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The first All-Star game in PBLAZ history took place on July 2, 1912 in Tempe. It ended up being a great baseball game, with some outstanding performances.
The Western Conference got on the board first when Devin Carlson of the Phoenix Dust Devils pulled a 1-1 pitch into the left field bleachers with two out.
Mike Campion of the Douglas Jackrabbits evened the game up with a two-out home run of his own in the bottom of the 1st.
Kyle Vault of the Mesa Spiders continued the fireworks show by hitting a leadoff home run in the 2nd, giving the West a 2-1 lead.
The West looked like they might pull away in the top of the 3rd. Devon Carlson picked up his second hit of the game with a single to right. Then Matt Bracken of the Mesa Spiders crushed a 427 ft home run to right-center field to give the West a 4-1 lead.
Kelvin Marin of the Douglas Jackrabbits singled with one out in the bottom of the third, then moved to third when Ryan Van Dorn of the doubled to left. A passed ball allowed Marin to score and the East pulled within 2.
The game stayed 4-2 until the bottom of the 6th. John Marek of the Florence Flames doubled to left and moved to third on a groundout. He scored when Nick Williams, also of the Flames, singled. The next two batters singled as well to load the bases, but they weren’t able to get any more runs out of the rally. The score was 4-3 West.
Jaylen Lucas of the Tucson Turtles entered the game as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the 7th and promptly tied the game with a home run that just cleared the right field fence.
The game remained tied until the top of the 9th when Devon Carlson picked up his third hit and second home run of the game. Two batters later, Ben Lewis of the Prescott Timberwolves homered as well and the Western Conference came away as winners in the first PBLAZ All-Star Game, 6-4.
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