1999 Futures Game

The first Futures Game (played on July 11, 1999 in Fenway Park) witnessed a star performance by a future major-league All-Star, Columbus Clippers shortstop Alfonso Soriano. The former Hiroshima Carp infielder went 2 for 3, hitting two of the game's three home runs, and driving in 5 of the World's 7 runs in their 7-0 rout; he was named game MVP. LF Jorge Toca added a 2-run homer to score Erubiel Durazo in the third for the World club. The World's shutout pitching was provided by Tomokazu Ohka, Sun-Woo Kim, Tony Armas Jr., Chris Mears, Wascar Serrano, Luke Prokopec, J.C. Romero and Francisco Cordero. Mark Mulder was the primary victim, allowing 5 runs in 2/3 of an inning of work. The heart of the USA lineup provided nothing, as Lance Berkman, Pat Burrell, Nick Johnson and Russell Branyan were a combined 1 for 11 while hitting third through sixth.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
World	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	7	11	0
USA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1

Rosters

USA

• P: Ryan Anderson, Rick Ankiel, A.J. Burnett, Jason Grilli, Mark Mulder, Brad Penny, Kyle Peterson, Matt Riley, B.J. Ryan, Kip Wells, Matt White
• C: Giuseppe Chiaramonte, Ben Petrick
• IF: Russell Branyan, Pat Burrell, Michael Cuddyer, Kelly Dransfeldt, Nick Johnson, Adam Kennedy, Joe Lawrence
• OF: Peter Bergeron, Lance Berkman, Dee Brown, Corey Patterson, Vernon Wells

World

• P: Tony Armas Jr., Francisco Cordero, Sun-Woo Kim, Chris Mears, Aaron Myette, Tomo Ohka, Ramón Ortiz, Luke Prokopec, J.C. Romero, Wascar Serrano
• C: Javier Cardona, César King
• IF: Erubiel Durazo, Rafael Furcal, Pete LaForest, Ramón Nivar, Pablo Ozuna, Calvin Pickering, Aramis Ramirez, Rene Reyes, Alfonso Soriano, Evert-Jan 't Hoen
• OF: Chin-Feng Chen, Alexis Gómez, Franklin Gutierrez, Alexis Rios, Alex Sánchez, Jorge Toca, Goefrey Tomlinson

Source: 2000 Baseball Almanac