2012 FCBL All-Star Game

2012 FCBL All-Star Game

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Date	July 26, 2012
Host	Nashua Silver Knights
Venue	Holman Stadium
City	Nashua, NH
Managers	New 5 All-Stars - TBA (TBD) Original 4 All-Stars - TBA (TBD)
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 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

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

External links

• FCBL website
• Nashua Silver Knights website