2010 NECBL All-Star Game

The 2010 NECBL All-Star Game was the 17th exhibition game between all-stars from the NECBL's East and West Divisions. The game was held at Cardines Field in Newport, Rhode Island, the home field of the East Division's Newport Gulls. This was the Gulls' second time hosting the All-Star Game. The Eastern Division All-Stars one-hit the Western Division All-Stars, winning the exhibition game 10-0.[1]

2010 NECBL All-Star Game

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Date	July 18, 2010
Venue	Cardines Field
City	Newport, RI
Managers	Chris Moore (NA) (West All-Stars) Jeff Waldron (NS) (East All-Stars)
MVP	Jason Banos (NS)
Attendance	2852

The game was broadcast live on the NECBL Broadcast Network by NECBL East All-Star Broadcaster Nicholas Lima, of the Gulls, and NECBL West All-Star Broadcaster Rick Zmudzien, of the North Adams Steeplecats. Each broadcaster was selected following a vote cast by the league's general managers.

Rosters

The following is a list of the rosters of both the East and West Division All-Star teams.[2]

East Division All-Stars Starters Position Player Team C Casey Kalenkosky Laconia Muskrats 1B Matt Chavez New Bedford Bay Sox 2B Tyler Kuehl North Shore Navigators 3B Anthony Gomez Sanford Mainers SS Ken Diekroger Newport Gulls OF Jim Schult Sanford Mainers OF Matt Avery North Shore Navigators OF Matt Miller Lowell All-Americans DH Matt Blow Newport Gulls Pitchers Position Player Team P Mark Appel (Starter) Newport Gulls P Crayton Bare North Shore Navigators P Nolan Corr North Shore Navigators P Bryant Gauthier North Shore Navigators P Tyler Joyner Laconia Muskrats P Jarrett Miller Laconia Muskrats P Dustin Ramey Sanford Mainers P Eric Ruth Sanford Mainers P Seth Simmons (Closer) Newport Gulls Reserves Position Player Team C Doug Elliot Sanford Mainers C Bryce Nugent Newport Gulls 1B Kevin Quaranto Newport Gulls 2B Joey Wendle Sanford Mainers 3B Effrey Valdez Lowell All-Americans SS Brett Mollenhauer Sanford Mainers OF Brett Botsford New Bedford Bay Sox OF Jason Banos North Shore Navigators OF Brendon Kelliher Newport Gulls

West Division All-Stars Starters Position Player Team C Mike Williams Danbury Westerners 1B Joe Martin Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club 2B Tucker Nathans Danbury Westerners 3B Matt Petty North Adams SteepleCats SS Mike LeBel North Adams SteepleCats OF Jeremy Baltz Keene Swamp Bats OF Zach Babitt Vermont Mountaineers OF Kyle Saul North Adams SteepleCats DH Jimmy Brennan Danbury Westerners Pitchers Position Player Team P Sean Albury (Closer) North Adams SteepleCats P Matt Carasiti Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club P Maxx Catapano Holyoke Blue Sox P Mike Hauschild (Starter) Danbury Westerners P Tucker Healy Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club P Tyler Maloof Keene Swamp Bats P Corey Vogt North Adams SteepleCats P Alex Wood Keene Swamp Bats P Taylor Wood Holyoke Blue Sox Reserves Position Player Team C Garrett Gray North Adams SteepleCats C Brandon Miller Holyoke Blue Sox 1B Dave Ciocchi Danbury Westerners 2B Raymond Frias Vermont Mountaineers 3B Derek Ingui Danbury Westerners SS Tyler Bernard Keene Swamp Bats SS Micah Johnson Vermont Mountaineers OF Ben Klafczynski Keene Swamp Bats OF Mark Onorati Keene Swamp Bats OF Mike Gallic Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club

All-Star Representation by Team

Team	Division	Representatives (Starters)
Newport Gulls	East	7 (3)
Sanford Mainers	East	7 (2)
Danbury Westerners	West	6 (4)
North Adams SteepleCats	West	6 (3)
North Shore Navigators	East	6 (2)
Keene Swamp Bats	West	6 (1)
Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club	West	4 (1)
Laconia Muskrats	East	3 (1)
Vermont Mountaineers	West	3 (1)
Holyoke Blue Sox	West	3 (0)
Lowell All-Americans	East	2 (1)
New Bedford Bay Sox	East	2 (1)

Game summary

The Eastern Division first got on the board in the bottom of the second inning against Matt Carasiti of the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club. The leadoff hitter that inning, New Bedford Bay Sox first baseman Matt Chavez, was hit by pitch and advanced to third base when Laconia Muskrat Casey Kalenkosky reached on shortstop Mike LeBel’s fielding error. The Navigators’ Tyler Kuehl then hit into a fielder’s choice that allowed Chavez to score. After Lowell All-American Matt Miller singled to push Kuehl to second base, Kuehl scored on Navigator Matt Avery’s RBI single. Miller then scored on Sanford Mainer Anthony Gomez’s groundout to make the score 3-0.

Tucker Healy of the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club came on to pitch the sixth inning for the Western Division and had Mainer Joe Wendle at second base with two outs in the inning. That’s when Jason Banos smashed a two-run home run over the right field fence to put the Eastern Division on top 5-0. “He threw me a changeup,” said Banos. “He threw a good pitch but left it out over the plate.”

The Eastern Division scored an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh inning against North Adams SteepleCat Cory Vogt to go up 6-0. Leading 6-0 after the top of the ninth inning, the Eastern Division was allowed to hit in the bottom of the inning to allow players one more opportunity to perform in front of the many Major League scouts in attendance. The Eastern Division all-stars took advantage of that opportunity as they sent 11 men to the plate and scored four additional runs against SteepleCat closer Sean Albury to win the game by a final score of 10-0.

See also

• New England Collegiate Baseball League
• 2010 NECBL season

References

1. NECBL All-Star Game Box Score at necbl.com, URL accessed November 13, 2010.
2. NECBL Announces All-Star Teams at necbl.com, URL accessed July 13, 2010. Archived 07-13-10

External links

• NECBL website
• Newport Gulls website