10/31/2008 7:00:00 AM | Baseball
RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- Brian Sharp was 3-for-4 with three runs and a triple to pace the Gold to a 9-4 win over the Blue in the second game of the 2008 Blue/Gold Fall World Series. The win clinches the series for the Gold, which also won yesterday, 13-2.
Game three is Saturday at 11 a.m.
Bobby Kelley threw six solid innings, carrying a no-hitter through 5.2 innings. He struck out seven. Offensively, the Gold had 14 hits. Brett McIntosh got things started with a second-inning sacrifice fly. Drak Fages had an RBI single in the third.
Sharp then delivered a one-out triple followed by back-to-back doubles by Sharif Othman and Fages off reliever Mike Oeser to key a three-run fifth as the Gold opened a 6-0 lead.
Erik Wallace started for the Blue and took the loss after giving up six hits and three earned runs in four innings. He struck out six.
Kelley allowed just one run and three hits in picking up the win.
Othman was 2-for-3. Fages was 2-for-4 with two RBIs. McIntosh was 2-for-3. Despite not getting a hit, Jake Johnson scored three times and had two stolen bases.
Daniel Lasley was 2-for-4, and Bobby Burk had an RBI double for the Blue.
