{"id":362,"date":"2012-07-12T18:23:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T01:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2012-07-14T11:15:08","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T18:15:08","slug":"american-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"American Dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All-Star Game MVP Carlos Ruiz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Just like the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday, there was little drama in the DTBL All-Star Game on Thursday evening.\u00a0 In the 19th annual mid-summer game, the American Division cruised to a 12-1 victory over their National Division counterparts.\u00a0 The game even started eerily similar to the MLB game with Justin Verlander getting torched in the top of the first.\u00a0 The National All-Stars didn’t record their first hit until the fifth inning.\u00a0 Gators catcher Carlos Ruiz was named the MVP, going 3 for 3 with a home run and four runs knocked in.\u00a0 The game was played at the Demidome, home of Dom’s Demigods.<\/p>\n

The game got off to an ominous start for the National Division with Verlander hitting Andrew McCutchen with the first pitch of the game.\u00a0 McCutchen came around to score on a base hit by Jose Bautista.\u00a0 David Wright followed with another RBI single.\u00a0 Later in the inning, Ruiz got his big night started with a two run single to give the American team a quick 4-0 lead in the first.<\/p>\n

The American starting pitcher, Matt Cain, was far more effective.\u00a0 He pitched two scoreless, hitless innings and was followed by David Price who pitched two innings without giving up a hit either.\u00a0 Stephen Strasburg was the second pitcher into the game for the National squad, but he was only slightly more effective than Verlander.\u00a0 He gave up a two run home run to Miguel Cabrera in the top of the second, which increased the American lead to six.\u00a0 They were on cruise control from there, but were definitely not done scoring.<\/p>\n

In the top of the fifth, Cole Hamels came in to pitch for the National Division and promptly gave up extra base hits to the first three hitters he faced.\u00a0 Doubles by Mark Trumbo and Ian Kinsler proceeded a two run home run by Ruiz.\u00a0 Half way through the game, it was 9-0 American with the National All-Stars still looking for their first hit.\u00a0 That hit finally came in the bottom of the fifth when Buster Posey hit a solo home run to end the no-hitter and shutout.<\/p>\n

The American Division still had more runs in them.\u00a0 They scored three more in the top of the seventh to push the score to 12-1.\u00a0 The big hit of the inning was a bases clearing three run double by Ryan Braun.\u00a0 Neither team scored the rest of the way.\u00a0 Craig Kimbrel finished things off in the ninth with a pair of strike outs, including one of A.J. Pierzynski to end mercifully end the game.<\/p>\n

There were plenty of offensive stars for the American Division, but Ruiz was the obvious choice for MVP.\u00a0 Ruiz and Braun both had three hits and at least three RBIs (four for Ruiz).\u00a0 Cabrera, Bautista and Kinsler each had multiple hits as well.\u00a0 All told, the American All-Stars recorded 12 runs on 16 hits.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the National team only recorded four hits, with Posey’s home run being the only hit by a National starter.\u00a0 Jason Kipnis had a pair of hits off the bench.<\/p>\n

Cain and Price were the pitching stars of the game.\u00a0 Although the OOTP box score credits Price with the win, that distinction actually belongs to Cain since we don’t have a minimum inning requirement for earning a victory in an All-Star Game.\u00a0 Verlander took the loss.\u00a0 The defensive star of the game was probably McCutchen.\u00a0 He had six putouts in six innings in center field.\u00a0 Interestingly, he made catches to end five of the six innings he played.<\/p>\n

As usual, the game was played using the Out of the Park Baseball simulation game.\u00a0 For the second straight year, there was a live webcast of the game on LiveStream.\u00a0 Check out the link below if you would like to watch the archived video.\u00a0 Congrats to Jay for managing his team to an easy win and thanks for taking the time to take part in the game.\u00a0 Here’s to an exciting second half!<\/p>\n

Box Score<\/a><\/p>\n

LiveStream Channel (with archived video)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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