High school baseball: Top stars face-off at Gates Field

The inaugural Marshall Gates Foundation/Deseret News all-star baseball game is tonight at 7. It will be played at Gates Field at Kearns High. A total of 34 players were chosen to participate in the game by a selection committee before the state tournaments began, and were divided into two teams (National and American). A Home Run Derby, featuring the state's top mashers, will be held prior to the nine-inning all-star game at 6 p.m. The cost to attend the event is $5, and all proceeds will go directly to the Marshall Gates Foundation.

National

STARTING LINEUP

1. Gavin Green CF

2. Brock Whitney 2B

3. Tyler Hanks SS

4. *Austin Maddy DH

5. Bo Fisher C

6. Brock Duke 3B

7. Adam Kelsch 1B

8. Kurt Henderson LF

9. Stephen Nelson RF

P Mike Dedrick

RESERVES

Nate Adamson

Mark Garrett

*Kyle Harris

Taylor Lyons

Kevin Nay

Desmond Poulson

Zane Pulver

*Home Run Derby participant

ABOUT ADAMSON: He finished the year with an 11-2 record. During the regular season, he threw six complete games and had a 2.79 earned run average. He has a 3.9 GPA.

ABOUT DEDRICK: He struck out 107 batters in 67 innings of work during the regular season, and had a 2.42 earned run average. A junior, he will play in several showcases this summer.

ABOUT DUKE: He hit .323 and went 6-1 as a pitcher during the regular season. Coach Jim "Shoe" Nelson says he is the smartest (in a baseball sense) player he's ever coached.