STARTING LINEUPS: Ozzie League C: J.T. Realmuto, RAV 1B: Peter Alonso, LVF 2B: Jeff McNeill, BCJ 3B: Rafael Devers, SAL SS: Marcus Semien, RAV LF: Yordan F'ing Alvarez, DBW CF: George Springer, ALN RF: Ronald Acuna, AKR P: Sonny Gray, SAL Eck League: C: Omar Narvaez, SKS 1B: Max Muncy, KAN 2B: Yoan Moncada, SCA 3B: Eugenio Suarez, SCA SS: Xander Bogaerts, NIA LF: Christian Yelich, GLS CF: Cody Bellinger, KAN RF: Jorge Soler, SCA P: Lance Lynn, BKS RESERVES: Ozzie League Nolan Arenado, LAU Walker Buehler, RAV Shin-Soo Choo, LAU Gerritt Cole, LAU Tyler Duffey, SLF Mitch Garver, LAU Paul Goldschmidt, BCJ Jon Gray, SAL Liam Hendricks, RAV Seth Lugo, LAU J.D. Martinez, BCJ Tom Murphy, SAL Chris Paddack, RAV Miguel Sano, DBW Carlos Santana, JOP Max Scherzer, SAL Eck League Jose Altuve, CLT Alex Bregman, CLT Kris Bryant, CHI Madison Bumgarner, KAN Patrick Corbin, BKS Nelson Cruz, CLT Yu Darvish, SKS Jacob deGrom, KAN Freddie Freeman, CHI Tyler Glasnow, NIA Max Kepler, SCS Ketel Marte, SCA Charlie Morton, CHI Yusmeiro Petit, CLE Anthony Rendon, STL Mike Trout, BKS Charlotte, NC - The wave of the future has hit the BDBL. Not only because of the Google Meet broadcast of the All-Star Game to a record 3 viewers (thanks Luhning, Stein and Clemm!! Great to see you guys!) but also because of the inclusion of the DH. Both managers decided that pitchers suck at hitting and since this is an exhibition game and since the BDBL will most likely be using a DH by 2024 anyway to follow MLB, it was time to make the switch. Mike Trout (EL) and JD Martinez (OL) got added to their respective starting lineups and the game began under cloudy skies in Charlotte, NC at Phanatic Field, home of the Iron Spider Pigs. Both starting pitchers proved they were worthy of the honor by putting up zeros in the first two innings with a few scattered singles and a Yordan Alvarez walk. Yelich started the top of the 3rd with a single off Gerrit Cole and then promptly stole second. After two whiffs it looked like the RISP would be stranded, but the LawDogs' Max Muncy belted a 1-2 mistake from Cole down the RF line for a 2-run HR, much to the delight of LawDogs' owner Chris Luhning, who had previously questioned why Muncy was batting 4th and Bellinger 6th thinking it should have been reversed. Still 2-0 EL into the bottom of the 4th, when the OL mounted an attack against Tyler Glasnow. Matt Clemm, doing his best LA Dodger fan impersonation, arrived 15 minutes late but got to see his ridiculously overperforming 1B Paul Goldschmidt rip a pinch hit single to start the frame. Then almost spit out his oversized soda when Jeff McNeil singled to RF putting runners on the corners with no outs. Arenado then PH for Devers and scored Goldy on a FC. Glasnow got Semien to fly out and the EL brought in Patrick Corbin to face super scary Yordan Alvarez. Corbin got Alvarez and Springer to end the threat. It was 2-1 Eck League after 4. Bottom of the 6th saw Jacob deGrom enter the game for the Eck League, who for reasons unknown to everyone, only had 8 pitchers on the roster. deGrom whiffed Goldy, but gave up a 2B to McNeil followed by an Arenado single which tied the game at 2-2. A 2B by Semien put runners on 2nd and 3rd, but deGrom buckled down and fanned Yordan Alvarez and Springer to end the inning. The teams exchanged nothingness for the next 3 innings, with only 1 base runner allowed, and the game went to extra innings. Commissioner Glander, still hugging his 2019 trophy, and on his 5th beer of the night, tried to declare the game a tie, but he was tackled by Rocks owner Mike Stein who wanted to see more baseball!! Top of 10th started out harmless with a flyout by Narvaez but then Christian Yelich doubled against Chris Paddack. Trout moved Yelich to third, now with 2 outs. Paddack walked Altuve and Freeman loading the bases for Mustang Alex Bregman. Last year's ASG co-MVP snockered the cover off the ball but it went right at CF Springer for the 3rd out. The bottom of the 10th started promising for the Ozzies with a single by Ronald Acuna off Charlie Morton. Carlos Santana flew out and Morton beaned Undertaker Mitch Garver, cause, ya know, he's an Undertaker, and that brought up ol' Goldy. Goldy got a first pitch fastball in the wheelhouse but got over it just a bit and bounced into an easy 6-4-3 DP which brought a tear to Matt Clemm's eye. Again, Commissioner Glander tried to declare this game a tie, mostly because all Cowtippers had been removed from the game already and he was bored, but Stein once again rose from his chair, this time starting the crowd (at 1/4 capacity due to social distancing) chanting "Let them play!" Like the officials in the Astrodome, Glander had no choice but to sit back down and have his 6th beer of the night. Chris Paddack still on the mound allowed a double to Ketel Marte to start the inning but retired the next two batters bringing up Omar Narvaez. Narvaez grounded a single up the middle to score Marte breaking the deadlock and giving the Eckers a 3-2 lead. After a passed ball, Christian Yelich lined a single to left and without hesitation the EL 3rd base coach (Gene Patterson) sent the lumbering Narvaez home. Surprised by the move, and because he sucks in the field, Yordan Alvarez threw the ball up the line and the score was now 4-2 Eck League. Charlie Morton out for his 3rd inning of work quickly retired the first two hitters before Semien doubled, thus bringing up Alvarez. The entire crowd rose to their feet wanting Alvarez to homer, tie this game, and cause Mike Glander to cry into beer #7. A single drunken cheer could be heard over the huge groan from the crowd as Alvarez struck out to end the game. Eck League 4 - 11 - 0 Ozzie League 2 - 9 - 1 Final/11 MVP: Omar Narvaez (by owner vote) Box score: 4/15/2020, EL20-OL20, Phanatic Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 2020 All-Stars 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 0 10 2 2020 All-Stars 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 7 1 All-Stars AB R H BI AVG All-Stars AB R H BI AVG Yelich lf 6 1 4 1 .667 Realmuto c 2 0 0 0 .000 Trout dh 5 0 0 0 .000 Murphy,T ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Moncada 2b 2 0 1 0 .500 Garver ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Altuve 2b 2 0 0 0 .000 Alonso,P 1b 1 0 0 0 .000 Muncy 1b 2 1 1 2 .500 Goldschmidt ph 4 1 1 0 .250 Freeman,F ph 2 0 0 0 .000 McNeil 2b 5 1 2 0 .400 Suarez,E 3b 1 0 1 0 1.000 Devers 3b 1 0 0 0 .000 Bregman 3b 3 0 0 0 .000 Arenado ph 4 0 1 2 .250 Bellinger cf 3 0 0 0 .000 Semien ss 5 0 2 0 .400 Marte,K ph 2 1 1 0 .500 Alvarez,Y lf 4 0 0 0 .000 Soler rf 2 0 0 0 .000 Springer cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Kepler rf 3 0 0 0 .000 Acuna rf 4 0 2 0 .500 Bogaerts ss 2 0 0 0 .000 Martinez,JD dh 1 0 0 0 .000 Bryant ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Choo ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Rendon ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Sano ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Narvaez c 5 1 3 1 .600 Santana,C ph 1 0 0 0 .000 43 4 11 4 40 2 9 2 All-Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Lynn 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 24 13 0.00 Glasnow 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 19 12 6.75 Corbin H 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 20 12 0.00 deGrom BS 1.0 3 1 1 0 3 27 19 9.00 Bumgarner 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 15 11 0.00 Petit 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0.00 Morton W 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 43 25 0.00 11.0 9 2 2 1 10 155 98 All-Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Gray,S 1.2 2 0 0 0 2 33 21 0.00 Buehler 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0.00 Cole,G 1.0 2 2 2 1 3 35 20 18.00 Duffey 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 20 12 0.00 Gray,J 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 10 5 0.00 Hendriks 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0.00 Scherzer 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 19 13 0.00 Lugo,S 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 12 7 0.00 Paddack L 3.0 4 2 1 2 1 57 32 3.00 11.0 11 4 3 4 8 202 121 EL : Altuve inserted at 2b in the 4th Freeman,F batted for Muncy in the 5th Freeman,F moved to 1b in the 5th Bregman inserted at 3b in the 5th Kepler inserted at rf in the 5th Bryant batted for Bogaerts in the 7th Bregman moved to ss in the 7th Bryant moved to 3b in the 7th Marte,K batted for Bellinger in the 9th Marte,K moved to cf in the 9th Rendon batted for Bryant in the 11th Rendon moved to 3b in the 11th OL : Goldschmidt batted for Alonso,P in the 4th Arenado batted for Devers in the 4th Goldschmidt moved to 1b in the 5th Arenado moved to 3b in the 5th Choo batted for Martinez,JD in the 5th Murphy,T batted for Realmuto in the 5th Murphy,T moved to c in the 6th Sano batted for Choo in the 7th Garver batted for Murphy,T in the 7th Garver moved to c in the 8th Santana,C batted for Sano in the 10th E-McNeil. 2B-Yelich(1), Marte,K(1), McNeil(1), Semien 2(2). HR-Muncy(1). RBI-Yelich(1), Muncy 2(2), Narvaez(1), Arenado 2(2). SB-Yelich(1). K-Yelich, Trout, Moncada, Bellinger 2, Bogaerts, Bryant, Marte,K, Alonso,P, Alvarez,Y 3, Springer 2, Acuna, Goldschmidt, Arenado, Garver. BB-Trout, Suarez,E, Altuve, Freeman,F, Alvarez,Y. HBP-Garver. PB-Garver. HB-Morton. GWRBI: Narvaez 4/15/2020, EL20-OL20, Phanatic Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 2020 All-Stars 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 0 10 2 2020 All-Stars 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 7 1 All-Stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Yelich lf 1>k 3>Cole,G S.1-2 7 D S Trout dh 7 SB2 OA.2x3(25) 4/fl 31.2-3 k 5>Gray,J W Moncada 2b S k Altuve 2b 143/gdp 8>Lugo,S W 153 Muncy 1b 31 HR.2-H Freeman,F ph 31 7 W.1-2 Suarez,E 3b 2>S W Bregman 3b 6>Hendriks 8 8 43 Bellinger cf k k 5/fl 9>Paddack Marte,K ph k 1>D Soler rf 7 4>Duffey 5 Kepler rf 9 63 9 Bogaerts ss Buehler k 7>Scherzer e4.1-2;B-1 Bryant ph k 63 Rendon ph 8.2-3 Narvaez c 43 S S 0>9 S.3-H All-Stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Realmuto c 1>43 7 Murphy,T ph 63 Garver ph k HBP.1-2 Alonso,P 1b k Goldschmidt ph 4>S 6>deGrom 8>Petit 643/gdp k 8 McNeil 2b 7 S.1-3 D 13 1>9 Devers 3b 2>2/fl Arenado ph note 1 S.2-H 6 k Semien ss 53 7.2-3 D.1-3 9>Morton D 8 Alvarez,Y lf W Corbin k k k 3/g.1-2 Springer cf S.1x3(85) 8 k k Acuna rf 3>Glasnow 5>S 7>Bumgarner 0>S 8 k Martinez,JD dh 63 Choo ph 543/gdp Sano ph 8 Santana,C ph 8 1: FC.3-H;1-2;B-1 All-Stars -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Yelich lf pb.1-2 S.2-H;B-2 Trout dh 9 Moncada 2b Altuve 2b Muncy 1b Freeman,F ph Suarez,E 3b Bregman 3b Bellinger cf Marte,K ph Soler rf Kepler rf Bogaerts ss Bryant ph Rendon ph Narvaez c All-Stars -----F------ -----G------ -----H------ -----I------ -----J------ Realmuto c Murphy,T ph Garver ph Alonso,P 1b Goldschmidt ph McNeil 2b Devers 3b Arenado ph Semien ss Alvarez,Y lf Springer cf Acuna rf Martinez,JD dh Choo ph Sano ph Santana,C ph All-Stars IN OUT ER All-Stars IN OUT ER Lynn A1 A7 0 Gray,S A1 A7 0 Glasnow A8 B5 1 Buehler A8 A9 0 Corbin B6 C1 0 H Cole,G B1 B6 2 deGrom C2 C7 1 BS Duffey B7 C1 0 Bumgarner C8 D1 0 Gray,J C2 C4 0 Petit D2 D4 0 Hendriks C5 C7 0 Morton D5 E6 0 W Scherzer C8 D2 0 Lugo,S D3 D5 0 Paddack D6 F2 1 L 4/15/2020, EL20-OL20, Phanatic Field 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 2020 All-Stars 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11 0 10 2 2020 All-Stars 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1 7 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 32 Yelich struck out (SBBSBC) 0-0 1 --- 22 Trout flied out to left (BFCBX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Moncada lined a single to right (CBFBBX) 0-0 2 1-- 22 Muncy grounded out to first (SBFBFX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Realmuto grounded out to second (X) 0-0 1 --- 22 Alonso,P struck out (CCBBC) 0-0 2 --- 20 McNeil flied out to left (BBX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Suarez,E grounded a single up the middle (FFBX) 0-0 0 1-- 02 Bellinger struck out (SFS) 0-0 1 1-- 11 Soler flied out to left (BFX) Buehler now pitching 0-0 2 1-- 10 Suarez,E to second, Bogaerts to first on an error by the second baseman McNeil (BX) 0-0 2 12- 12 Narvaez grounded out to second (CBSFX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, All-Stars batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Devers popped out to the catcher (X) 0-0 1 --- 12 Semien grounded out to third (CBSX) 0-0 2 --- 32 Alvarez,Y walked (BCBBFB) 0-0 2 1-- 21 Springer lined a single up the middle, Alvarez,Y out at third (BBCX) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, All-Stars batting Cole,G now pitching 0-0 0 --- 32 Yelich reached on an infield single to first (CFFBBBFX) 0-0 0 1-- 00 Yelich stole second (>B) 0-0 0 -2- 22 Trout struck out (>B.CCBC) 0-0 1 -2- 32 Moncada struck out (BBBCSC) 0-0 2 -2- 12 Muncy homered deep down the right field line, Yelich scored (BSFX) 2-0 2 --- 31 Suarez,E walked (BSBBB) 2-0 2 1-- 22 Bellinger struck out (CBCFBFC) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, All-Stars batting Glasnow now pitching 2-0 0 --- 21 Acuna flied out to center (CBBX) 2-0 1 --- 32 Martinez,JD grounded out to short (BBBCFX) 2-0 2 --- 00 Realmuto flied out to left (X) ************** Top of the 4th inning, All-Stars batting Duffey now pitching 2-0 0 --- 12 Soler popped out to third (BSFX) 2-0 1 --- 22 Bogaerts struck out (BCFBFFC) 2-0 2 --- 11 Narvaez grounded a single between third and short (FBX) 2-0 2 1-- 31 Yelich lined a single to center, Narvaez to second (BBBCX) 2-0 2 12- 00 Narvaez out at third attempting to advance (B) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, All-Stars batting Altuve now playing second base Goldschmidt pinch hitting for Alonso,P 2-0 0 --- 00 Goldschmidt lined a single to right (X) 2-0 0 1-- 01 McNeil lined a single to shallow right, Goldschmidt to third (FX) Arenado pinch hitting for Devers 2-0 0 1-3 10 Arenado reached on a fielder's choice to short, Goldschmidt scored, McNeil to second, Arenado to first (BX) 2-1 0 12- 11 Semien flied out to left, McNeil to third (BFX) Corbin now pitching 2-1 1 1-3 22 Alvarez,Y grounded out to first, Arenado to second (BFBFX) 2-1 2 -23 21 Springer flied out to center (FBBX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, All-Stars batting Goldschmidt moved to first base Arenado moved to third base Gray,J now pitching 2-1 0 --- 32 Trout walked (CCBFBBB) 2-1 0 1-- 10 Altuve grounded into a double play, Gray,J to McNeil to Goldschmidt (BX) Freeman,F pinch hitting for Muncy 2-1 2 --- 00 Freeman,F grounded out to first (X) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, All-Stars batting Freeman,F moved to first base Bregman now playing third base Kepler now playing right field 2-1 0 --- 22 Acuna grounded a single between third and short (BSSBX) Choo pinch hitting for Martinez,JD 2-1 0 1-- 01 Choo grounded into a double play, Bregman to Altuve to Freeman,F (CX) Murphy,T pinch hitting for Realmuto 2-1 2 --- 21 Murphy,T grounded out to short (CBBX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, All-Stars batting Murphy,T moved to catcher Hendriks now pitching 2-1 0 --- 10 Bregman grounded out to second (BX) 2-1 1 --- 12 Bellinger popped out to third (CBFX) 2-1 2 --- 11 Kepler flied out to right (FBX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, All-Stars batting deGrom now pitching 2-1 0 --- 12 Goldschmidt struck out (FSBS) 2-1 1 --- 12 McNeil doubled deep to right (FCBX) 2-1 1 -2- 22 Arenado lined a single to left center, McNeil scored (BCBCX) 2-2 1 1-- 22 Semien lined a double down the left field line, Arenado to third (SCFBBX) 2-2 1 -23 12 Alvarez,Y struck out (FBFC) 2-2 2 -23 12 Springer struck out (BCSS) ************** Top of the 7th inning, All-Stars batting Scherzer now pitching Bryant pinch hitting for Bogaerts 2-2 0 --- 22 Bryant struck out (SFBBS) 2-2 1 --- 22 Narvaez lined a single to shallow center (CSBBX) 2-2 1 1-- 22 Yelich flied out to left (CBFBFX) 2-2 2 1-- 02 Trout popped out to second (CCX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, All-Stars batting Bregman moved to shortstop Bryant moved to third base Bumgarner now pitching 2-2 0 --- 12 Acuna struck out (FCBS) Sano pinch hitting for Choo 2-2 1 --- 32 Sano flied out to center (SCBBFBFX) Garver pinch hitting for Murphy,T 2-2 2 --- 02 Garver struck out (FFS) ************** Top of the 8th inning, All-Stars batting Garver moved to catcher Lugo,S now pitching 2-2 0 --- 21 Altuve grounded out to the mound (BBSX) 2-2 1 --- 02 Freeman,F flied out to left (CFX) 2-2 2 --- 31 Bregman flied out to center (FBBBX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, All-Stars batting Petit now pitching 2-2 0 --- 12 Goldschmidt lined out to center (CBFX) 2-2 1 --- 01 McNeil grounded out to the mound (FX) 2-2 2 --- 00 Arenado popped out to short (X) ************** Top of the 9th inning, All-Stars batting Paddack now pitching Marte,K pinch hitting for Bellinger 2-2 0 --- 02 Marte,K struck out (CFC) 2-2 1 --- 11 Kepler grounded out to short (BCX) 2-2 2 --- 12 Bryant grounded out to short (CCBX) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, All-Stars batting Marte,K moved to center field Morton now pitching 2-2 0 --- 32 Semien flied out to center (BBBCFX) 2-2 1 --- 02 Alvarez,Y struck out (CSFC) 2-2 2 --- 32 Springer struck out (BCBBCC) ************** Top of the 10th inning, All-Stars batting 2-2 0 --- 20 Narvaez flied out to right (BBX) 2-2 1 --- 10 Yelich grounded a double down the first base line (BX) 2-2 1 -2- 32 Trout grounded out to first, Yelich to third (CBCBBX) 2-2 2 --3 31 Altuve walked (3BBCBB) 2-2 2 1-3 31 Freeman,F walked, Altuve to second (BBFBB) 2-2 2 123 11 Bregman lined out to center (BFX) ************** Bottom of the 10th inning, All-Stars batting 2-2 0 --- 21 Acuna lined a single to right center (BBCX) Santana,C pinch hitting for Sano 2-2 0 1-- 21 Santana,C flied out to center (FBBX) 2-2 1 1-- 12 Garver was hit by a pitch, Acuna to second (CBFH) 2-2 1 12- 00 Goldschmidt grounded into a double play, Bregman to Altuve to Freeman,F (X) ************** Top of the 11th inning, All-Stars batting 2-2 0 --- 00 Marte,K doubled deep down the left-field line (X) 2-2 0 -2- 31 Kepler popped out to right (FBBBX) Rendon pinch hitting for Bryant 2-2 1 -2- 12 Rendon flied out to center, Marte,K to third (BCCFX) 2-2 2 --3 01 Narvaez grounded a single up the middle, Marte,K scored (CX) 3-2 2 1-- 00 Garver allowed a passed ball, Narvaez to second (B) 3-2 2 -2- 32 Yelich lined a single to shallow left, Narvaez scored, Yelich to second (B.BFFBFFX) 4-2 2 -2- 10 Trout lined out to right (BX) ************** Bottom of the 11th inning, All-Stars batting Rendon moved to third base 4-2 0 --- 20 McNeil lined out to right (BBX) 4-2 1 --- 12 Arenado struck out (FBFC) 4-2 2 --- 00 Semien doubled deep down the left-field line (X) 4-2 2 -2- 32 Alvarez,Y struck out (BSBSBC)