USA Baseball Tournament of Stars

At the Tournament of Stars in North Carolina, Anaheim Servite pitcher Cole Irvin threw four shutout innings while striking out seven on Thursday to lead his team to victory. Players are competing in a tournament trying to make the U.S. 18U national team. Camarillo pitcher Hunter Virant struck out two in an inning of relief. Lucas Giolito from Studio City Harvard-Westlake struck out five in four innings. Jeremy Martinez from Santa Ana Mater Dei hit two home runs for his team. For more information go to: USABaseball.com.

2011 USA Baseball Tournament of Stars presented by Major League Baseball

The Tournament of Stars (TOS) is made up of 144 of the nation's best ballplayers that are international age-eligible (born in 1993 or 1994) for 18U National Team consideration. They are invited to play for one of our seven National Member Organizations (AABC, American Legion, Babe Ruth, Dixie, PONY, NABF, RBI and USA Baseball) or via an "at-large" team selected by USA Baseball. Generally speaking, official invites for the tournament will be sent from the USA Baseball office in late April. These players form the pool of talent from which USA Baseball will select its 18U National Team to represent our country in international competition.
The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, June 21: Players arrive; event orientation
Wednesday-Saturday, June 22-25: Pool play
Sunday, June 26: Finals
Monday, June 27: Players depart