The River Valley League offices have announced their selections for the RVL v. D-R-S (Dakota Rice Scott) All Star game and three Red Birds are on the list.
T. J. Gulden - Infielder, in his 3rd year with the Red Birds; leades the team in Batting Average - .396; Hits - 19; total Bases - 26; 2nd in Slugging Percentage with .542.
Zach Swenson - 1B/C, also in his 3rd year with the Red Birds; 2nd on the team in Runs Scored - 13; tied for 2nd in total bases - 25; 3rd in Batting Average at .375; tied for 2nd in hits-18; 3rd in Slugging percentage - .521.
Justin Thompson - P/C, in his 2nd year with the Red Birds; tied for 4th on the team in RBIs; 3rd in On Base percentage at .462; 4th in batting average at .364; Team Lead in pitchng ERA at 1.35; Team Lead in Opponenets batting Average - .143; Strikeouts leader with 27 and 12.2 Ks per game.
The League released this press release about the game and the roster of the entire RVL All-Star Lineup.
PRESS RELEASE:RIVER VALLEY LEAGUE
From RVL President Ron Beckman
Released Tuesday, June 26
6th Annual Town Ball All Star Game
River Valley League (RVL) vs Dakota-Rice-Scott League(DRS)
Thursday, July 5th at Chaska Athletic Park
Schedule of Events
5:00 PM RVL Tunnel Batting Practice
5:30 PM DRS Tunnel Batting Practice
6:00 PM RVL Infield Practice
6:15 PM DRS Infield Practice
6:30 PM Homerun Derby
7:00 PM All Star and Lineup Introductions
Followed by Game
Previous All-Star Series Results (RVL lead series 3-1)
2007 DRS 6, RVL 0 in Shakopee
2008 Rained Out in Arlington
2009 RVL 9, DRS 1 in New Prague
2010 RVL 2, DRS 0 in Belle Plaine
2011 RVL 2, DRS 1 in Union Hill
2012 in Chaska
---Proceeds are split between the leagues and used to offset annual expenses.
---See following sheet with River Valley League All-Star Roster and Managers.
---Managing the RVL will be Jake Lucas of Arlington, Jason Chalupsky of Jordan and John Seifert from Chaska.
---Chaska Cubs of the River Valley League will host the event.
---Athletic Park, located on West First Street, is a classic ballpark nestled on the banks of the Minnesota River, and has hosted over 40 All Star games in its 62 year existence.
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---First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 PM.
2012 River Valley League All-Star Team Roster
Team # Player Pos Years With Club
Arlington A�s 31 Joe Lucas P / IF 3rd
16 Brett Pioske OF 7th
Belle Plaine Tigers 1 Travis Latzke OF 5th
8 Brad Lawson P / IF 7th
Chanhassen Red Birds 3 TJ Gulden IF 3rd
25 Zach Swenson 1B 3rd
15 Justin Thompson P / C 2nd
Chaska Cubs 8 Kyle Geason IF 2nd
1 Cory Gliden OF 5th
17 Pete Ohnsorg P 12th
Fairfax Cardinals 22 Angel Munoz, Jr OF 4th
Gaylord Islanders 44 Paul Mages OF 6th
7 Brad Walsh P 10th
Henderson Tigers 17 Matt Nagel P 7th
Jordan Brewers 8 Steven Beckman IF 7th
19 Scott Hollingsworth P 12th
23 Trent Simek C 22nd
Le Sueur Braves 21 Jordan Sinnell P 7th
4 Mike May C 7th
New Ulm Kaiserhoff 8 Ben Wolf IF 6th
Prior Lake Jays 23 Scott Geisler 1B 10th
16 Sam Hoppe C 11th
22 Ryan Mestnik P 2nd
St. Peter Saints 23 Shae Roehrkasse IF 1st
Shakopee Indians 5 Zach Bohar IF 4th
Winthrop Eagles 30 James Panning OF 11th
Arlington A�s Jake Lucas Manager 4th
Chaska Cubs John Seifert Manager 20th
Jordan Brewers Jason Chalupsky Manager 19th
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