Fresno State Athletics
Blue Team Wins Fall Baseball World Series
10/27/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Oct. 27, 2002
FRESNO, Calif. - Fresno State junior catcher Raoul Lievanos led off the top of the seventh inning with a homer to left field, sparking a five-run inning, as the Blue team rallied for a 10-8 victory Sunday, at Beiden Field.
After losing the first game of the Red-Blue Fall World Series, the Blue squad bounced back to win the final two games and capture the title, 2-1.
The Red team opened the scoring as senior infielder Scott Beshears stole home on the back end of a double steal. Junior outfielder Cody Smith answered for the Blue squad in the third inning with a three-run blast off Red starter, sophomore left-hander Gil Infante.
Junior catcher Brandon Marcelli clubbed a three-run homer in the bottom of the third off freshman right-hander Matt Garza to put the Red squad back in front, 4-3. The Red team tacked on two more runs in the sixth to give itself a 6-3 lead heading to the seventh inning.
Sophomore infielder Kyle Atrat capped off the seventh inning outburst by the Blue team with a three-run blast to left off Red reliever, junior right-hander Bryan Wolfenbarger. Atrat also hit a solo homer in the ninth inning joining Lievanos as the two Blue team members with two round trippers on the day. Atrat also recorded a game high three hits and a game high tying four RBIs with Smith.
Senior left-hander David Bair earned the victory and Wolfenbarger picked up the loss.
