2014 ALL STAR GAMES

Updated July 19, 2014

July 19 Koshien Stadium (45,361 audience)
The starting pitcher was no surprising, Tigers Shintaro Fujinami naturally started at his home stadium Wily Mo Pena hit off a gigantic 3 run home run. For the Pacific League, the starting pitcher was the Fighters Shohei Otani. He pitched speed balls of up to 162 km/hour. Some other players that performed well were the Swallows Tetsuo Yamada hitting a home run from the Golden Eagles Takahiro Norimoto. The Hawks Yuki Yanakita blased a 2 run home run. The Giants Hayato Sakamoto also had a 2 run. The Carp's Dobayashi homered in the 8th inning, however could not equalize with the Pacific side. This time the game was won by the Pacific League all stars 12 to 6. MVP went to Yanakita.

July 18 Seibu Dome (30973 audience)
Starting for the Central League, Takayuki Kishi, ace of the home team Lions. For the Central League it's Kenta Maeda. Maeda was able to pitch 3 innings without giving up a run. Brad Eldred of the Carp hit in 2 runs. Then in the 7th inning he slammed a 2 run home run. Eldred was named the game's MVP. Central League won 7 to 0.

Players' top picks
Central League Pacific League
PitcherTomoyuki Sugano (Giants)Chihiro Kaneko (Buffaloes)
CatcherShinnosuke Abe (Giants) Motohiro Shima (Golden Eagles)
First baseman Tony Blanco (Swallows)Lee Dai-Ho (Hawks)
2nd baseman Ryosuke Kikuchi (Carp) Kazuya Fujita (Hawks)
3rd baseman Shuichi Murata (Giants) Nobuhiro Matsuda (Hawks)
Shortstop Kei Toritani (Tigers) Kenta Imamiya (Hawks)
DH none Wily Mo Pena (Buffaloes)
Outfielder Wladimir Balentien (Swallows)
Matt Murton (Tigers)
Brad Eldred (Carp)
Yoshio Itoi (Buffaloes)
Yuya Hasegawa (Hawks)
Daikan Yoh(Fighters)


Fans' top picks
Central League Pacific League
PitcherKenta Maeda (Carp) Yuki Nishi (Buffaloes)
CloserHitoki Iwase (Dragons)Yoshihisa Hirano (Buffaloes)
CatcherShinnosuke Abe (Giants)Motohiro Shima (Golden Eagles)
First baseman Kila Ka'aihue (Carp)Takeya Nakamura (Lions)
2nd baseman Ryosuke Kikuchi (Carp) Eito Asamura (Lions)
3rd baseman Shota Dobayashi (Carp) Nobuhiro Matsuda (Hawks)
Shortstop Kei Toritani (Tigers) Kenta Imamiya (Hawks)
DH none Wily Mo Pena (Buffaloes)
Outfielder Yoshihiro Maru (Carp)
Brad Eldred (Carp)
Wladimir Balentien (Swallows)
Yoshio Itoi (Buffaloess)
Sho Nakata (Fighters)
Yo Daikan (Fighters)


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