Team Manila kept its slim title hopes alive by overpowering Laurel of Delaware, 5-3, in the 2010 Big League Softball World Series on Monday at Vanderberg Park in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

The Golden Girls erased a 2-0 deficit by scoring four runs in the fourth inning before fending off the late comeback by the Eastern softbelles to secure their third consecutive victory.

After dropping their first two games, the Golden Girls climbed up to fourth spot with three wins and two defeats.

But the team backed by Pera Padala, Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Le Soleil de Boracay and Cebuana Lhuillier Insurance Solutions, must win its remaining three games to stay alive. — Jonas Terrado