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| Date | July 3, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Fort Bragg Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Umpires | HP: Alfonso Márquez 1B: Larry Vanover 2B: David Rackley 3B: Chris Guccione | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,582 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | SFC Corey Calkins, US Army[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | ESPN: Dan Shulman (play-by-play) Aaron Boone (analyst) Jessica Mendoza (analyst) Buster Olney (reporter) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN Radio, ESPN Deportes Radio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Fort Bragg Game was a Major League Baseball (MLB) specialty game played between the Miami Marlins and Atlanta Braves of MLB's National League at Fort Bragg Stadium in Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty), North Carolina, on July 3, 2016. The game was broadcast on Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. The game was the first regular season professional sports event ever held on an active military base, and the first MLB game played in North Carolina. The Marlins defeated the Braves, 5–2. After the game, the grandstands were removed, and the field became a multi-use sporting ground.