All Stars Game tomorrow

The All Stars Games during which the Central League team will face the Pacific League will take place tomorrow and Saturday. Each team is composed by the most popular players elected by the manager, the other players and the fans.

The manager of the Central League team is Tatsunori Hara from Yomiuri Giants, and the managers of the Pacific League team is Masataka Nashida from Nippon Ham Fighters.

Reminder of Hanshin's representatives:

- Elected by the manager: Yasutomo Kubo (29 years old, pitcher), Keiichi Hirano (31 years old, 2nd baseman), Matt Murton (28 years old, outfielder) and Craig Brazell (30 years old, 1st baseman).

- Elected by the public's vote: Kyuji Fujikawa (30 years old, pitcher), Kenji Johjima (34 years old, catcher).

The starters of the two games have been announced, as well as tomorrow's line-ups. In order to make all the players participate, each one will play few innings (particularity the pitchers).

Match of Friday 23th:

Place: Yahoo Dome

City: Fukuoka

Tenants: Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (PL)

Starters:

[CL] Kenta Maeda (22 years old, Hiroshima Carp)

[PL] Tsuyoshi Wada (29 years old, Softbank Hawks)

Line-up CL:

1. (SS) Hayato Sakamoto (22 years old, Yomiuri Giants)

2. (1B) Michihiro Ogasawara (29 years old, Yomiuri Giants)

3. (RF) Matt Murton (28 years old, Hanshin Tigers)

4. (DH) Alex Ramirez (36 years old, Yomiuri Giants)

5. (3B) Mashiko Morino (32 years old, Chunichi Dragons)

6. (LF) Kazuhiro Wada (38 years old, Chunichi Dragons)

7. (C) Shinnosuke Abe (31 years old, Yomiuri Giants)

8. (CF) Norichika Aoki (28 years old, Yakult Swallows)

9. (2B) Keiichi Hirano (31 years old, Hanshin Tigers)

Line-up PL:

1. (SS) Munenori Kawasaki (29 years old, Softbank Hawks)

2. (2B) Tadahito Iguchi (36 years old, Lotte Marines)

3. (3B) Hiroyuki Nakajima (28 years old, Seibu Lions)

4. (RF) Hitoshi Tamura (33 years old, Softbank Hawks)

5. (LF) Takahiro Okada (22 years old, Orix Buffaloes)

6. (1B) Tae-Kyun Kim (28 years old, Lotte Marines)

7. (DH) Tomohiro Nioka (34 years old, Nippon Ham Fighters)

8. (CF) Yoshio Itoi (29 years old, Nippon Ham Fighters)

9. (C) Motohiro Shima (26 years old, Rakuten Eagles)

Match of Saturday 24th:

Place: Niigata Prefectural Baseball Stadium

City: Niigata

Tenants: Niigata Albirex (semi-professional team)

Starters:

[PL] Toshiya Sugiuchi (30 years old, Softbank Hawks)

[CL] Shun Tohno (24 years old, Yomiuri Giants)