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12th June 2017 – NYBL All-Stars Game

Phoenix Park – 32,000 in attendance, 67 degrees, wind blowing out to centre at 11 mph


City Division


Matt Campbell - 852,391 votes

SS: Matt Campbell (USA - Manhattan) – 0.327 AVG, 0.843 OPS
DH: Harry Jolly (AUS - Brooklyn) – 0.266 AVG, 0.750 OPS
LF: Gary Kindle (USA – Staten Island) – 0.288 AVG, 0.882 OPS
3B: Justin Stenke (USA – Queens) – 0.279 AVG, 0.850 OPS
RF: Mike Alton (USA – Staten Island) – 0.303 AVG, 0.929 OPS
CF: Roger Colon (MX – Manhattan) – 0.276 AVG, 0.956 OPS
1B: Edward Sanchez (CR – Queens) – 0.233 AVG, 0.749 OPS
2B: Oscar Carrera (USA – Bronx) – 0.303 AVG, 0.838 OPS
C: Kyler Dagenais (USA – Staten Island) – 0.197 AVG, 0.583 OPS
SP: Aubrey Beals (CA – Queens) – 2.06 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 6.8 K/9

Other players: SP Rico Acosta (Bronx) / SP Ruben Duarte (Queens) / SP Joey Idrizi (Queens) / SP Arturo Lopez (Brooklyn) / SP Ed Magaora (Staten Island) / SP Jose Martinez (Brooklyn) / SP Bret Melgoza (Bronx) / SP Mike Moore (Brooklyn) / RP Cesar Carpio (Queens) / RP Ari Lichtenegger (Staten Island) / CL Manny Escamilla (Staten Island) / CL Ricardo Martinez (Bronx) / CL Mike Yerger (Manhattan) / C Gregg Marino (Brooklyn) / 1B Mike Kelly (Manhattan) / 1B Barry Tutterow (Staten Island) / 2B Ryan Sauer (Manhattan) / SS Ferdi Coolen (Staten Island) / SS Mickey Jones (Queens) / LF Ta-heng Fok (Brooklyn) / LF Jeff Michaux (Queens) / RF Manny Cortez (Queens) / RF Fred Greenwood (Manhattan) / RF Luis Ventura (Bronx)

Queens Diamonds: 11 players
Staten Island Bulls: 8 players
Manhattan Victory: 7 players
Brooklyn Knights: 6 players
Bronx Phoenix: 5 players


State Division


Bryan DeMond - 2,091,272 votes

LF: Israel Mejia (DO – Rochester) – 0.290 AVG, 0.784 OPS
2B: Jose Marquez (USA – Rochester) – 0.357 AVG, 0.958 OPS
3B: Andrew Wheeler (USA – Buffalo) – 0.287 AVG, 0.846 OPS
CF: Bryan DeMond (USA – Syracuse) – 0.315 AVG, 1.015 OPS
1B: Willy Morales (DO – Buffalo) – 0.308 AVG, 0.921 OPS
DH: Keith Schmeling (USA – Rochester) – 0.332 AVG, 1.038 OPS
RF: Matt Baratta (USA – Albany) – 0.303 AVG, 0.875 OPS
SS: Nolan Hylton (USA – Syracuse) – 0.226 AVG, 0.601 OPS
C: Chris Berrios (USA – Yonkers) – 0.304 AVG, 0.741 OPS
SP: Mike Lewis (USA – Yonkers) – 3.50 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 8.0 K/9#

Other players: SP Jonathan Brown (Yonkers) / SP Mario Cisneros (Rochester) / SP Victor Garcia (Rochester) / SP Miguel Hernandez (Albany) / SP Evan Kilgore (Albany) / SP Daniel Rijo (Albany) / RP Eddie Aldaco (Rochester) / RP Mike Eades (Yonkers) / RP Bobby Miller (Rochester) / CL Chris Erickson (Rochester) / CL Matt Kaehr (Buffalo) / CL Ramiro Mendez (Albany) / CL Chris Pederson (Yonkers) / C Raymond Acret (Rochester) / C Adam Lawson (Syracuse) / 1B Patrick Warke (Yonkers) / 2B Danny Gonzalez (Syracuse) / SS Terry Harris (Albany) / LF Vicente Salazar (Yonkers) / LF Curtis Walden (Rochester) / LF Phil Williams (Albany) / CF Tahir Daulat Khel (Buffalo) / RF Nathan Redfern (Syracuse)

Rochester Union: 10
Albany Dragons: 7
Yonkers Sixers: 7
Syracuse Maples: 5
Buffalo Bruisers: 4


City Division 0 – 4 State Division



LT: Leonardo Totti, live from the packed Phoenix Park here in the Bronx, where the State Division have just wrapped up the inaugural NYBL All-Stars game in style, on a 4-0, no-hitter against the City Division. I’m here with Brian Guthrie, and Brian surely, this means we’re looking at a State Division side taking the All-New York at the end of the season in September?

BG: Well I wouldn’t like to make a call like that only 66 games into a 144 game season, and reading into any All-Star Game like this is difficult because most of the players aren’t playing with those they know from their own teams – but it’s definitely not a good sign for the City Division is a selection of their finest, or, supposedly finest players can’t even get a hit between them.

LT: Well yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Shall we talk about our highlights of the game for a moment though, cos obviously this is a celebration and we should be treating it as such.

BG: Absolutely. I’d like to start off with my favourite run of the game, which came from the Buffalo youngster Andrew Wheeler in the bottom of the 5th. Reaches on an error after 2 strikes from Arturo Lopez so gets a free ride on base, and then he watches as Bryan DeMond strikes out swinging on 2-2 – expected as Lopez was pitching 98, 99 today easily. Then, this is where it gets good – Raymond Acret somehow finds a single out onto the right and Wheeler just GOES. I don’t even think the fielders had figured out what was going on and he was at second, and then he just batters round to third while Acret stays at first. Finally, he gets home from man-of-the-match Keith Schmeling but – yeah, the effort is what makes that for me.

LT: Speaking of Schmeling he’s just joined us here now for a brief word – we’ll only keep you a moment cos I know you’re a busy man, but how does it feel to be the All-Star MVP in the first ever game?

KS: First of all, I just want to thank everyone that voted for me to play here today – was very moving to be given this opportunity to play with all these wonderful players, so er, thank you. I’m a little surprised to be named MVP as I don’t think I played exceptionally, but it was a funny sort of game you know, thought we’d see a few dingers but it’s was pretty tight and pretty nervy really.

LT: 3-from-3 and 2 RBI’s is hardly shabby Keith!

KS: Yeah I know [laughs] but uh, there were some great performances out there. I saw DeMond make 4 or 5 tricky catches easily, as well as the run and the RBI; I thought Raymond [Acret] was excellent today, hit and a run with plenty of effort; Wheeler was great, he’s got a long future ahead of him; I think we’re all a little gutted for Manny Cortez on the City side as well – only got 3 innings but made some great hits well caught, and fielded superbly as well.

LT: Thanks a lot Keith, we’ll let you go have some fun now!

KS: Thanks a lot, always nice speaking.


1B/DH Keith Schmeling - All-Star MVP

BG: Lovely man. Another guy who’s got a great career ahead of him is surely Mike Eades for Yonkers, who has been on fire this season so far. He’s notching up an ERA of 0.63, WHIP of 0.84 and gaining 10.7 strikeouts per 9 innings and he showed us that today with 3 K’s in the 8th. Ta-heng Fok, good contact batter – down. The groundball against Tutterow was perfect, easy strikeout. Hits Mike Kelly with a pitch which spoiled it a little, but then gets Edward Sanchez out swinging with a filthy splitter. Yonkers have him until the end of the year and he has stated he’d like to stay on, so it’s really down to the Yonkers GM to get his name down.