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Schedule Game Recaps Championship Finals Game 2: Georgia vs Fresno | Championship Finals Game 2: Georgia vs Fresno |
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OMAHA, Neb. – Fresno State overcame an early 5-0 deficit with 15 runs
combined in the third, fourth and fifth innings to force a
winner-take-all Championship Game with a 19-10 win over Georgia in game
two of the 2008 Men’s College World Series Championship Finals.
The win not only forced a game three, but also moved Fresno State to 46-31 overall while Georgia falls to 45-24-1. Trailing 5-0, five of the first six Fresno State batters reached in the third. After a Georgia pitching change, Tommy Mendonca belted a three-run home run – his fourth homer of the MCWS – to cap the inning and give Fresno State a 6-5 lead. After Georgia tied the game in the top of the fourth on a Gordon Beckham RBI single, Fresno State added five more in the bottom of the fifth. The first three batters reached in the bottom of the fourth and Danny Muno’s two-run triple gave Fresno State an 8-6 lead. After Muno scored on an infield single, Fresno State loaded the bases and Ryan Overland’s two-out single scored two more runs to make the score 11-6. Fresno State added four more runs in the fifth inning to move the score to 15-6 before Georgia closed the gap with four runs in the seventh. Once again, though, Fresno Stated added three runs in the bottom of the seventh and a single run in the eighth for the final 19-10 tally. The 19 runs were the most runs for any team in the Championship Finals (which began in 2003) and the 29 combined runs were also a Championship Finals record. Fresno State also pounded out 19 hits, including five extra-base hits against seven Georgia pitchers. Fresno State’s Holden Sprague (6-2) got the win with 3.1 innings of relief and Jake Hower got the save, allowing just one hit and one walk in three innings of work. Remaining CWS Schedule Wednesday, June 25, 2008 MCWS Championship Finals Game 3 –Fresno St. vs. Georgia, 6 p.m. (Central) |
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