2010 NPB All-Star Game

The 2010 NPB All-Star Games were held on July 23 and July 24, 2010.

Game 1

In game 1, the Central League won 4-1 over the Pacific League. Shinnosuke Abe won MVP honors by driving in runs in the second and fourth, while Masahiko Morino went 4 for 5, Kenta Maeda threw two perfect innings and Kyuji Fujikawa struck out all three batters he faced. Takeshi Yamasaki homered for the PL.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	14	0
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Hayato Sakamoto, SS (Yomiuri Giants)
2. Michihiro Ogasawara, 1B (Yomiuri)
3. Matt Murton, RF (Hanshin Tigers)
4. Alex Ramirez, DH (Yomiuri)
5. Masahiko Morino, 3B (Chunichi Dragons)
6. Kazuhiro Wada, LF (Chunichi)
7. Shinnosuke Abe, C (Yomiuri)
8. Nori Aoki, CF (Yakult Swallows)
9. Keiichi Hirano, 2B (Hanshin)

• Kenta Maeda, P (Hiroshima Carp)

Backups Used

• Kenji Johjima, C (Hanshin)
• Tony Blanco, 1B (Chunichi)
• Hirokazu Ibata, PR (Chunichi)
• Akihiro Higashide, RF (Hiroshima)
• Jun Hirose, 2B (Hiroshima)
• Tetsuya Matsumoto, CF (Yomiuri)
• Craig Brazell 1B (Hanshin)
• Tetsuya Utsumi, P (Yomiuri)
• Yuya Kubo, P (Yomiuri)
• Shun Yamaguchi, P (Yokohama BayStars)
• Daisuke Ochi, P (Yomiuri)
• Hitoki Iwase,P (Chunichi)
• Kyuji Fujikawa P (Hanshin)

Manager

• Tatsunori Hara

Coaches

• Junji Ogawa
• Hiromitsu Ochiai

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Munenori Kawasaki, SS (Softbank Hawks)
2. Tadahito Iguchi, 2B (Chiba Lotte Marines)
3. Hiroyuki Nakajima, 3B (Seibu Lions)
4. Hitoshi Tamura, RF (Softbank)
5. Takahiro Okada, LF (Orix Buffaloes)
6. Tae-kyun Kim, 1B (Chiba Lotte)
7. Tomohiro Nioka, DH (Nippon Ham Fighters)
8. Yoshio Itoi, CF (Nippon Ham)
9. Motohiro Shima, C (Rakuten Golden Eagles)

• Tsuyoshi Wada, P (Softbank)

Backups Used

• Tsuyoshi Nishioka, SS (Nippon Ham)
• Atsunori Inaba, RF (Nippon Ham)
• Takeshi Yamasaki, PH (Rakuten)
• Eiichi Koyano, 3B (Nippon Ham)
• Teppei Tsuchiya, LF (Rakuten)
• Kensuke Tanaka, DH (Nippon Ham)
• Tomoya Satozaki, C (Chiba Lotte)
• Yasuyuki Kataoka, 2B (Seibu)
• Yu Darvish, P (Nippon Ham)
• Hiroshi Kisanuki, P (Orix)
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi, P (Chiba Lotte)
• Brian Falkenborg, P (Softbank)
• Takahiro Mahara, P (Softbank)

Manager

• Masataka Nashida

Coaches

• Marty Brown
• Koji Akiyama

Umpires

• Kyouhei Makita, Toshio Azuma, Hitoshi Watarida, Natsuo Yamazaki, Katsumi Manabe, Shinji Hashimoto

Game 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pacific	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	10	0
Central	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	5	12	1

The second game was a 5-5 tie.Norichika Aoki had 3 hits, 2 steals, a triple and 2 RBI for the CL while Craig Brazell hit the tying homer. Shun Tono struggled for them, allowing four runs in two innings as the starter, but his bullpen was very strong. Game MVP Yasuyuki Kataoka was 4 for 5 with two runs for the Pacific League, while Takeshi Yamasaki and Tomoya Satozaki homered for them.

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Kataoka, 2B
2. Nishioka, SS
3. Inaba, RF
4. Okada, LF
5. Kim, DH
6. Yamasaki, 1B
7. Tsuchiya, CF
8. Koyano, 3B
9. Satozaki, C

• Toshiya Sugiuchi, P (Softbank)

Backups Used

• Nioka, DH
• Kawasaki, SS
• Tamura, RF
• Iguchi, DH
• Itoi, CF
• Tanaka, DH
• Nakajima, 3B
• Shima, C
• Hideaki Wakui, P (Seibu)
• Satoshi Nagai, P (Rakuten)
• Yoshihisa Hirano, P (Orix)
• Tsuyoshi Kawagishi, P (Rakuten)
• Brian Sikorski, P (Seibu)

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Aoki, CF
2. Sakamoto, SS
3. Ogasawara, 3B
4. Ramirez, DH
5. Brazell, 1B
6. Wada, LF
7. Johjima, C
8. Higashide, 2B
9. Matsumoto, RF

• Shun Tono, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Murton, LF
• Morino, 3B
• Hirano, SS
• Blanco, DH
• Ryoji Aikawa, C (Yokohama)
• Hirose, PH
• Yasutomo Kubo, P (Hanshin)
• Takuya Asao, P (Chunichi)
• Kazuki Yoshimi, P (Chunichi)
• Yamaguchi, P
• Chang-yong Lim, P (Yakult)

Umpires

• Hashimoto, Manabe, Yamazaki, Watarida, Makita, Azuma

Tae-kyun Kim won the Home Run Derby, beating Shinnosuke Abe.