2009 AAA All-Star Game

The 2009 AAA All-Star Game was played on July 15, 2009 in Portland, OR. The event was hosted by the Portland Beavers, the AAA affiliate of the San Diego Padres.

The Pacific Coast League served as the home team. The PCL All-Stars were managed by Randy Ready of the hometown Portland Beavers. His assistants were Dwight Bernard of the Tacoma Rainiers and Brian McArn of the Sacramento River Cats. The International League team was managed by Rick Sweet of the Louisville Bats. Gary Allenson of the Norfolk Tides and Ken Oberkfell of the Buffalo Bisons served as his coaches. The game was broadcast on ESPN2 with Rich Burk, John Manuel and Eric Young calling the game.

After two scoreless innings the IL broke through in the third as doubles by Erik Kratz and Reid Brignac scored one run and then Drew Stubbs followed that with a 2 run homer to make it 3-0. Brendan Katin hit a solo shot for the PCL in their half of the 3rd to make it a 3-1 game. The IL added a fourth run in the fifth inning off a Justin Huber sac fly plating Austin Jackson. But the PCL would answer with a Esteban German 2 RBI single to make it 4-3. In the 6th Kratz struck again, this time with a 2 run homer to make it 6-3 IL. In the bottom of the ninth German hit a 2 run homer of his own to make it 6-5, but the IL was finally able to close the door on the PCL and pick up the victory. Andrew Carpenter of the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs got the win., the loss was given to Yorman Bazardo of the Round Rock Express and the save to Fernando Cabrera of the Pawtucket Red Sox.

The Top Stars Awards were given to the game MVP from each team. The International League award went to Erik Kratz of the Indianapolis Indians who went 2-2 with 2 RBI. Esteban German of the Oklahoma City Redhawks won the award for the PCL going 3-4 with 3 RBI.

Starting Lineups

International League				Batting Order		Pacific Coast League
Player	Position	Team				Player	Position	Team
Austin Jackson	CF	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees		1		Eric Young Jr.	2B	Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Drew Stubbs	RF	Louisville Bats		2		Alcides Escobar	SS	Nashville Sounds
Andy Tracy	DH	Lehigh Valley IronPigs		3		Matt Murton	DH	Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Shelley Duncan	DH	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees		4		Randy Ruiz	1B	Las Vegas 51s
Barbaro Canizares	1B	Gwinnett Braves		5		Terry Evans	CF	Salt Lake Bees
Mike Cervenak	3B	Lehigh Valley IronPigs		6		Matt Miller	LF	Colorado Springs Sky Sox
Seth Bynum	2B	Syracuse Chiefs		7		Chris Robinson	C	Iowa Cubs
Erik Kratz	C	Indianapolis Indians		8		Brendan Katin	RF	Nashville Sounds
Reid Brignac	SS	Durham Bulls		9		Esteban German	3B	Oklahoma City Redhawks
Justin Lehr	P	Louisville Bats		SP		Bud Norris	P	Round Rock Express

Box Score

Sources

AAA Baseball