Ryan Hart

Palm Springs, CA

The SCCBL All Star game was held on Saturday, July 14 in Palm Springs with 13 Force players represented. The game was played East vs West, with the SoCal Bombers, Riverside Bulldogs, and Palm Springs Power making up the East roster, and the Inland Valley Bucs, Inland Valley Pirates, and San Diego Force comprising of the West.

The 2018 All Star Home Run Derby took place before the game, featuring a power hitting contestant from each team in the SCCBL. Don Roethler represented the Force but failed to advance out of the first round. Kory Brown of the Bucs would go on to win the title, hitting 6 home runs in the first round, and finishing off the Bombers Joseph Kim in the finals.

The All Star game itself was a thrilling back and forth match, ending with a late 8^th inning rally aided by wild pitches and errors, to give the East the victory 7-6.

Things got started in the 2^nd inning for the East, when Power Brady Shockey hit an RBI triple, followed quickly by an RBI single by Power DH Shuto Kamoshida. Both runs were charged to Force pitcher Masa Tamaguchi who pitched the 2^nd inning.

The West were able to answer in the top of the 3^rd with an RBI single, and then again in the 4^th thanks to a fielding error by the East first baseman which allowed 2 runs to score.

The West 3-2 lead would only last until the 5^th, when a triple by Power John Mauldin scored 1, and a wild pitch brought him home. A bases loaded double play turned by Force shortstop Trey Martin and 2B Drake Pierson got the West out of the jam.

One of the biggest highlights of the night was a 7^th inning RBI double by Force OF James Shimashita to tie the game 4-4, and then a fielder’s choice RBI to score him.

The score would be 6-5 West All Stars until the 8^th. Force pitcher Tanner Cable came in to shut things down, but struggled with command, and didn’t get any help from his defense who committed 2 errors in the inning, leading to East victory 7-6.

East All Stars – 7 runs – 9 hits – 3 errors

West All Stars – 6 runs – 10 hits – 4 errors

Force Starters

Ryan Losman – 1 IP – 2 K

Aaron Barkley – 2 BB, R

Trey Martin – SAC Fly – K – reached on error – line out

Drake Pierson – Fiedlers Choice – CS – Fly out – Pop Out – K

Don Roethler – Single – BB – CS – K – Ground out

Force Reserves

Phillip Steering – Single – Single

James Shimashita – Double – K

AJ Wood – IP – H – 0 R

Masa Tamaguchi – 1 IP – HBP – 2 BB – 2 R

Frank Lopez – 1 IP – 0 R – 1 K

Tanner Cable – 1 IP – 2 WP – Passed Ball – 2 R – 3 K

Justin Coleman – DNP

Max Holtzclaw – DNP