2001 AAA All-Star Game

The 2001 AAA All-Star Game was played on July 11, 2001 in Indianapolis, IN. The Event was hosted by the Indianapolis Indians, the AAA affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.

The International League served as the home team for the second straight year. The IL All-Stars were managed by Bill Evers of the Durham Bulls. His assistants were Gary Jones of the Pawtucket Red Sox and Kirk Champion of the Charlotte Knights. The Pacific Coast League team was managed by Tony Pena of the New Orleans Zephyrs. Chuck Kniffin of the Tucson Sidewinders and Roy White of the Sacramento River Cats served as his coaches. The game was broadcast on ESPN2 with Bob Carpenter, Tom Candiotti and Joe Castellano calling the game.

Both teams would put up unearned runs in the opening frame. Nashville‘s Tike Redman scoring for the PCL on a Toby Hall error. Hall would then reach on an error and score on an Adam Dunn home run. The PCL took the lead on a Juan Thomas two run home run in the fourth. But Dunn struck back with his second home run of the game and tied the game up at 3. The PCL though would score 4 runs off of Columbus Clippers pitcher Brett Jodie in the fifth and sixth to go up 7-3. Each team added two runs in the ninth but it was not enough for the IL as the PCL picked up their third straight All-Star Game win 9-5. Ruben Quevedo of the Iowa Cubs got the win after pitching three innings and giving up one run on one hit, with two strikeouts. Jodie would take the loss after posting a line of two innings, four runs on four hits and no strikeouts.

The Stars of Stars Awards were given to the game MVP from each team. The International League award went to Adam Dunn of the Louisville Riverbats who went 2-4 with 2 homers and 3 RBI. Juan Thomas of the Tacoma Rainiers won the award for the PCL going 1-3 with a 2 run home run.

The game featured a number of future big leaguers including Dunn, Eric Byrnes, Craig Monroe, Jack Cust, Cody Ransom, Juan Uribe, Ramon Castro, Nick Johnson, Joe Crede and Bud Smith.

Starting Lineups

International League				Batting Order		Pacific Coast League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
P.J. Forbes	2B	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons		1		Tike Redman	CF	Nashville Sounds
Nick Johnson	1B	Columbus Clippers		2		Keith Ginter	2B	New Orleans Zephyrs
Toby Hall	C	Durham Bulls		3		Todd Betts	1B	Tacoma Rainiers
Adam Dunn	LF	Louisville Riverbats		4		Jack Cust	RF	Tucson Sidewinders
Brian Lesher	RF	Indianapolis Indians		5		Juan Thomas	DH	Tacoma Rainiers
Calvin Pickering	DH	Rochester Red Wings		6		Mike Gulan	3B	Calgary Cannons
Chris Latham	CF	Syracuse SkyChiefs		7		Eric Byrnes	LF	Sacramento River Cats
Kevin Orie	3B	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons		8		Ramon Castro	C	Calgary Cannons
Erick Almonte	SS	Columbus Clippers		9		Ramon Vazquez	SS	Tacoma Rainiers
Brandon Duckworth	P	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons		SP		Bud Smith	P	Memphis Redbirds

Box Score

Sources

AAA Baseball