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The Moonlight Graham League wins the 1969 All-Star Game, 5-2, with the Shoeless Joe League's superstar leftfielder Travis Johnson (Jacksonville Wolf Pack) being named the MVP in spite of his team's loss.
Denver Brewers' pitcher Daniel Torres pitched one very fine inning (the 2nd)- getting a pair of comebackers which he fielded for easy outs and striking out the third batter he faced. Brewers' pitcher Steve Alonso was less successful in the 4th inning, as after he got the first batter he faced to hit a flyball out, he gave up a HR to the next batter (Travis Johnson) and hit the third batter he faced, Nate Bennett- arguably the best hitter in the the WPK at this point. Bennett charged the mound and he and Alonso tangled leading to a bench-clearing incident, rare for an exhibition game. Both players were ejected, but no word has come down from the league office yet about possible suspensions.
A third Brewers pitcher, closer Miguel Solis, had mixed results. Solis pitched the last 2 innings of the game and allowed 1 run in the 8th, but he worked around a 1-out single and a subsequent error behind him and struck out the last batter of the game to preserve the victory.
Tanner Yurek, meanwhile, walked in both of his plate appearances.
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