant Pat Gaspi’s turn to assess how the nationals will be able to contribute to that cause when they appear as guests in the weekly forum, held in coordination with The Manila Times TV.

Velasco, the eldest of the Velasco boxing siblings that include Roel and 1996 At - lanta silver medallist Mansueto “Onyok,” was with featherweight Nesthy Petecio when she won her division crown in the women’s world championship in Russia.

Also guesting in Friday’s session is former Sen. Nikki Coseteng, president of the Diliman Preparatory School, who will be discussing the institutions successful sports program that produced national athletes in several disciplines.

Diliman Preparatory School is celebrating its Golden Anniversary this coming December.

Ms. Coseteng will be accompanied to the Scoop Forum by the school’s athletic director Rensy Bajar.