2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game
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| Date | 21 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Baseball Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Perth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Attendance | 2,884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2011 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game, known as the 2011 ConocoPhillips Australia ABL All-Star Game due to naming rights sponsorship from ConocoPhillips, was the first exhibition game held by the Australian Baseball League (ABL) between Team Australia and a team of World All-Stars. The game was held on Wednesday, 21 December 2011 at Baseball Park in Perth, Western Australia, home of the Perth Heat. The players involved were selected from the rosters of the six ABL teams, with players not eligible for selection in the Australian team for international tournaments eligible for the World All-Stars.
The World All-Stars defeated Team Australia 8–5.[1] Tyler Collins, designated hitter for the World All-Stars won the game's Most Valuable Player award.[2]
Game
Starting lineups
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Box score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| World All-Stars | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Team Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: (WAS) Mike McGuire (1–0) LP: (AUS) Shane Lindsay (0–1) Sv: Koo Dae-Sung (1) Home runs: WAS: Tyler Collins (1), Denny Almonte (1) AUS: Joshua Roberts (1) Attendance: 2,884 Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "2011 ABL All-Star Game Boxscore". Australian Baseball League. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- ↑ "World team tops Aussie stars Down Under". Major League Baseball. 21 December 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.