1995 NPB All-Star Game

The 1995 NPB All-Star Games featured two contests. The Central League won one while the other was tied.

Game 1

Game 1 was held on July 25 at Yokohama Stadium in front of 27,340 fans. Defying predictions, Kazuhiro Sasaki was the starter for CL, and he struck out four in two innings. The CL's Glenn Braggs was 3-for-4 with two RBI doubles and gave his team a 2-run lead. However, Keiichi Yabu allowed 3 runs in the 8th inning due to Kazuhiro Kiyohara's triple. Shigetoshi Hasegawa couldn't hold the PL's one-run lead as Hiromitsu Ochiai blasted a game-tying solo shot in the bottom of the inning, and he won the MVP.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pacific	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	10	0
Central	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	10	0

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Ichiro Suzuki, LF (Orix BlueWave)
2. Makoto Sasaki, RF (Seibu Lions)
3. Julio Franco, 1B (Chiba Lotte Marines))
4. Kazuhiro Kiyohara, DH (Seibu)
5. Yukio Tanaka, SS (Nippon Ham Fighters)
6. Koji Akiyama, CF (Daiei Hawks)
7. Kiyoshi Hatsushiba, 3B (Chiba Lotte)
8. Hiroki Kokubo, 2B (Daiei)
9. Tsutomu Itoh, C (Seibu)

• Kimiyasu Kudo, P (Daiei)

Backups Used

• So Taguchi, LF (Orix)
• Chihiro Hamana, SS (Daiei)
• Satoshi Nakajima, C (Orix)
• Darrin Jackson, RF (Seibu)
• Kenji Furukubo, C (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
• Koichi Hori, 2B (Chiba Lotte)
• Tetsuya Kakiuchi, LF (Seibu)
• Hiromi Matsunaga, PH (Daiei)
• Norihiro Nakamura, 3B (Kintetsu)
• Taigen Kaku, P (Seibu)
• Yukihiro Nishizaki, P (Nippon Ham)
• Shigetoshi Hasegawa, P (Orix)
• Masafumi Hirai, P (Orix)

Manager

• Osamu Higashio

Coaches

• Akira Ogi
• Keishi Suzuki

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Kenjiro Nomura, SS (Hiroshima Carp)
2. Takuro Ishii, 3B (Yokohama BayStars)
3. Hideki Matsui, CF (Yomiuri Giants)
4. Hiromitsu Ochiai, DH (Yomiuri)
5. Bobby Rose, 2B (Yokohama)
6. Glenn Braggs, RF (Yokohama)
7. Atsuya Furuta, C (Yakult Swallows)
8. Norihiro Komada, 1B (Yokohama)
9. Hitoshi Hatayama, LF (Yokohama)

• Kazuhiro Sasaki, P (Yokohama)

Backups Used

• Akira Eto, 3B (Hiroshima)
• Teruyoshi Kuji, SS (Hanshin Tigers)
• Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, SS (Chunichi Dragons)
• Tomoaki Kanemoto, LF (Hiroshima)
• Koichi Sekikawa, PH (Hanshin))
• Katsuyuki Dobashi, LF (Yakult)
• Yutaka Wada, 2B (Hanshin)
• Takahiro Saeki, LF (Yokohama)
• Shinji Imanaka, P (Chunichi)
• Koki Morita, P (Yokohama)
• Keiichi Yabu, P (Hanshin)
• Katsuyuki Furumizo, P (Hanshin)

Manager

• Shigeo Nagashima

Coaches

• Toshiyuki Mimura
• Tatsuhiko Kimata

Umpires

• Masaharu Kodera (Home), Masaharu Kasahara (1B), Osamu Tachibana (2B), Takeji Kobayashi (3B)

Game 2

Game 2 took place at Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium July 26 with an attendance of 25,611. The CL's cleanup hitter, Matsui, was 3-for-5 with a game-winning RBI single to win MVP, and Kanemoto blasted a solo shot off Hideki Irabu in the 6th inning. The PL's Kokubo also collected three hits, with a solo shot off Furumizo, and Kiyohara collected a leadoff homer in the 2nd inning.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	6	10	1
Pacific	2	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	-	7	14	1

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Nomura, SS
2. Tatsunami, 2B
3. Matsui, CF
4. Ochiai, DH
5. Eto, 3B
6. Kanemoto, LF
7. Komada, 1B
8. Sekikawa, C
9. Dobashi, RF

• Robinson Checo, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Wada, 2B
• Kuji, SS
• Rose, 1B
• Saeki, PH
• Ishii, 3B
• Hatayama, RF
• Jackson, RF
• Furuta, C
• Shinichi Murata, C (Yomiuri)
• Futoshi Yamabe, P (Yakult)
• Yasuyuki Yamauchi, P (Yomiuri)
• Masaki Saito, P (Yomiuri)
• Masato Yoshii, P (Yokohama)
• Furumizo, P

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Ichiro, LF
2. Franco, 1B
3. Tanaka, 3B
4. Kiyohara, LF
5. Akiyama, CF
6. Kokubo, 2B
7. Jackson RF
8. Satoshi Nakajima, C (Orix)
9. Hori, SS

• Satoru Komiyama, P (Chiba Lotte)

Backups Used

• Muramatsu, LF
• Hamana, SS
• Hatsushiba, DH
• Mizuguchi, 2B
• Kokubo, 2B
• Nakajima, C
• Yamamoto, PH
• Itoh, C
• Nobuyuki Hoshino, P (Orix)
• Hideki Irabu, P (Chiba Lotte)
• Toshihide Narimoto, P (Seibu)
• Tetsuya Shiozaki, P (Chiba Lotte)

Umpires

• Kobayashi (Home), Tachibana (1B), Kasahara (2B), Kodera (3B)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia