FLAGSTAFF, AZ - It's time for the 2015 BDBL All-Star Game! Currently, the Eck League holds a narrow 8-7 lead going into our 16th installment of the Midsummer Classic. The small high-desert oasis of Flagstaff, Arizona is the setting for clash of talent from around the BDBL and features the two managers from last season's World Series. The last time managers Gene Patterson and Greg Newgard saw each other, Patterson was taking a champagne shower on the Flagstaff Outlaws field after his Wyoming Ridgebacks had take the third straight road game to secure the 2014 Championship. This meeting was much less stressful and both managers were laid back going into this one. Before the national anthem was played, the BDBL once again held a moment of silence for Ed McGowan, who was taken from the league way too early. After that, the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra played a moving instrumental anthem and the 2015 BDBL Hall-of-Fame inductee threw out the game's first pitch in front of a standing ovation from the Flagstaff crowd. Clayton Kershaw and Corey Kluber were elected to start and each go three scoreless frames, despite each getting into jams. The Ozzie League loaded the bases in the first with one out but failed to score. The Eck League got runners in scoring position in the 1st and 3rd inning, with no results. The 4th sees similar scoreless despite. In the 5th, The EL gets runners to 2nd and 3rd against Max Scherzer, but a K and groundout ends the threat. In the 6th, Mark Melancon gets his turn to pitch but allows a leadoff single to Derek Norris. Michael Saunders moves him over with a slow grounder, but Adam Jones delights the home crowd by taking Melancon deep and the Ozzie League leads, 2-0. The score stays that way into the 8th. It's Pat Neshek's inning to pitch, but Mike Trout greets him with a solo bomb. Gioncarlo Stanton follows with a single. Devin Mesoraco strikes out for the first out. Sensing a pivotal moment, Newgard moves to call on the lefty Alex Wood to face Jose Abreu. Patterson countered with Eric Hosmer, who walked. Kelvin Herrera is called on but gives up the game-tying double to Justin Turner. Jose Reyes pops out for the second out. But Jason Werth clutches up with a 2-run double. Adrian Beltre and Seth Smith follow with RBI singles and just like that, the Eckers are up, 6-2. In the bottom of the 8th, the OL gets one back with a single, walk, single combo, but Carlos Carrasco bears down and gets the next three batters to keep the score at 6-3. In the 9th, the OL gets a one-out rally when Jonathan Papelbon plunks Todd Frazier. Papelbon gets Alex Gordon to ground out and Dallas Keuchel steps in to the get the last out, a Chase Utley 6-3 ground, to give the Eck League a 6-3 victory. W: Chapman L: Wood Sv: Keuchel HRs: EL - Trout; OL - Jones. MVP - Jason Werth with a the clutch go-ahead RBIs. STARTING LINEUPS: Ozzie League C: Derek Norris, NYG 1B: Adam LaRoche, NMB 2B: Chase Utley, LVF 3B: Todd Frazier, GSL SS: Troy Tulowitzki, NMB LF: Jose Bautista, LAU CF: Adam Jones, FLG RF: Michael Saunders, COR P: Clayton Kershaw, NMB Eck League: C: Devin Mesoraco, STL 1B: Jose Abreu, SCA 2B: Robinson Cano, SCA 3B: Kyle Seager, SCA SS: Jose Reyes, CLE LF: J.D. Martinez, STL CF: Mike Trout, WYO RF: Kole Calhoun, CHI P: Cory Kluber, CLE RESERVES: Ozzie League Dellin Betances, RAV Michael Brantley, GSL Asdrubal Cabrera, LVF Sean Doolittle, LAU Adam Eaton, LVF Alex Gordon, SAL Josh Harrison, SAL Kelvin Herrera, SAL Matt Kemp, KCB Pat Neshek, NMB Garrett Richards, COR Anthony Rizzo, LAU Tyson Ross, FLG Max Scherzer, SAL Alex Wood, FLG Ben Zobrist, NYG Eck League Adrian Beltre, NIA Carlos Carrasco, AKR Aroldis Chapman, STL Doug Fister, BRB Eric Hosmer, KAN Dallas Keuchel, KAN Mark Melancon, CLE Jonathan Papelbon, KAN Seth Smith, CLT Giancarlo Stanton, WYO Justin Turner, WYO Adam Wainwright, SCA Jayson Werth, AKR Tom Wilhelmsen, CHI Christian Yelich, KAN Jordan Zimmerman, CHI VOTING Ozzie League Catcher: Norris (18) First Base: LaRoche (18) Second Base: Utley (9), Altuve (4), Dozier (2), Valbuena (1), Gennett (1) Third Base: Frazier (10), Harrison (7), M.Cabrera (1) Shortstop: Tulowitzki (10), A.Cabrera (8) Left Field: Bautista (18) Center Field: Jones (15), Gordon (1), Brantley (1) Right Field: Saunders (12), Zobrist (5), Byrd (1) Pitcher: Kershaw (11), Ross (5), Wood (1), Scherzer (1) Eck League Catcher: Mesoraco (17), Navarro (1) First Base: Abreu (18) Second Base: Cano (18) Third Base: Seager (12), Turner (5), Uribe (1) Shortstop: Reyes (17), Hardy (1) Left Field: Martinez (17), Dickerson (1) Center Field: Trout (18) Right Field: Calhoun (15), Werth (2), Hunter (1) Pitcher: Kluber (18) BOX SCORE: 7/15/2015, EL15-OL15, Purina Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2015 EL All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 11 0 8 0 2015 OL All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8 0 11 0 EL All-Stars AB R H BI AVG OL All-Stars AB R H BI AVG Trout cf 5 1 2 1 .400 Tulowitzki ss 1 0 0 0 .000 Carrasco p 0 0 0 0 .000 Harrison,J ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Papelbon p 0 0 0 0 .000 Betances p 0 0 0 0 .000 Keuchel p 0 0 0 0 .000 Rizzo 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Martinez,J lf 3 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Wilhelmsen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Frazier 3b 3 0 1 0 .333 Melancon p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bautista lf 3 0 1 0 .333 Zimmermann,J p 0 0 0 0 .000 Gordon,A ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Chapman,A p 0 0 0 0 .000 Utley 2b 5 1 2 0 .400 Stanton ph 2 1 1 0 .500 Norris,De c 2 1 1 0 .500 Mesoraco c 4 0 1 0 .250 Saunders,M rf 3 0 0 0 .000 Abreu,J 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Kemp ph 1 0 1 1 1.000 Hosmer ph 1 1 0 0 .000 Jones,A cf 3 1 2 2 .667 Cano 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Eaton ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Turner,Ju ph 2 1 1 1 .500 Kershaw p 1 0 0 0 .000 Reyes ss 4 0 1 0 .250 Ross,T p 0 0 0 0 .000 Calhoun rf 2 0 0 0 .000 Brantley ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Werth ph 2 1 1 2 .500 Scherzer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Yelich cf 0 0 0 0 .000 Richards p 0 0 0 0 .000 Seager 3b 1 0 1 0 1.000 Zobrist ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Beltre ph 2 1 1 1 .500 Doolittle p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kluber p 0 0 0 0 .000 Neshek p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wainwright p 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood,A p 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith,S ph 3 0 2 1 .667 Herrera,K p 0 0 0 0 .000 37 6 11 6 Cabrera,A ph 1 0 0 0 .000 35 3 8 3 EL All-Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kluber 3.0 4 0 0 3 1 53 31 0.00 Wainwright 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 17 8 0.00 Wilhelmsen 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0.00 Melancon 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 16 13 18.00 Zimmermann,J 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 0.00 Chapman,A W 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 0.00 Carrasco 1.0 2 1 1 1 0 21 11 9.00 Papelbon H 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 0.00 Keuchel S 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.00 9.0 8 3 3 5 3 140 85 OL All-Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Kershaw 3.0 3 0 0 0 5 47 30 0.00 Ross,T 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 22 15 0.00 Scherzer 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 20 11 0.00 Richards 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 0.00 Doolittle H 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.00 Neshek H 0.1 2 2 2 0 1 10 8 54.00 Wood,A L 0.0 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 99.00 Herrera,K BS 0.2 4 3 3 0 0 18 14 40.50 Betances 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 22 12 0.00 9.0 11 6 6 3 9 168 107 EL : Smith,S batted for Wainwright in the 5th Smith,S moved to lf in the 5th Werth batted for Calhoun in the 7th Beltre batted for Seager in the 7th Werth moved to rf in the 7th Beltre moved to 3b in the 7th Stanton batted for Chapman,A in the 8th Hosmer batted for Abreu,J in the 8th Turner,Ju batted for Cano in the 8th Stanton moved to rf in the 8th Hosmer moved to 1b in the 8th Turner,Ju moved to 2b in the 8th Yelich inserted at cf in the 8th OL : Brantley batted for Ross,T in the 4th Zobrist batted for Richards in the 6th Harrison,J batted for Tulowitzki in the 6th Harrison,J moved to ss in the 7th LaRoche batted for Rizzo in the 7th Gordon,A batted for Bautista in the 7th LaRoche moved to 1b in the 8th Gordon,A moved to lf in the 8th Kemp batted for Saunders,M in the 8th Eaton batted for Jones,A in the 8th Cabrera,A batted for Herrera,K in the 8th Kemp moved to rf in the 9th Eaton moved to cf in the 9th Cabrera,A moved to ss in the 9th 2B-Mesoraco(1), Werth(1), Turner,Ju(1). HR-Trout(1), Jones,A(1). RBI-Trout(1), Smith,S(1), Werth 2(2), Beltre(1), Turner,Ju(1), Jones,A 2(2), Kemp(1). K-Trout, Martinez,J 3, Mesoraco 2, Cano, Calhoun, Turner,Ju, Frazier, Norris,De, Gordon,A. BB-Mesoraco, Seager, Hosmer, Tulowitzki 2, Frazier, Norris,De 2. SH-Kluber. HBP-Frazier. HB-Papelbon. GWRBI: Werth Temperature: 66, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to right at 2 MPH. 7/15/2015, EL15-OL15, Purina Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2015 EL All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 11 0 8 0 2015 OL All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8 0 11 0 EL All-Stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Trout cf 1>k S.2-3 note 1 8>Neshek 53 HR Carrasco p Papelbon p Keuchel p Martinez,J lf k k k Wilhelmsen p Melancon p Zimmermann,J p Chapman,A p Stanton ph S 9>Betances 7 Mesoraco c D k 3/g k W Abreu,J 1b 43 4>Ross,T 6>Richards 63 8 Hosmer ph Wood,A 7 W.1-2 Cano 2b 2>9 k 9 Turner,Ju ph Herrera,K k D.2-H;1-3 Reyes ss 63 S 43 8 Calhoun rf k 43 7>Doolittle Werth ph 3/g D.3-H;2-H Yelich cf Seager 3b 3>S 5>Scherzer W Beltre ph 4 S.2-H;B-2 Kluber p 54/SH.1-2 Wainwright p Smith,S ph S.1-2 5/L S.2-H 1: 15/f.1-2;B-1 OL All-Stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Tulowitzki ss 1>W 4 W Harrison,J ph 13 4 Betances p Rizzo 1b 46/f.B-1 3>43 9 7>note 1 LaRoche ph 7 9>Papelbon 7 Frazier 3b W.1-2 S 5>Wilhelmsen k HBP 53 Bautista lf S.2-3;1-2 3 53 Gordon,A ph Chapman,A 43.1-2 k Utley 2b note 2 S.1-3 63 8>Carrasco Keuchel S 63 Norris,De c k W.1-2 6>Melancon W.1-2 S Saunders,M rf 2>7 43 53.1-2 Kemp ph S.2-H;1-2 Jones,A cf S 4>Wainwright HR.2-H 53 Eaton ph 63.2-3;1-2 Kershaw p 54/f.B-1 Ross,T p Brantley ph 8 Scherzer p Richards p Zobrist ph 3/g Doolittle p Neshek p Wood,A p Herrera,K p Cabrera,A ph 53 1: Zimmermann,J 2: 12/f.2-3;1-2;B-1 EL All-Stars IN OUT ER OL All-Stars IN OUT ER Kluber A1 B7 0 Kershaw A1 B3 0 Wainwright B8 C2 0 Ross,T B4 B7 0 Wilhelmsen C3 C5 0 Scherzer B8 C3 0 Melancon C6 D1 2 Richards C4 C6 0 Zimmermann,J D2 D3 0 Doolittle C7 C9 0 H Chapman,A D4 D4 0 W Neshek D1 D3 2 H Carrasco D5 E1 1 Wood,A D4 D4 1 L Papelbon E2 E4 0 H Herrera,K D5 E1 3 BS Keuchel E5 E5 0 S Betances E2 E5 0 7/15/2015, EL15-OL15, Purina Park 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 2015 EL All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 11 0 8 0 2015 OL All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 8 0 11 0 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, EL All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 22 Trout struck out (BCBFS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Martinez,J struck out (BCFS) 0-0 2 --- 31 Mesoraco lined a double to right center (CBBBX) 0-0 2 -2- 02 Abreu,J grounded out to second (CFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, OL All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 30 Tulowitzki walked (BBBB) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Rizzo grounded to second, forcing Tulowitzki at second, Rizzo to first (X) 0-0 1 1-- 32 Frazier walked, Rizzo to second (BCBBFB) 0-0 1 12- 00 Bautista grounded a single up the middle, Rizzo to third, Frazier to second (X) 0-0 1 123 01 Utley grounded to the mound, forcing Rizzo at home, Frazier to third, Bautista to second, Utley to first (SX) 0-0 2 123 32 Norris,De struck out (BBFBC>C) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, EL All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Cano flied out to right (CBX) 0-0 1 --- 01 Reyes grounded out to short (CX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Calhoun struck out (BBFBCS) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, OL All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Saunders,M flied out to left (FSBX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Jones,A lined a single to shallow left (X) 0-0 1 1-- 32 Kershaw grounded to third, forcing Jones,A at second, Kershaw to first (BBBCCX) 0-0 2 1-- 11 Tulowitzki popped out to second (CBX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, EL All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 21 Seager lined a single to right center (BSBX) 0-0 0 1-- 11 Kluber sacrifice bunted to third, Seager to second (FbBbXb) 0-0 1 -2- 00 Trout lined a single to shallow left, Seager to third (X) 0-0 1 1-3 32 Martinez,J struck out (BCBF>FBS) 0-0 2 1-3 12 Mesoraco struck out (BFFS) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, OL All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 02 Rizzo grounded out to second (SCX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Frazier lined a single down the right field line (X) 0-0 1 1-- 12 Bautista popped out to first (BFCFX) 0-0 2 1-- 10 Utley grounded a single between first and second, Frazier to third (BX) 0-0 2 1-3 32 Norris,De walked, Utley to second (1BFBFB>B) 0-0 2 123 01 Saunders,M grounded out to second (CX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, EL All-Stars batting Ross,T now pitching 0-0 0 --- 22 Abreu,J grounded out to short (BFBFX) 0-0 1 --- 22 Cano struck out (BSBFS) 0-0 2 --- 32 Reyes grounded a single to left (CBFFFBFBFX) 0-0 2 1-- 01 Calhoun grounded out to second (CX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, OL All-Stars batting Wainwright now pitching 0-0 0 --- 10 Jones,A grounded out to third (BX) Brantley pinch hitting for Ross,T 0-0 1 --- 20 Brantley flied out to center (BBX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Tulowitzki walked (BFFFBBB) 0-0 2 1-- 22 Rizzo flied out to right (BCBCX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, EL All-Stars batting Scherzer now pitching 0-0 0 --- 30 Seager walked (BBBB) Smith,S pinch hitting for Wainwright 0-0 0 1-- 00 Smith,S lined a single to shallow right, Seager to second (X) 0-0 0 12- 22 Trout grounded to the mound, forcing Seager at third, Smith,S to second, Trout to first (BCCFBX) 0-0 1 12- 32 Martinez,J struck out (BBCBSS) 0-0 2 12- 02 Mesoraco grounded out to first (CFX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, OL All-Stars batting Wilhelmsen now pitching Smith,S moved to left field 0-0 0 --- 01 Frazier grounded out to third (FX) 0-0 1 --- 11 Bautista grounded out to third (SBX) 0-0 2 --- 31 Utley grounded out to short (BBBCX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, EL All-Stars batting Richards now pitching 0-0 0 --- 32 Abreu,J flied out to center (BBFCBX) 0-0 1 --- 22 Cano popped out to right (BFBSX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Reyes grounded out to second (FFFFFBFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, OL All-Stars batting Melancon now pitching 0-0 0 --- 00 Norris,De grounded a single up the middle (X) 0-0 0 1-- 22 Saunders,M grounded out to third, Norris,De to second (SBBFFX) 0-0 1 -2- 00 Jones,A homered deep to center, Norris,De scored (X) Zobrist pinch hitting for Richards 0-2 1 --- 12 Zobrist grounded out to first (BCSX) Harrison,J pinch hitting for Tulowitzki 0-2 2 --- 02 Harrison,J grounded out to the mound (CCFX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, EL All-Stars batting Harrison,J moved to shortstop Doolittle now pitching Werth pinch hitting for Calhoun 0-2 0 --- 10 Werth grounded out to first (BX) Beltre pinch hitting for Seager 0-2 1 --- 10 Beltre popped out to second (BX) 0-2 2 --- 00 Smith,S lined out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, OL All-Stars batting Werth moved to right field Beltre moved to third base Zimmermann,J now pitching LaRoche pinch hitting for Rizzo 0-2 0 --- 11 LaRoche flied out to left (CBX) 0-2 1 --- 12 Frazier struck out (CBSFS) Gordon,A pinch hitting for Bautista Chapman,A now pitching 0-2 2 --- 12 Gordon,A struck out (CFBC) ************** Top of the 8th inning, EL All-Stars batting LaRoche moved to first base Gordon,A moved to left field Neshek now pitching 0-2 0 --- 11 Trout homered deep to right center (BCX) Stanton pinch hitting for Chapman,A 1-2 0 --- 12 Stanton lined a single to right (CBCX) 1-2 0 1-- 02 Mesoraco struck out (SSS) Hosmer pinch hitting for Abreu,J Wood,A now pitching 1-2 1 1-- 31 Hosmer walked, Stanton to second (BFBBB) Turner,Ju pinch hitting for Cano Herrera,K now pitching 1-2 1 12- 22 Turner,Ju doubled deep to left center, Stanton scored, Hosmer to third (BSFBX) 2-2 1 -23 00 Reyes flied out to center (X) 2-2 2 -23 22 Werth grounded a double down the third base line, Hosmer scored, Turner,Ju scored (BFFBX) 4-2 2 -2- 00 Beltre lined a single to shallow center, Werth scored, Beltre to second (X) 5-2 2 -2- 01 Smith,S lined a single to right center, Beltre scored (FX) 6-2 2 1-- 02 Trout grounded out to third (CCFX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, OL All-Stars batting Carrasco now pitching Stanton moved to right field Hosmer moved to first base Turner,Ju moved to second base Yelich now playing center field 6-2 0 --- 12 Utley lined a single up the middle (FBSX) 6-2 0 1-- 30 Norris,De walked, Utley to second (BBBB) Kemp pinch hitting for Saunders,M 6-2 0 12- 00 Kemp lined a single to shallow center, Utley scored, Norris,De to second (X) Eaton pinch hitting for Jones,A 6-3 0 12- 32 Eaton grounded out to short, Norris,De to third, Kemp to second (CBBCBX) Cabrera,A pinch hitting for Herrera,K 6-3 1 -23 01 Cabrera,A grounded out to third (CX) 6-3 2 -23 21 Harrison,J popped out to second (BBSX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, EL All-Stars batting Betances now pitching Kemp moved to right field Eaton moved to center field Cabrera,A moved to shortstop 6-3 0 --- 11 Stanton flied out to left (BCX) 6-3 1 --- 32 Mesoraco walked (SBBBCFB) 6-3 1 1-- 32 Hosmer flied out to left (CBBBSX) 6-3 2 1-- 22 Turner,Ju struck out (CSBBFS) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, OL All-Stars batting Papelbon now pitching 6-3 0 --- 02 LaRoche popped out to left (CFX) 6-3 1 --- 01 Frazier was hit by a pitch (CH) 6-3 1 1-- 31 Gordon,A grounded out to second, Frazier to second (BBCBX) Keuchel now pitching 6-3 2 -2- 00 Utley grounded out to short (X)