2012 NECBL All-Star Game

2012 NECBL All-Star Game
Date	July 22, 2012
Venue	Montpelier Recreation Field
City	Montpelier, VT
Managers	Mike Coombs (NEW) (East All-Stars); Marty Testo (KEE) (West All-Stars);
MVP	Johnny Mishu (VER)
Attendance	2,106

The 2012 NECBL All-Star Game will be the 19th exhibition game between all-stars from the New England Collegiate Baseball League's East and West Divisions. The game will be held at Montpelier Recreation Field in Montpelier, Vermont, the home field of the West Division's Vermont Mountaineers.[1]

Rosters

The following is a list of the rosters of both the East and West Division All-Star teams, announced on July 16, 2012.[2]

East Division All-Stars

Starters
Position	Player	Team
C	Jeff Melillo	Newport
1B	Alex Black	New Bedford
2B	Conor Keniry	Newport
3B	Danny Collins	Laconia
SS	Peyton Hart	New Bedford
OF	Yale Rosen	Newport
OF	Kasey Coffman	Newport
OF	Jordan Hagel	Sanford
DH	Zach Stone	New Bedford

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team
P	Daniel Wright	Newport
P	Colton Cross	New Bedford
P	Brian Derner	New Bedford
P	Nic Manuppelli	Laconia
P	Jonathan Massad	New Bedford
P	Pete Kelich	Newport
P	Mitch Horacek	Newport
P	Rohn Pierce	Sanford
P	Jose Lopez	Mystic
P	Sean Fitzgerald	New Bedford

Reserves
Position	Player	Team
C	Andy Lalli	New Bedford
C	Nate LaPointe	Sanford
1B	Brett Winger	Newport
2B	Will Leathers	Laconia
3B	Jordan Betts	Sanford
SS	Vincente Conde	Laconia
OF	Zach Graczyk	New Bedford
OF	Alex Baldock	New Bedford
OF	Will Cooper	Sanford
DH	Anthony Hajjar	Sanford

West Division All-Stars

Starters
Position	Player	Team
C	Frankie Schwindel	Keene
1B	Rob Kelly	Vermont
2B	Nelson Ward	Keene
3B	Grant Kay	Keene
SS	Zach Shank	Danbury
OF	JP Sportman	Keene
OF	Daniel Spingola	Danbury
OF	Jeff Roy	North Adams
DH	Paul McConkey	Holyoke

Pitchers
Position	Player	Team
P	Alex Haines	Vermont
P	Brett Houseal	Danbury
P	Matt Longfield	North Adams
P	Tom Bammann	North Adams
P	Scott Squier	Holyoke
P	Kevin McAvoy	Keene
P	Ryan Horstman	Keene
P	Ben Brewster	Danbury
P	Casey Delgado	Vermont
P	Tyler Gauthier	Keene

Reserves
Position	Player	Team
C	Austin Green	Vermont
C	Brett Clements	North Adams
1B	Charlie Law	North Adams
2B	Matt Boulter	Danbury
3B	Logan Pierce	Vermont
SS	Cole Peragine	Vermont
OF	John Mishu	Vermont
OF	Dylan Delacruz	Keene
OF	Fran Whitten	Keene
DH	Mike Orefice	Danbury

Game summary

By Christian Heimall

Four different Vermont Mountaineers combined for eight runs batted in, leading the Western Division to an 11-6 win over the East in the 2012 New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) All-Star Game held at Vermont's Montpelier Recreation Field.

The game began scoreless through one inning as Mountaineers pitcher Alex Haines and Newport's Daniel Wright each tossed shutout first innings for their respective teams. In the top of the second inning, the East jumped out to a 1-0 lead as the Gulls Yale Rosen hit a solo shot over the left center field wall off of Keene's Kevin McAvoy. The Western division then manufactured a run in the bottom of the frame when Danbury's Zach Shank scored on a wild pitch to tie the contest.

It would remain tied at 1-1 until the bottom of the fourth when Holyoke's Paul McConkey hit a two out single to plate Vermont's Rob Kelly. From that moment the West's offense would take over scoring three runs in the fifth including a two run home run from Kelly to make the lead 5-1 after five. The East looked to make a comeback plating two runs in the sixth thanks to a Jordan Betts (Sanford) homer to cut the lead to two.

However, Vermont's Logan Pierce added to the Mountaineer RBI total with a single prior to Johnny Mishu driving in another giving Mountaineers hitters four straight runs batted in and pushing the West's lead to 7-3. In the seventh, Cole Peragine hit the second long ball of the night for the West on a solo shot to left field off Newport's Mitch Horacek.

Trailing 8-3, the Eastern Division cut the margin once again with three runs on two errors. Laconia's Will Leathers trotted home when Sanford's Anthony Hajjar hit a single. Hajjar would be thrown out at the plate as his teammate Betts singled to put one runner on with two outs. After an error by Danbury's Matt Boulter allowed New Bedford's Zack Graczyk to reach, two runs would score on single from Newport's Brett Winger and a throwing error from Keene's Fran Whitten in right field.

The bottom of the eighth saw the West again regain control when Mishu cleared the bases with a three RBI triple off Sanford's Rohn Pierce to make the score 11-6. North Adams' Tom Bamman and Laconia's Nic Manuppelli each tossed scoreless ninths to finish the game.

Danbury's Brett Houseal was credited with the win for the West pitching a no-hit fourth inning with one walk and striking out two while New Bedford's Jonathan Massad took the loss for the East giving up a run on a hit and two walks in the fourth.

Vermont's Johnny Mishu was named the games Most Valuable Player going 2-for-2 with four RBI in the contest. It was the third award reeled in by the Mountaineers during the festivities. Prior to the game, Austin Green was named the winner of the catcher's throwing competition while Aaron Barbosa won the 60 yard dash with a time of 6.45 seconds. Danbury's Zach Shank won the outfield throwing competition while Laconia's Danny Collins was crowned 2012 Home Run Derby champion after launching seven in the first round to advance to the finals and then hit five more to take the title.

Over 40 MLB scouts were in attendance and the league and the host Vermont Mountaineers received kudos from the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau.[3]

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References

"All-Star Game Itinerary". New England Collegiate Baseball League. Retrieved May 6, 2012.
"NECBL Announces 2012 All-Star Teams". NECBL.com. July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
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[1] "All-Star Game Itinerary". New England Collegiate Baseball League. Retrieved May 6, 2012.

[rosters-2] "NECBL Announces 2012 All-Star Teams". NECBL.com. July 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

[3] ttp://necbl.com/view/necbl/news-1185/news_129634