2012 FCBL All-Star Game

2012 FCBL All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E New 5 All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Original 4 All-Stars 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0
Date	July 26, 2012
Host	Nashua Silver Knights
Venue	Holman Stadium
City	Nashua, NH
Managers	New 5 All-Stars - Jon Cahill (NS) Original 4 All-Stars - B.J. Neverett (NAS)
MVP	Jon Minucci (NAS)
Attendance	1,634

The 2012 FCBL All-Star Game was the inaugural exhibition game between all-stars from the Futures Collegiate Baseball League's Original Four teams and the five new 2012 expansion teams. The game was held at Holman Stadium in Nashua, New Hampshire, the home field of the inaugural FCBL Champions' Nashua Silver Knights^[1] on July 26, 2012.

Rosters

The following is a list of the rosters of both the Original 4 and New 5 All-Star teams

New 5 All-Stars Starters Position Player Team C Greg Baggett Brockton 1B Matt Verrier Old Orchard Beach 2B Andrew Harris North Shore SS Jason Vosler Old Orchard Beach 3B Vito Perna Brockton OF Tim Hendricks North Shore OF Tony Serino North Shore OF Sean Ryan Brockton Pitchers Position Player Team P Corey Stump North Shore P Henry Van Zant Old Orchard Beach P Joe Fasano Brockton P Miles Landry North Shore P Joe Gruntkowsky North Shore P Adam Ogburn Old Orchard Beach P Bryan Menduke Wachusett P Bobby Dean North Shore P Michael Romano Brockton P Jon Rosenberger Brockton Reserves Position Player Team C Brendan Slattery Pittsfield 2B Chad Funkhouser Pittsfield 2B Brad Elwood North Shore SS Shane Keddy Wachusett OF Ryan Deitrich Pittsfield OF Boston Langley Old Orchard Beach OF Jimmy Ricoy Pittsfield

Original 4 All-Stars Starters Position Player Team C Ryan Plourde Torrington 1B Chris Shaw Nashua 2B Logan Gillis Nashua SS Eric Jensen Martha's Vineyard 3B James Katsiroubas Nashua OF Jon Minucci Nashua OF Conor Bierfeldt Torrington OF Kevin Stenhouse Seacoast Pitchers Position Player Team P Chris Good Nashua P Alek Morency Nashua P Mike Bradstreet Martha's Vineyard P Tyler Dierke Torrington P Alec Palioca Torrington P Matt Doyle Martha's Vineyard P Donnie Hissa Seacoast P Kyle Bobolts* Seacoast P Lamarre Rey Nashua P Coda Rocha Nashua P Ryan Brockett Martha's Vineyard Reserves Position Player Team C Justin Meier Martha's Vineyard SS Rays Roman Nashua 3B Anyelo Roman Seacoast OF Bryan Langlois Seacoast OF Tad Gold Martha's Vineyard OF Connor Lyons Nashua OF Karl Kapinos Martha's Vineyard

* Will not play

Game summary^[2]

In a night of firsts, Nashua Silver Knight's Jon Minucci (Southern New Hampshire University) stood out from the rest. Minucci earned MVP honors for his 2 hits, 1 RBI, 2 runs scored, a stolen base, and a great catch in the outfield. LHP Christopher Good (University of New Mexico) got the call to start the first FCBL All-Star game for the Original Four team. He went 1 inning giving up no runs on no hits and striking out 2. He became the first pitcher to strikeout a batter in an All-Star Game.

Eric Jensen (Wheaton College) became the first batter to record a hit when he singled in the first inning off the New Five starter Corey Stump (Florida University). LHP Corey Stump also pitched one inning giving up no the one hit.

In the 3rd inning Ryan Plourde (Fairfield University) hit the first double in FCBL All-Star history to set up the first run of the game. Jon Minucci scored the first run later in the inning.

In the top 4th inning Sean Ryan (Wheaton College) stole the first base in FCBL All-Star history. In the bottom of the 4th Jon Minucci singled home Conor Bierfeldt (Western Connecticut) to earn the first RBI in FCBL All-Star History. Later in the inning he would score on Ryan Plourde's RBI.

RHP Alek Morency (Merrimack College) received the first win in FCBL All-Star history. He went 1 inning giving up 1 hit and striking out 2.

RHP Joe Gruntkosky (St Josephs-Maine) picked up the loss.

Before the game Team Gillis defeated Team Minucci and Team Shaw in the Celebrity All-Star Hitting Challenge. Miss New Hampshire Megan Lyman (New England College) individually won the challenge for Team Gillis.

Even earlier in the day the FCBL hosted their second annual scout day. The All-Stars and other players from the nine teams in the league participated in drills and tests in front MLB scouts.

See also

• Futures Collegiate Baseball League
• 2012 FCBL season

References

1. "FCBL All-Star Game". Futures Collegiate Baseball League. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
2. "Minucci Shines Brightest as the Old 4 Beat the New 5 3-0". Futures Collegiate Baseball League. Retrieved August 2, 2012.

External links

• FCBL website
• Nashua Silver Knights website