2000 NPB All-Star Game

The 2000 NPB All-Star Games featured three contests, and the Central League swept the Pacific League for the second consecutive series.

Game 1

Game 1 was held on July 22 at Tokyo Dome in front of 40,937 fans. MVP winner Roberto Petagine blasted 2 homers, and another foreigner, Bobby Rose, also recorded a 2-run shot. The PL's Hiroki Kokubo collected a triple and a double, and he also drove in half of their four runs.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Ichiro Suzuki, CF (Orix BlueWave)
2. Kazuo Matsui, SS (Seibu Lions)
3. Hiroki Kokubo, 2B (Daiei Hawks)
4. Norihiro Nakamura, 3B (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
5. Frank Bolick, DH (Chiba Lotte Marines)
6. Tuffy Rhodes, LF (Kintetsu)
7. Michihiro Ogasawara, 1B (Nippon Ham Fighters)
8. Kenji Johjima, C (Daiei)
9. Koji Akiyama, RF (Daiei)

• Tsutomu Iwamoto, P (Nippon Ham)

Backups Used

• Makoto Kosaka, SS (Chiba Lotte)
• Kazuya Fukuura, PH (Chiba Lotte)
• Koichi Oshima, PH (Orix)
• Takeshi Hidaka, PR (Orix)
• Toshihiro Noguchi, C (Nippon Ham)
• Atsushi Kataoka, PH (Nippon Ham)
• Hiroshi Shibahara, RF (Daiei)
• Nobuhiko Matsunaka, PH (Daiei)
• Yoshinori Tateyama, P (Nippon Ham)
• Shuji Yoshida, P (Daiei)
• Takashi Ishii, P (Seibu)
• Rodney Pedraza, P (Daiei)

Manager

• Sadaharu Oh

Coaches

• Osamu Higashio
• Akira Ogi

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Yoshinobu Takahashi, RF (Yomiuri Giants)
2. Takuro Ishii, SS (Yokohama BayStars)
3. Bobby Rose, 2B (Yokohama)
4. Hideki Matsui, CF (Yomiuri)
5. Roberto Petagine, 1B (Yakult Swallows)
6. Leo Gómez, DH (Chunichi Dragons)
7. Tomoaki Kanemoto, LF (Hiroshima Carp)
8. Atsuya Furuta, C (Yakult)
9. Toshihisa Nishi, 3B (Yomiuri)

• Darrell May, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Takuya Kimura, 2B (Hiroshima)
• Tomohiro Nioka, SS (Yomiuri)
• Kazuhiro Kiyohara, DH (Yomiuri)
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo, LF (Hanshin Tigers)
• Ryota Igarashi, P (Yakult)
• Ken Takahashi, P (Hiroshima)
• Hideki Okajima, P (Yomiuri)
• Shingo Takatsu, P (Yakult)

Manager

• Senichi Hoshino

Coaches

• Hiroshi Gondo
• Shigeo Nagashima

Umpires

• Takayasu Sakaemura (Home), Masanobu Sasaki (1B), Toshio Azuma (2B), Kenjiro Mori (3B), Masami Yoshikawa (LF), Takeji Kobayashi (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 took place at the Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium July 23 with an attendance of 28,538. The CL set the All-Star record by scoring 7 runs in an inning. Takeshi Yamasaki was 3-for-4 with 2 RBI, and he won the MVP. Hideki Matsui blasted a homer, and his teammate Yoshinobu Takahashi was 2-for-3 with a RBI. Ichiro Suzuki was the only highlight for the PL as he went 4-for-4, but his teammates only recorded 3 hits.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	0	12	18	1
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	7	0

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Tomochika Tsuboi, LF (Hanshin)
2. Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, 3B (Chunichi)
3. Shinjo, CF
4. Petagine, 1B
5. Takeshi Yamasaki, DH (Chunichi)
6. Y.Takahashi, RF
7. Kimura, 2B
8. Motonobu Tanishige, C (Yokohama)
9. Nioka, SS

• Keiichi Yabu, P (Hanshin)

Backups Used

• H.Matsui, PH
• Ishii, 3B
• Furuta, DH
• Kanemoto, LF
• Kiyohara, PH
• Nishi, 2B
• Shoji Toyama, P (Hanshin)
• Melvin Bunch, P (Chunichi)
• Hitoki Iwase, P (Chunichi)
• Eddie Gaillard, P (Chunichi)

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Ichiro, RF
2. K.Matsui, SS
3. Matsunaka, DH
4. Nakamura, 3B
5. Kataoka, 1B
6. Rhodes, LF
7. Oshima, 2B
8. Shibahara, CF
9. Hidaka, C

• Daisuke Matsuzaka, P (Seibu)

Backups Used

• Kosaka, SS
• Kokubo, DH
• Akiyama, CF
• Bolick, PH
• Ogasawara, 1B
• Johjima, PH
• Fukuura, LF
• Noguchi, C
• Katsuhiko Maekawa, P (Kintetsu)
• Nobuyuki Ebisu, P (Orix)
• Masahide Kobayashi, P (Chiba Lotte)
• Shinji Mori, P (Seibu)

Umpires

• Mori (Home), Azuma (1B), Kobayashi (2B), Yoshikawa (3B), Sasaki (LF), Sakaemura (RF)

Game 3

Game 3 took place at Nagasaki Baseball Stadium July 26 with an attendance of 17,929. The CL swept the PL as they scored 5 in the 8th inning. Kiyohara's game-winning solo shot earned him the MVP, and Furuta also had a homer while going 4-for-5. Leadoff hitter Tsuyoshi Shinjo was 3-for-5, and Tomochika Tsuboi collected 3 RBI with a pinch-hit homer. Ichiro carried his league again, driving in all 3 runs by a homer in the 8th inning.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	1	0	9	13	1
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	1

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Shinjo, CF
2. Furuta, C
3. Rose, 2B
4. H.Matsui, RF
5. Kiyohara, 2B
6. Kanemoto, LF
7. Gomez, 3B
8. Yamasaki, DH
9. Nioka, SS

• Kimiyasu Kudo, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Nishi, 2B
• Y.Takahashi, RF
• Kimura, RF
• Tsuboi, LF
• Tatsunami, 3B
• Tanishige, C
• Ishii, SS
• Kenjiro Kawasaki, P (Yakult)
• Satoru Komiyama, P (Yokohama)
• Okajima, P
• Igarashi, P
• K.Takahashi, P

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Ichiro, RF
2. K.Matsui, SS
3. Nakamura, 1B
4. Kokubo, 3B
5. Johjima, C
6. Bolick, DH
7. Akiyama, RF
8. Rhodes, LF
9. Oshima, 2B

• Shingo Ono, P (Chiba Lotte)

Backups Used

• Matsunaka, PH
• Kosaka, SS
• Kataoka, 1B
• Noguchi, C
• Shibahara, RF
• Fukuura, LF
• Ogasawara, 1B
• Hiroki Yamamura, P (Kintetsu)
• Hisashi Ogura, P (Orix)
• Yoshida, P
• Kobayashi, P
• Ishii, P
• Mori, P
• Pedraza, P

Umpires

• Yoshikawa (Home), Kobayashi (1B), Sakaemura (2B), Sasaki (3B), Azuma (LF), Mori (RF)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia