2001 Futures Game

The third Futures Game was played on July 8, 2001 at Safeco Field. The only offense for the World came on a solo homer in the sixth by Wilson Betemit off of Jerome Williams, after the US had already built a 5-0 lead. Carlos Hernandez was the losing pitcher for the second straight year - he struck out the side in the second, but allowed two runs as well. LF Adam Dunn hit the game's longest home run, clearing the right-field bleachers, while C Toby Hall (2 for 3, 2 R, the game MVP) and 2B Chase Utley (2 for 3, 2 RBI) each homered, though they batted 8th and 9th for the USA team. Chris George was the winning pitcher.

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

Rosters

USA

• P: Scott Chiasson, Nate Cornejo, Chris George, Brett Myers, Nick Neugebauer, Josh Pearce, Richard Stahl, Billy Sylvester, Dennis Tankersley, Jerome Williams, Jason Young
• C: Toby Hall, J.R. House
• IF: Hank Blalock, Sean Burroughs, Brent Butler, Adrian Gonzalez, Nick Johnson, Cody Ransom, Chase Utley
• OF: Joe Borchard, Adam Dunn, Jason Lane, Ryan Ludwick, Jamal Strong

World

• P: Grant Balfour, Erik Bedard, Juan Cruz, Carlos Hernandez, Alex Herrera, Juan Peña, Joel Piñeiro, Ricardo Rodriguez, Jae Weong Seo, Seung Song, José Valverde
• C: Mike Rivera, Miguel Olivo
• IF: Alfredo Amezaga, Angel Berroa, Wilson Betemit, Miguel Cabrera, Luis Alfonso García, Felipe López, Carlos Peña
• OF: Alex Escobar, Bill Ortega, Wily Mo Peña, Juan Rivera, Wilkin Ruan

Source: 2002 Baseball Almanac

Further Reading

• Jim Street: "Rays prospect leads U.S. to victory in Futures Game", mlb.com, July 10, 2001. [1]