TROY, N.Y. -- It was only fitting that on a night of irregularities, the fourth annual New York-Penn League All-Star Game ended up the way it did.

Two outs, bottom of the ninth, two runners on with the home team down by one and one of the fans' own coming to the plate.

That was the situation in which Tri-City third baseman David Flores was put Tuesday night at Joe Bruno Stadium in Troy, N.Y.

With the National League affiliates trailing in the final frame, 3-1, Oneonta's Tyler Stohr allowed a leadoff double down the third-base line to the Chase D'Arnaud (State College). Another hometown boy, Tri-City's BJ Shuck -- who played the entire game -- sent a looper to center field that dropped and allowed D'Arnaud to score.

Shuck advanced to second base on a wild pitch and Charles Cutler (Batavia) walked, putting two on with one out. After Stohr caught Jeremy Farrell (State College) looking at a nasty breaking ball for the second out, the stage was set for Flores.

With a sold-out crowd of 6,149 looking on, Flores laced the second offering from Stohr deep to left field. Left fielder Robert Widlansky (Aberdeen) appeared to have the ball lined up as he neared the wall and bent at the waist to meet the falling line drive. The ball bounced out of his glove when Widlansky collided with the wall. Shuck scored easily and Cutler crossed the plate for the winning run to give the National League a dramatic 4-3 walk-off victory.

"It's unbelievable. Just to be in the game to start with was special and then playing here in front of a packed house made it even more special," Flores said. "I was hoping to just make my plays and maybe get a knock or two. It worked out better than I could have expected."

Flores was named the game's Most Valuable Player and his teammate Philip Rummel was named the Most Outstanding Pitcher for his 1-2-3 sixth inning in which he struck out two.

"Off the bat, I thought it had a chance to get out," Shuck said of Flores' hit. "The wind had been blowing in all day, so I think that kept it in the ballpark. I was just hoping it still fell down and it did, so that was pretty exciting to be a part of."

Stohr was charged with the loss after he had been 10 for 12 in save opportunities with the O-Tigers this season. Batavia right-hander Adam Reifer (the league leader in saves with 18) collected the win after a scoreless ninth.

In fact, NL manager Darin Everson said it was Reifer's performance that semi-inspired the comeback win.

"It was very dramatic," Everson said. "I was telling the other guys that having the energy of Reifer throwing in the ninth inning, our dugout was kind of bubbling with energy after watching him throw."

In a contest that featured only two innings with more than one hit -- the American League's seventh and the National League's ninth -- the strength of the most talented New York-Penn arms shone brightly.

Perhaps as evidenced by the Home Run Derby prior to the game in which only five homers were hit in 85 total swings, the game was low-scoring.

National League hitters fanned 11 times and their AL counterparts struck out nine, compared to a combined 16 hits between the two clubs (eight for each side). The AL left four runners on base compared to the NL's 11.

The top of the seventh provided the AL's only offense of the game.

Williamsport right-hander B.J. Rosenberg began the inning by allowing a single to Caleb Joseph (Aberdeen). Following a wild pitch that allowed Joseph to advance to second, Jason Tweedy (Hudson Valley) tied the game with a single to right field.

That would seem normal, but Tweedy started the game at third base batting second. When he singled home the tying run, he was batting fifth.

Come again?

Because of an injury sustained by Staten Island's Addison Maruszak (the league's leading vote-getter in online fan All-Star balloting), the American League squad was left with only one shortstop (Brandon Douglas) on the roster.

And in an effort to get each player on the roster the maximum number of at-bats while still ensuring that manager Pat McMahon (Staten Island) had enough players to cover all the infield positions, league president Ben Hayes allowed McMahon to move Tweedy down three spots in the lineup. Tweedy later shifted from third to short as well.

"[McMahon] basically brought up two lineup cards before the game knowing they were going to have to change some stuff up to allow them to be able to play multiple positions," Everson said. "It worked out. Sometimes in showcase games like this, you've just got to let that stuff go.

"I've never seen it before and I'll probably never see it again. It was unique, and it just makes the whole thing a better story."

Mike Gosse (Oneonta) lined a 3-1 offering from Rosenberg to the right side of the infield and put the AL ahead, 2-1. Gosse also singled to almost the exact same spot in his second at-bat and scored in the seventh when Mitch Dening (Lowell) batted in the AL's third run of the game.

Continuing the theme of oddities ... enter Pat Venditte.

The switch-throwing pitcher from Staten Island came into the game in the seventh and wowed those in attendance. Not so much for what he did, but how he did it.

After facing two straight left-handed batters and striking both out with a mix of slow off-speed pitches, he changed sides on his specially crafted, six-fingered glove and tossed right-handed to D'Arnaud.

Venditte pitches with an overhand delivery from the right side and side-armed from the left. His velocity is considerably faster from the right, but his breaking pitches have more bite from the left.

But Staten Island's closer ran into trouble after the switch. After issuing a walk to D'Arnaud, he hit Brandon Turner (Jamestown) and issued a free pass to Shuck to load the bases. Pitching left-handed with the bags full, Venditte got Charles Cutler to fly out to left field to preserve the American League's lead.

Batavia's Frederick Parejo broke the game's scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth when he sent the first offering from right-hander Robert Bell (Auburn) over the right-field fence to give the National League a 1-0 lead.

Right-hander Brad Holt (Brooklyn) was impressive in the third, striking out two batters and fronting a fastball that touched the mid-90s along with a hard-breaking curve he threw to catch Brandon Douglas (Oneonta) looking.

After walking the first batter he faced on four pitches and allowing a hard-hit double to Farrell, right-hander Matt Gorgen (Hudson Valley) settled in during his inning of work. He threw almost exclusively straight heat to overpower Flores and Derek Norris (Vermont) to end the scoring threat.

"These kids don't know anything different," Everson said of the only event of its kind in the short-season leagues. "It's great for them to be able to come in and be a part of the All-Star Game and this beautiful ballpark. The fans were great, and it's been a great two days of being able to enjoy the Albany area."