The 14th annual mid-season matchup of the greatest players in the W.P. Kinsella League was held this year at Centennial Stadium in Denver and the 48,900 fans in attendance- which is to say a sold out full house- certainly got their money's worth with a back-and-forth extra innings game.
Unfortunately for the majority of the fans- the Brewers faithful- the final result wasn't ideal and their favorite players did not acquit themselves particularly well.
Brewers closer
Tim Shore gave up a 3-run homer to John Freeman in the top of the 7th which gave the SJL a 5-1 lead at that point. The MGL was able to come back, scoring one run in the bottom of that inning but then 3 more in the bottom of the 9th, capped by a 2-run homer off the bat of L.A. center fielder Heath Zweig, to send the game into extra frames.
The SJL got a 2-run homer from an unexpected the source, the great, but normally power challenged, Curtis Horah, in the top of the 13th off Eduardo Obando, and then held on for the win.
As for the hometown heroes,
Sadahige Kawasaki pitched the 1st inning and in spite of giving up a pair of 2-out hits, held the SJL scoreless. His rotation mate
Sekien Hamasaki was less successful in the 3rd, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits. We've already discussed
Tim Shore's 7th inning failures (3 runs on 3 hits while only getting 2 outs.)
Joe McPhillips got the start in center field and went 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Brett Taranto started at first base and went 0 for 2.