2012 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game

The 2012 Australian Baseball League All-Star Game, known as the 2012 ConocoPhillips Australia ABL All-Star Game due to naming rights sponsorship from ConocoPhillips, was the second exhibition game held by the Australian Baseball League (ABL) between Team Australia and a team of World All-Stars. The game was held on Sunday, 16 December 2012 at Melbourne Ballpark in Melbourne, Victoria, the new home of the Melbourne Aces.[3] The players involved were selected from the rosters of the six ABL teams, with players not eligible for selection in the Australian team for international tournaments eligible for the World All-Stars.

2012 ABL All-Star Game

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E World All-Stars 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 5 2 Team Australia 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 X 6 9 1
Date	16 December 2012
Venue	Melbourne Ballpark
City	Melbourne
MVP	Brad Harman[1]
Attendance	1,669[2]

Game

Starting lineups

World All-Stars starters Order Player Team Position 1 Kody Hightower Cavalry SS 2 Carlo Testa Aces RF 3 Jeremy Barnes Cavalry 3B 4 Ji-Man Choi Bite 1B 5 Jack Murphy Cavalry C 6 Zachary Penprase Blue Sox 2B 7 Ryan Stovall Cavalry LF 8 Shota Nakata Cavalry DH 9 Hirotoshi Onaka Bandits CF World All-Stars reserves Player Team Position Cody Clark Bandits C K.C. Hobson Cavalry DH World All-Stars Pitchers Player Team Virgil Vasquez Heat Brian Grening Cavalry Anthony Claggett Heat Zachary Fuesser Bite Kevin Reese Aces Seon Gi Kim Bite Hirotaka Koishi Aces Tyler Herr Blue Sox Zachary Arneson Aces

Team Australia starters Order Player Team Position 1 Elliot Biddle Aces DH 2 Chris Snelling Blue Sox RF 3 Mitch Dening Blue Sox CF 4 Justin Huber Aces 1B 5 Stefan Welch Bite 3B 6 Brad Harman Aces SS 7 Allan de San Miguel Heat C 8 Joshua Roberts Bandits LF 9 Scott Wearne Aces 2B Team Australia reserves Player Team Position Darryl George Aces 1B Aaron Sayers Aces SS Ryan Battaglia Bandits C Ryan Dale Aces 2B Team Australia Pitchers Player Team Paul Mildren Bite Shane Lindsay Aces Ryan Rowland-Smith Blue Sox Chris Oxspring Blue Sox Tim Atherton Blue Sox Brendan Wise Heat Daniel McGrath Aces John Hussey Aces Kyle Perkins Cavalry

Box score

16 December 2012 14:00 at Melbourne Ballpark, Melbourne, Victoria

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
World All-Stars	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	5	2
Team Australia	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	6	9	1
WP: S. Lindsay   LP: B. Grening   Sv: K. Perkins Home runs: WAS: - AUS: B. Harman (1), A. de San Miguel (1) Attendance: 1,669 Boxscore

References

1. Player, Xavier. "Australia down World in All-Star thriller". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
2. "All-Star Game Boxscore". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
3. Staudinger, Krista. "ABL All-Stars to shine in Melbourne for 2012". Australian Baseball League. Retrieved 29 November 2012.