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Fresno St. keeps run alive on offense
Underdogs force decisive Game 3 against Georgia
OMAHA, Neb. -- Fresno State kept its amazing postseason run alive Tuesday night thanks to an offensive performance that was nothing short of, well, amazing.
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After spotting Georgia a five-run lead in the third inning, Fresno State struck for 15 runs over the next three innings for a 19-10 victory in Game 2 of the College World Series finals.
Tommy Mendonca put Fresno State in front with his record-tying fourth home run of the CWS in his team's six-run third inning.
The Bulldogs from Fresno State (46-31) and Bulldogs from Georgia (45-24-1) will meet in Game 3 tonight to determine college baseball's top dog.
Fresno State scored five runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth to trip up a Georgia team that appeared on the verge of sweeping through the CWS to its second national title and first since 1990.
Fresno State wouldn't let its incredible season end that way, not on this night. Rather, the Bulldogs scored the most runs against a Georgia team since Tennessee's 19-12 win in the 2001 CWS -- 435 games ago.
Before Tuesday, Fresno State hadn't come back from more than four runs down to win a game this season.
Known as the "Wonderdogs" around here, Fresno State displayed more of the moxie that has carried them further than any No. 4 regional seed had gone before.
Fresno St. 19, Georgia 10 GEORGIA FRESNO STATE
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Peisel 3b 6 2 3 0 Muno ss 4 4 3 2
Olson rf 6 1 1 1 Hedstrom cf 5 3 2 1
Beckham ss 4 1 2 2 Wetzel 2b 4 3 2 3
Poythress 1b 4 1 2 3 Susdorf lf 5 3 2 4
Massanari c 3 1 0 0 Ahmady 1b 5 1 2 2
Crane c 1 0 0 0 Mndnca 3b 5 1 2 3
Cerione cf 2 1 0 0 Overland c 3 0 1 2
Lewis dh 3 0 1 2 Amador pr 0 0 0 0
OBryn ph-dh 2 1 1 0 Grubb c 1 0 0 1
Allen lf 2 0 0 0 Detwiler rf 5 2 2 0
Fuller ph-lf 2 1 2 1 Ribera dh 3 2 2 0
Thoms 2b 5 1 3 1 Johnson ph 1 0 1 0
Soares pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 10 15 10 Totals 41 19 19 18
Georgia 311 100 400 --10
Fresno State 006 540 31x --19
E--Muno (26), Ahmady (6), Overland (8). DP--Georgia 1, Fresno St. 2. LOB--Georgia 12, Fresno St. 8. 2B--Olson (14), Hedstrom (10), Ahmady (17). 3B--Muno (2). HR--Mendonca (19), Susdorf (13). SB--Peisel (14), Detwiler (5). CS--Beckham 2 (4). SF--Poythress 2, Grubb.
IP H R ER BB SO
Georgia
Montgomery 2 1-3 4 5 5 3 1
Dodson L, 5-5 1 5 5 5 0 0
Harvil 1 2-3 5 5 5 2 2
Grimm 1 2 3 3 2 2
Earls 1 2 1 1 0 2
Esmonde 2-3 1 0 0 0 0
Leaver 1-3 0 0 0 1 0
Fresno State
Miller 2 2-3 6 5 5 4 3
Sprague W, 6-2 3 1-3 8 5 3 0 3
Hower S, 1 3 1 0 0 1 3
Sprague pitched to 4 batters in the 7th, Grimm pitched to 4 batters in the 7th, Earls pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.
HBP--by Miller (Allen), by Sprague (Cerione), by Grimm (Hedstrom). WP--Montgomery. T--3:55. A--17,223.


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