A pair of home runs and outstanding pitching propelled the American Conference to 2-1 win over the National Conference in the 2023 IBL All-Star Game at Motor City's T-Mobile Park. New Jersey owner Mike Monostra managed the American Conference team and Salt Lake owner Rob Barnes managed the National Conference. The NC struck first when Southern New Hampshire's Mike Trout led off the 2nd inning with a triple. Two batters later, AC starting pitcher Logan Webb of Motor City uncorked a wild pitch, allowing Trout to score for a 1-0 NC lead. The lead didn't last long as in the bottom of the 2nd, Williamstown's J.T. Realmuto homered off of NC starting pitcher Sandy Alcantara of Gettysburg to tie the game up at 1. The game remained deadlocked at 1-1 until the bottom of the 6th inning, when New Jersey designated hitter/two-way legend Shohei Ohtani hit a home run off of Salt Lake's Jacob DeGrom that just barely cleared the wall in right field. The homer gave the AC a 2-1 lead. The NC had a couple of chances to tie things up. With a runner on 3B and 2 outs in the seventh, however, Williamstown's Edwin Diaz struck out Santa Fe rookie phenom Michael Harris to strand the tying run 90 feet away. In the 9th inning, the NC nearly put together a two-out rally with a single from Gettysburg's D.J. LeMahieu off of Monrovia's Brooks Raley, followed by a single from Canberra's George Springer off of Motor City closer Emmanuel Clase to put the tying run in scoring position. However, Clase was able to strike out Seaside's Manny Machado to shut the door and earn the save in a 2-1 AC win. Another Motor City reliever, Jhoan Duran, earned the win and DeGrom took the loss. Thanks to Rob for a very fun time playing the all-star game and a big thanks to Danny for getting the ballot together so quickly. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E ------------------------------------------- NCA 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 ACA 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2 6 1 ------------------------------------------- BATTERS NCA AB R H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB K PL PR 1 2b-lf NCA NYN McNeil 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 1b NCA TB Diaz 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1b NCA LAN Freeman 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 lf NCA HOU Alvarez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 ph-2b NCA NYA LeMahieu 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 rf NCA LAA Trout 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 ph-rf NCA TOR Springer 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 3b NCA STL Arenado 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 ph-3b NCA SD Machado 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 cf NCA SEA Rodriguez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 ph-cf NCA ATL Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 ss NCA NYN Lindor 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 ph-ss NCA TOR Bichette 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 dh NCA ATL Riley 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 ph-dh NCA TEX Lowe 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 c NCA TB Bethancourt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 ph NCA HOU Tucker 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 c NCA BAL Rutschman 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS for NCA 32 1 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 7 8 24 PITCHERS NCA IP H R ER BB K HR BF - NCA MIA Alcantara 1.1 4 1 1 1 0 1 8 - NCA ARI Gallen 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 - NCA TB McClanahan 1.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 L NCA NYN deGrom 1.0 1 1 1 0 2 1 4 - NCA SD Darvish 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - NCA LAN Vesia 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 TOTALS for NCA 8.0 6 2 2 4 5 2 32 LOB: 4 E: 1 - Alcantara. PB: none. GIDP: none. SH: none. SF: none. HBP: none. WP: none. IBB: none. BALK: none. BATTERS ACA AB R H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB K PL PR 1 2b ACA HOU Altuve 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 ph-2b-lf ACA LAN Betts 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 cf ACA NYA Judge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 cf ACA NYN Nimmo 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 lf ACA SD Soto 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 ph-1b ACA CHA Vaughn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 1b ACA STL Goldschmidt 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 ph-1b-2b ACA MIN Arraez 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 dh ACA LAA Ohtani 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 6 3b ACA STL Donovan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 3b ACA BOS Devers 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 c ACA PHI Realmuto 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 c ACA TOR Jansen 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 rf ACA ATL Acuna 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 rf ACA CHN Suzuki 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 ss ACA CHA Anderson 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 9 ss ACA TEX Seager 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS for ACA 28 2 6 2 1 0 2 0 0 4 5 10 22 PITCHERS ACA IP H R ER BB K HR BF - ACA SF Webb 2.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 - ACA LAN Urias 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 - ACA PHI Wheeler 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 - ACA NYA Cole 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 W ACA MIN Duran 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - ACA NYN Diaz 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 - ACA TB Adam 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - ACA TB Raley 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 S ACA CLE Clase 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 TOTALS for ACA 9.0 5 1 1 0 7 0 32 LOB: 6 E: 1 - Jansen. PB: none. GIDP: 2 - Ohtani, Soto. SH: none. SF: none. HBP: none. WP: 1 - Webb. IBB: none. BALK: none. grs version 3.2.1 (grs3_21-4-g0c9767d) NCA at ACA night warm clear cross wind - roof open Starting pitchers - Alcantara for NCA, and Webb for ACA NCA 1: McNeil HG 1e. Diaz HG 6. Alvarez K. NCA 0 ACA 0 ACA 1: Altuve 1b lcf. Judge BB, Altuve to second. Soto PO 4. Goldschmidt 1b IFRhc3, Judge to second, Altuve to third. Ohtani GDP 4-6-3, Goldschmidt out. NCA 0 ACA 0 NCA 2: Trout 3b cfw. Arenado HF 8. WP, Trout scores. Rodriguez HG 6. Lindor PO 4. NCA 1 ACA 0 ACA 2: Donovan safe on E 1, Donovan to first. Trying to advance 2-3-6blk+, Donovan out. Realmuto HR lcdf, Realmuto scores. Acuna 2b lcf. Gallen now pitching for NCA. Anderson HG 6. Altuve HF 8. NCA 1 ACA 1 NCA 3: Urias now pitching for ACA. Riley 2b OFRitgrc9. Bethancourt RG 6e. McNeil RG 4p, Riley to third. Diaz HG 6. NCA 1 ACA 1 ACA 3: Freeman now 1b for NCA, batting 2. Judge ground out 6IFRsr. Soto K. Goldschmidt BB. Ohtani SG 6. NCA 1 ACA 1 NCA 4: Alvarez K. Wheeler now pitching for ACA. Trout RG 3e. Arenado K. NCA 1 ACA 1 ACA 4: Donovan HG 4. McClanahan now pitching for NCA. Realmuto RG 6. Acuna 1b lrf. Anderson K. NCA 1 ACA 1 NCA 5: Cole now pitching for ACA. Rodriguez HG 6. Lindor K. Riley RG 6. NCA 1 ACA 1 ACA 5: Betts ph for Altuve, batting 1. Betts RG 5. Judge BB. Soto GDP 6-4-3, Judge out. NCA 1 ACA 1 NCA 6: Devers now 3b for ACA, batting 6. Jansen now c for ACA, batting 7. Seager now ss for ACA, batting 9. Duran now pitching for ACA. Tucker ph for Bethancourt, batting 9. Tucker RG 3. McNeil RG 4. Freeman HG 4. NCA 1 ACA 1 ACA 6: Rutschman now c for NCA, batting 9. deGrom now pitching for NCA. Arraez ph for Goldschmidt, batting 4. Arraez K. Ohtani HR rfdf, Ohtani scores. Devers HG 6. Jansen K. NCA 1 ACA 2 NCA 7: Suzuki now rf for ACA, batting 8. Nimmo now cf for ACA, batting 2. Diaz now pitching for ACA. LeMahieu ph for Alvarez, batting 3. LeMahieu 1b IFRdtl5. Springer ph for Trout, batting 4. Springer FC 5, Springer to first, LeMahieu out. Machado ph for Arenado, batting 5. Machado HF 7. Harris ph for Rodriguez, batting 6. SB, Springer to second. Error 2, Springer to third. Harris K. NCA 1 ACA 2 ACA 7: McNeil moves to lf. Darvish now pitching for NCA. Suzuki RG 3e. Seager HG 1e. Betts SG 4. NCA 1 ACA 2 NCA 8: Adam now pitching for ACA. Bichette ph for Lindor, batting 7. Bichette PO 8e. Lowe ph for Riley, batting 8. Lowe K. Rutschman PO 4. NCA 1 ACA 2 ACA 8: Vesia now pitching for NCA. Nimmo K. Vaughn ph for Soto, batting 3. Vaughn BB. Arraez FC 6e, Arraez to first, Vaughn out. Ohtani HF 8. NCA 1 ACA 2 NCA 9: Vaughn moves to 1b. Arraez moves to 2b. Betts moves to lf. Raley now pitching for ACA. McNeil HF 8. Freeman HF 8. LeMahieu 1b CFR-IFRdtl5. Clase now pitching for ACA. Springer 1b llf, LeMahieu to second. Machado K. NCA 1 ACA 2