2021 NALB All-Star Game and Events

K. Fields
2021-08-21T13:02:57-04:00
Baseball

NALB held its annual All-Star Game on July 13, 2021. Eight players from the Brooklyn Knights were voted onto the League 1 All-Stars roster, five pitchers and three fielders. The Maples' Eriq Barber was League 2's starting pitcher and Eric Matts of the Grizzlies got the start for League 1. The game was competitive. Heading into the sixth inning, the score was tied 2-2. Catcher Aneury Martínez of the Las Vegas Luck hit a three-run homer in the sixth. That contributed to a four run inning for League 1. With Ken Hannah on the mound in the ninth, the League 2 All-Stars made it interesting. They scored a pair of runs but ended up losing 6-4. Las Vegas first baseman Jorge Morales was named the player of the game.

                     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9   R  H  E
League 1 All-Stars   2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0   6  6  0
League 2 All-Stars   1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2   4 12  2

W: N. Forbes
L: D. Courtlandt

The NALB Home Run Challenge was held on the evening prior to the All-Star Game. At the all-star break, Jorge Morales led League 1 with 26 home runs. Morales put his powerful swing on display in the HR Challenge. Morales prevailed in the final round against the Axemen's Luís Vergel by a score of 16-15.

On July 11, the NALB All-Star Prospects game was played. The League 1 Future Stars defeated the League 2 Future Stars 9-6. Catcher Johnny Chamness earned the game's MVP award. The 25 year old plays for the Middlesborough Cavalry, which is the AAA affiliate of the Quebeck Sky Chiefs.