Updated July 14, 2019

July 13 Koshien Stadium (45217 audience)
It all started with Koji Chikamoto's home run. Following him, his Tigers teammates, Fumihito Haraguchi, Ryutaro Umeno. The BayStars Yoshitomo Tsutsugo slammed a 3 run home run. The Carp's Seiya Suzuki homered too. But the biggest achievement was by Chikamoto who achieved a cycle. He's the first since Atsushi Fukura in a All Star Game. In the end, the Central League won 11 to 3. The starting pitcher for this game was Tomoyuki Sugano of the Giants. MVP was of course Koji Chikamoto.

July 12 Tokyo Dome ( 44791 audience)
Starting for the Pacific League, Kodai Senga who pitched a scoreless 2 innings. The Central League's starting pitcher was Daichi Osera. Hotaka Yamakawa of the Lions homered. Nobuhiro Matsuda slammed a double. But the highlight of the game, the Tigers Fumihito Haraguchi slamming a 2 run home run. He was suffering from colon cancer. And just in June returned to the main team. That's despite the loss of his league. The Pacific League All Stars won 6 to 3.

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	Central League	Pacific League
Pitcher	Daichi Osera (Carp)	Kodai Senga (Hawks)
Catcher	Ryutaro Umeno (Tigers)	Tomoya Mori (Lions)
First baseman	Kazuma Okamoto (Giants)	Hotaka Yamakawa (Lions)
2nd baseman	Tetsuto Yamada (Swallows)	Eito Asamura (Eagles)
3rd baseman	Munetaka Murakami (Swallows)	Brandon Laird (Lions)
Shortstop	Hayato Sakamoto (Giants)	Kenta Imamiya (Hawks)
DH	none	Kensuke Kondo (Fighters)
Outfielder	Yoshitomo Tsutsugo (BayStars) Koji Chikamoto (Tigers) Seiya Suzuki (Carp)	Yuki Yanagita (Hawks) Shogo Akiyama (Lions) Masataka Yoshida (Buffaloes)

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