UAAP Season 85 Baseball: UP bounces back, romps past UST
Centerfielder Ian Mercado hit an inside-the-park homer in the seventh inning as University of the Philippines defeated University of Santo Tomas, 11-3, to end its first round in the UAAP Season 85 Baseball tournament with a bounce-back win on Sunday, Mar. 26, at the UP Diliman Baseball Field.
![Ian Mercado of UP [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-Baseball-Ian-Mercado-UP-2-400x200.jpg)
![UST Golden Spikers [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2005_UAAP-85-mens-volleyball-ADU-vs-UST_UST-Celebration-400x200.jpg)
![Mikaela Villacin of DLSU [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-Womens-Football-Mikaela-Villacin-DLSU-400x200.jpg)
![Sebastian Santos of UST [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1187_UAAP-Season-85-mens-tennis-DLSU-vs-UST_Sebastian-Santos-400x200.jpg)
![Nathalie Absalon of UST [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-WFB-Nathalie-Absalon-UST-400x200.jpg)
![Angel Canino of DLSU [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-WVB-DLSU-vs.-NU-Angel-Canino-8973-400x200.jpg)
![Tin Ubaldo of FEU [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-WVB-FEU-vs.-UP-Tin-Ubaldoo-8070-400x200.jpg)
![Ken Batas of Ateneo [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1607_UAAP-85-mens-volleyball-UE-vs-Ateneo_Ken-Batas-400x200.jpg)
![Eya Laure of UST [UAAP Images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/UAAP-85-WVB-ADU-vs.-UST-Eya-Laure-7847-400x200.jpg)
![Noel Kampton [UAAP images]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_1074_UAAP-85-mens-volleyball-DLSU-vs-NU_Noel-Kampton-400x200.jpg)