2006 Futures Game

Played on July 9, 2006, at PNC Park, the 2006 Futures Game was one of the highest-scoring affairs to date, as the USA won 8-5. USA LF Billy Butler went 2 for 3 with a homer and won the Larry Doby Award as the game's top star; other contributors for the USA were 1B Joe Koshansky (1 for 3, 2-run HR) and 3B Alex Gordon (2 for 3, 2 RBI, double). Davis Romero allowed five of the USA runs in 2/3 of an inning of work while José García allowed two runs in one inning for the loss. The USA got balanced pitching except for Philip Hughes (3 runs in one inning); Homer Bailey got the win despite giving one up. World catcher George Kottaras doubled and homered, scoring twice and driving in two, in two at-bats, while teammate Wladimir Balentien went 2 for 3 with a run, two RBI and a double.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
World	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	5	9	1
USA	0	2	5	1	0	0	X	8	11	0

Rosters

USA

• P: Nick Adenhart, Homer Bailey, Gio Gonzalez, Jason Hirsh, Philip Hughes, Eric Hurley, Matt Lindstrom, Nick Pereira, Josh Sharpless
• C: Kurt Suzuki, Neil Walker
• IF: Ryan Braun, Stephen Drew, Josh Fields, Alex Gordon, Howie Kendrick, Joe Koshansky, Eric Patterson, Troy Tulowitzki
• OF: Travis Buck, Billy Butler, Cameron Maybin, Hunter Pence, Nolan Reimold

World

• P: Carlos Carrasco, Yovani Gallardo, Jaime García, José García, Radhames Liz, Edgar Martinez, Davis Romero, Jae-kuk Ryu, Juan Salas, Humberto Sánchez
• C: George Kottaras, Salomon Manriquez
• IF: Joaquín Arias, Yung-Chi Chen, Luis Cruz, Yunel Escobar, Anderson Gomes, Joel Guzmán, Chin-Lung Hu, Pablo Sandoval, Joey Votto
• OF: Wladimir Balentien, Carlos Gonzalez, Trent Oeltjen, Jose Tabata

Source: MLB.com