Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Wobrock goes 2-for-2, but West wins all-star game

Washington's Austin Wobrock in the 2015 Frontier League All-Star Game.

Rockford outfielder Michael Hur hit a two-run double and scored a run Wednesday night to power the West Division All-Stars to a 4-2 victory over the East in the Frontier League All-Star Game before a crowd of 6,572 in Schaumburg, Ill.

Hur was named the game’s Most Valuable Player after helping the West to a three-run third inning.
Washington shortstop Austin Wobrock had a good game, going 2-for-2 with a double and scoring one of the East’s runs.

Wobrock, a second-year pro from of the University of Hawaii, entered the game in the top of the fifth inning and hit a two-out single off Rockford pitcher Kyle Hassna. In the eighth, Wobrock hit a leadoff double off Joliet relief pitcher Navery Moore, advanced on a wild pitch and scored to when Brandon Tierney of the Frontier Greys hit a sacrifice fly.

Wobrock was the only Washington player in the game. Left-handed pitcher Kyle Helisek was voted to the East team but was unable to play after being placed on the disabled list last week.
Earlier in the day, former Wild Things center fielder Chris Sidick was inducted into the Frontier League Hall of Fame.

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