The 2010 NECBL All-Star Game was the 17th exhibition game between all-stars from the NECBL's East and West Divisions. The game was held at Cardines Field in Newport, Rhode Island, the home field of the East Division's Newport Gulls. This was the Gulls' second time hosting the All-Star Game. The Eastern Division All-Stars one-hit the Western Division All-Stars, winning the exhibition game 10-0.[1]
The game was broadcast live on the by NECBL East All-Star Broadcaster Nicholas Lima, of the Gulls, and NECBL West All-Star Broadcaster , of the North Adams Steeplecats. Each broadcaster was selected following a vote cast by the league's general managers.
The Eastern Division first got on the board in the bottom of the second inning against Matt Carasiti of the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club. The leadoff hitter that inning, New Bedford Bay Sox first baseman Matt Chavez, was hit by pitch and advanced to third base when Laconia Muskrat Casey Kalenkosky reached on shortstop Mike LeBel’s fielding error. The Navigators’ Tyler Kuehl then hit into a fielder’s choice that allowed Chavez to score. After Lowell All-American Matt Miller singled to push Kuehl to second base, Kuehl scored on Navigator Matt Avery’s RBI single. Miller then scored on Sanford Mainer Anthony Gomez’s groundout to make the score 3-0.
Tucker Healy of the Bristol Collegiate Baseball Club came on to pitch the sixth inning for the Western Division and had Mainer Joe Wendle at second base with two outs in the inning. That’s when Jason Banos smashed a two-run home run over the right field fence to put the Eastern Division on top 5-0. “He threw me a changeup,” said Banos. “He threw a good pitch but left it out over the plate.”
The Eastern Division scored an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh inning against North Adams SteepleCat Cory Vogt to go up 6-0. Leading 6-0 after the top of the ninth inning, the Eastern Division was allowed to hit in the bottom of the inning to allow players one more opportunity to perform in front of the many Major League scouts in attendance. The Eastern Division all-stars took advantage of that opportunity as they sent 11 men to the plate and scored four additional runs against SteepleCat closer Sean Albury to win the game by a final score of 10-0.
