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Total Baseball:  The Highlights of the Game


The All-Star Game

Frederick Ivor-Campbell


     Although the tradition of All-Star Games in baseball dates back to an
1858 series between teams of stars from Brooklyn and New York (they were
called "picked nines" in those days), the current All-Star series began when
Arch Ward, sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, persuaded hesitant league
owners to go along with his proposal for a game between stars from the
American and National leagues, to be played in Chicago during that city's
Century of Progress Exposition in 1933.
     All-Star managers (who, except for the first game, have been the pilots
of the previous year's pennant winners) shared with fans the selection of
players for the first two games. From 1935 through 1946 the manager selected
his whole squad. Since 1947, he has chosen his pitchers and all other players
except the eight members of the starting lineup. The fans chose the starters
in 1947-1957; after an incident of ballot-box stuffing by Cincinnati partisans
in 1957, the major league players, coaches, and managers made the choice in
1958-1969; in 1970 the selection of starting lineups was returned to the fans.
     The American League dominated the early years of the series, winning the
first three games, and extending their winning margin to eight games (12-4) by
1949. The National League cut the lead in half with four straight wins, and
by 1964 had drawn even in the series (17-17-1). From 1965 through 1985 the
National Leaguers continued their drive, winning 19 All-Star Games while
losing only two, to build a commanding 36-19 lead in the series. In recent
years, though, the American Leaguers have begun to come back, winning in 1993
their seventh game in eight years, and their fifth in a row. But even if they
were to continue winning every year, it would take them until 2004 to catch
up.


GAME 1
Comiskey Park, Chicago
July 6, 1933
AL, 4-2

        NL   000  002  000   2  8  0
        AL   012  001  OOX   4  9  1

  Pitchers: HALLAHAN, Warneke (3), Hubbell (7) vs GOMEZ, Crowder (4),
             Grove (7)
 Home Runs: Ruth-A. Frisch-N
Attendance: 49,200

     Baseball's two grand old managers--Connie Mack and John McGraw--were
chosen to lead the American and National League squads in the first All-Star
Game, and American starting pitcher Lefty Gomez of the Yankees took home
honors both as the first All-Star winning pitcher and as the first player to
drive in an All-Star run (singling in Jimmie Dykes in the second inning). But
it was another "grand old man"--Babe Ruth--who made the game's headlines. At
thirty-eight, in his next-to-last season as a Yankee, he lined a two-run homer
in the third to make the score 30, and as right fielder in the eighth he
robbed Chick Hafey of a hit with a remarkable running catch of Hafey's line
drive.
     Frank Frisch homered for the Nationals, following up Pepper Martin's RBI
with a solo shot in the National League's two-run sixth. But the American
stars countered with an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth, as Earl
Averill singled in Joe Cronin to end the scoring. Carl Hubbell for the
Nationals and Lefty Grove for the Americans blanked the opposition through the
final innings.


GAME 2
Polo Grounds, New York
July 10, 1934
AL, 9-7

        AL   000  261  000   9  14  1
        NL   103  030  000   7   8  1

  Pitchers: Gomez, Rutting (4), HARDER (5) vs Hubbell, Warneke (4), MUNGO
             (5), J. Dean (6), Frankhouse (9)
 Home Runs: Frisch-N, Medwick-N
Attendance: 48,363

     This was the game in which Carl Hubbell struck out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig,
Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin in order in the first two innings.
Hubbell also walked two and gave up two hits in his three innings of work, but
allowed no run to score as his Nationals took a 40 lead on homers by Frank
Frisch in the first and Joe Medwick (for three runs) in the third off American
starter (and first-game winner) Lefty Gomez.
     But with Hubbell gone, the Americans pounced on Lon Warneke and Van
Lingle Mungo for four runs each in the fourth and fifth innings. The
Nationals battled back for three off Red Ruffing in their half of the fifth,
to come within a run of tying the game. But Mel Harder relieved Ruffing with
none out and put out the fire, one-hitting the National stars over the final
five innings. The Americans picked up an insurance run in the sixth off Dizzy
Dean before Dean and Fred Frankhouse shut them down, too, through the final
three frames.

GAME 3
Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
July 8, 1935
AL, 4-1

        NL   000  100  000   1  4  1
        AL   210  010  OOX   4  8  0

  Pitchers: WALKER, Schumacher (3), Deeringer (7), J.Dean (8) vs GOMEZ,
             Harder (7)
 Home Runs: Foxx-A
Attendance: 69,812

     Lefty Gomez started his third All-Star Game, and pitched a record six
innings to pick up his second All-Star win. For three innings he shut out the
Nationals as the Americans built a lead behind him on Jimmie Foxx's two-run
homer in the first, and Rollie Hemsley's triple and Joe Cronin's run-scoring
fly in the second.
     The National Leaguers tried to catch up in the fourth, when they put
together two of their three hits off Gomez--a double by Arky Vaughan and a
single by Bill Terry--and scored a run. But an inning later Foxx nullified
the National run, singling Joe Vosmik home for his third RBI.
     Gomez blanked the National stars through two more innings before yielding
to Mel Harder, who came in to close his second All-Star Game. Harder had
created an All-Star record the previous year with his five consecutive
scoreless innings pitched, and extended the record to eight, with three more
shutout innings to end the game.


GAME 4
Braves Field, Boston
July 7, 1936
NL, 4-3

         AL  000 000  300   3 7 1
         NL  020 020  OOX   4 9 0

  Pitchers: GROVE, Rowe (4), Harder (7) vs J. DEAN, Hubbell (4), C.Davls (7),
             Warneke (7)
 Home Runs: Galan-N, Gehrig-A
Attendance: 25,534

     The National League, which had not yet won an All-Star Game, scored first
in the second when Gabby Hartnett tripled in a run off Lefty Grove--rookie Joe
DiMaggio missing his try for a shoe-top catch of Hartnett's drive to right
field. Pinky Whitney then singled in Hartnett. Augie Galan homered off
Schoolboy Rowe (and the right field foul pole) in the fifth, and DiMaggio's
bobble of Billy Herman's single a batter later put Herman in position to score
an unearned fourth run, on Joe Medwick's single, that proved to be the margin
of victory.
     The Americans, shut out through six by Dizzy Dean and Carl Hubbell,
nearly tied the game in the seventh off Curt Davis as Lou Gehrig homered and
Luke Appling singled in two more. But Lon Warneke took over and, after
loading the bases with a walk, escaped disaster as shortstop Leo Durocher
snared DiMaggio's vicious line drive to his right for the third out. Warneke
shut the Americans out over the final two innings to preserve the one-run lead
and the National League's first All-Star win.


GAME 5
Griffith Stadium, Washington
July 7, 1937
AL, 8-3

        NL   000  111  000   3  13  0
        AL   002  312  OOX   8  13  2

  Pitchers: J.DEAN, Hubbell (4), Blanton (4), Grissom (5), Mungo (6), Walters
             (8) vs GOMEZ, Bridges (4), Harder (7)
 Home Runs: Gehrig-A
Attendance: 31.391

     President Franklin Roosevelt attended the game. Lou Gehrig homered and
doubled to drive in half the American League's eight runs in an easy American
win. Lefty Gomez started his fourth All-Star Game in five years, winning his
third. And American reliever Mel Harder pitched the final innings for the
fourth All-Star Game in a row, pushing his record for consecutive All-Star
shutout innings to 13. But the game is remembered not for any of these
things, but for Earl Averill's line drive in the third inning which fractured
Dizzy Dean's toe and led to the premature end of his spectacular career. (Dean
recovered from the broken toe, but tried to resume his pitching too soon. In
favoring the toe, he changed his delivery and irreparably injured his pitching
arm.)
     The Americans began their scoring when Gehrig, who preceded Averill in
the batting order, homered off Dean in the third, with one aboard. They added
to their score in each of the next three innings, so that although the
Nationals countered with single runs in the three middle innings, they only
fell farther behind.


GAME 6
Crosley Field, Cincinnati
July 6, 1938
NL, 4-1

        AL   000  000  001   1  7  4
        NL   100  100  2OX   4  8  0

  Pitchers: GOMEZ, Allen (4), Grove (7) vs VANDER MEER, Lee (4), Brown (7)
Attendance: 27,607

     For the fifth (and final) time, Lefty Gomez started for the American
League, and although he gave up only two hits and no earned runs in his three
innings, he was saddled with the loss when an error by shortstop Joe Cronin
paved the way for a National League run in the first.
     The Nationals scored their only earned run in the fourth when Mel Ott
tripled and Ernie Lombardi singled him home. But in the seventh they recorded
two more unearned runs when Leo Durocher bunted to move Frank McCormick to
second. Both McCormick and Durocher scored as third baseman Jimmie Foxx threw
wildly to first and right fielder Joe DiMaggio (who chased the ball down)
missed home plate with his throw.
     In the ninth DiMaggio singled and Cronin doubled him home in partial
atonement for their errors. But as Johnny Vander Meer and Big Bill Lee had
each blanked the American stars on one hit in their three-inning stints, and
some fine outfield catches had kept them from scoring more than this one run
off Mace Brown, the Americans' errors cost them the game.


GAME 7
Yankee Stadium, New York
July 11, 1939
AL, 3-1

        NL   001  000  000   1  7  1
        AL   000  210  OOX   3  6  1

  Pitchers: Derringer, LEE (4), Fette (7) vs Rutting, BRIDGES (4), Feller (6)
 Home Runs: J. DiMaggio-A
Attendance: 62,892

     Six Yankees started for the American League, and one of them--Joe
DiMaggio--hit the game's only home run. But it was a young Cleveland
pitcher--twenty -year-old Bob Feller, playing in his first All-Star Game--who
turned in the most memorable performance.
     The Nationals scored first, with a run in the third on three hits off the
American League starter, Red Ruffing. But the Americans came back with two
runs in the fourth on a walk, two singles, and a bobbled grounder by shortstop
Arky Vaughan. DiMaggio hit his insurance homer an inning later.
     In the top of the sixth, after two singles and an error had loaded the
bases with National stars, with only one out, Feller replaced Tommy Bridges to
face Vaughan (who had earlier singled and scored his team's only run). One
pitch got Feller out of the inning as Vaughan grounded into a 463 double play.
Feller shut out the National stars over the final three innings, striking out
Johnny Mize and Stan Hack in the ninth to end the game and give the Americans
their fifth All-Star victory.


GAME 8
Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
July 9, 1940
NL, 4-0

        AL   000 000  000   0 3 1
        NL   300 000  OIX   4 7 0

  Pltchers: HUFFING, Newsom (4), Feller (7) vs DERRINGER, Walters (3), Wyatt
             (5), French (7), Hubbell (9)
 Home Runs: West-N
Attendance: 32,373

     The National Leaguers made short work of the Americans, scoring three
times in the first inning and holding the opposing stars to three hits for the
All-Star Game's first shutout. Before American League starter Red Ruffing
retired a single National batter in the bottom of the first inning, three of
the game's four runs had been scored, on singles by Arky Vaughan and Billy
Herman and Max West's home run to right center.
     Ruffing then settled down, and he and Buck Newsom held the Nationals to
just three additional hits through the seventh. Bob Feller gave up the
Nationals' fourth run in the eighth, on a walk, a sacrifice, and Harry
Danning's single.
     Five National League pitchers combined for the shutout, permitting only
five batters to reach base while striking out seven. Starter Paul Derringer,
who struck out three men in his two innings, was awarded the win.


GAME 9
Briggs Stadium, Detroit
July 8, 1941
AL, 7-5

        NL   000  001  220   5  10  2
        AL   000  101  014   7  11  3

  Pitchers: Wyatt, Deeringer (3), Walters (5), PASSEAU (7) vs Feller, Lea
             (4), Hudson (7), SMITH (8)
 Home Runs: Vaughn-N (2), Williams-A
Attendance: 64,674

     The National Leaguers entered the last of the ninth with a 53 lead and
hopes of nailing down their first back-to-back All-Star victories. The
American stars had scored their first run in the fourth. The Nationals tied
the score in the top of the sixth, but the Americans countered with a run
later in the inning. The Nationals' Arky Vaughan then made a bid to be the
game's hero, homering in the seventh off Sid Hudson with a man aboard to
restore the National lead, and homering again an inning later off Edgar Smith
for two more runs.
     A double and single by the DiMaggio brothers Joe and Dom brought the
Americans a run closer in the eighth, but they still needed two to tie as they
faced Claude Passeau in the bottom of the ninth. Two one-out singles and a
walk loaded the bases, and a force play at second (that just missed being a
game-ending double play) scored Ken Keltner from third. With two men now out
and the Americans still down a run, Ted Williams homered on a letter-high
fastball against the upper parapet in right for three more runs and another
American League victory.


GAME 10
Polo Grounds, New York
July 6, 1942
AL, 3-1

        AL   300  000  000   3  7  0
        NL   000  000  010   1  6  1

  Pitchers: CHANDLER, Benton (5) vs M. COOPER, Vander Meer (4), Passeau (7),
             Walters (9)
 Home Runs: Boudreau-A, York-A, Owen-N
Attendance: 33,694

     Home runs accounted for all the scoring as the American League, in
something of a reverse of the 1940 game, scored three times in the top of the
first to defeat the Nationals. Lou Boudreau, leading off, hit the game winner
off Mort Cooper's second pitch, into the upper deck in left field. A double
and two outs later, Rudy York put one over the fence near the short right
field foul line for two more runs.
     The Americans hit safely only four more times, and scored no more runs,
but they already had more than enough, as Spud Chandler and Al Benton combined
to shut out the National League stars for seven innings, until Mickey Owen,
pinch-hitting for pitcher Claude Passeau in the eighth, hit his only home run
of the summer.
     This was the second All-Star Game played in the Polo Grounds. It had
been Brooklyn's turn to host the game at Ebbets Field, but because the
proceeds were destined for the war effort, the site was shifted to the larger
stadium. The game might as well have been held in Brooklyn, though, as a
pregame rain held attendance to well below the Polo Grounds' capacity.


GAME 11
Shibe Park, Philadelphia
July 13, 1943
AL, 5-3

        NL   100  000  101   3  10  3
        AL   031  010  00X   5   8  1

  Pitchers: M. COOPER, Vander Meer (3), SeweLL (6), Javery (7) vs LEONARD,
             Newhouser (4), Hughson (7)
 Home Runs: Doerr-A, V.DiMaggio-N
Attendance: 31,938

     For the first time, the All-Star Game was played at night. And for the
only time in All-Star history, no Yankee played--although six had been named
to the American League squad. But Yankee Joe McCarthy (serving for the sixth
time as American manager) was piqued by criticism that he favored his own
players, and retaliated by keeping them all on the bench.
     The only DiMaggio in this wartime game was Pittsburgh's Vince, and he
provided most of the National League power--batting 3 for 3, with eight total
bases and two of his team's three runs. But after the Nationals had jumped to
a one-run lead in the first, Bobby Doerr of the Americans homered off Mort
Cooper with two aboard in the second to put the American stars ahead. They
added to their lead with a run in the third and another in the fifth.
DiMaggio scored in the seventh after tripling off Tex Hughson and added a
homer against Hughson in the ninth, but his heroics were not enough to
overcome the American League's march to its third win in a row, and its eighth
in eleven tries.


GAME 12
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
July 11, 1944
NL, 7-1

        AL   010  000  000   1   6  3
        NL   000  040  21X   7  12  1

  Pitchers: Borowy, HUGHSON (4), Muncrief (5), Newhouser (7), Newsom (8) vs
             Walters, RAFFENSBERGER (4), Sewell (6), Tobin (9)
Attendance: 29,589

     For the second time the game was played at night, and for the seventh
time Joe McCarthy managed the American League team. But this time--unlike
Game 11--he let his Yankees play. He started Yankee pitcher Hank Borowy, who
not only shut out the Nationals in his three innings but drove in a run in the
second to give his team the lead.
     But that was all the American stars got. For the first four innings it
was enough, but in the fifth a double, four singles, a walk, an error, and a
stolen base brought in four National League runs. In the seventh, Whitey
Kurowski doubled in two more National runs, and in the eighth a missed third
strike, two walks, and a fly ball produced a seventh and final tally.
     No home runs were hit in the game, only the second time that had happened
in All-Star play. But Phil Cavarretta of the Nationals tripled--and reached
base four additional times on a single and three walks for a new All-Star
on-base record.


GAME 13
Fenway Park, Boston
July 9, 1946
AL, 12-0

        NL   000  000  000    0   3  0
        AL   200  130  24X   12  14  1

  Pitchers: PASSEAU. Higbe (4), Blackwell (5), Sewell (8) vs FELLER,
             Newhouser (4), Kramer (7)
 Home Runs: Keller-A. Williams-A (2)
Attendance: 34,906

     No All-Star Game was played in 1945 because of restrictions on wartime
travel, but when the classic resumed in 1946 the American stars avenged their
1944 loss with the most decisive All-Star victory to date: 120. American
pitchers Bob Feller, Hal Newhouser, and Jack Kramer combined to hold the
National stars to three singles and a walk, as their teammates pounded
National pitching for 14 hits, including two doubles and three home runs.
     But the game belonged to Ted Williams. Back after three years at war,
and playing before his hometown fans, he equaled Phil Cavarretta's 1944
on-base record in spectacular fashion, with one walk, two singles, and two
home runs: one a drive into the center field bleachers and the other the first
homer ever hit off Rip Sewell's looping "eephus' pitch. He scored the game's
first run in the first inning as Charlie Keller followed his walk with a
homer, and went on to break an All-Star record by scoring three more times,
while driving in a record five runs.


GAME 14
Wrigley Field, Chicago
July 8, 1947
AL, 2-1

        AL   000  001  100   2  8  0
        NL   000  100  000   1  5  1

  Pitchers: Newhouser, SHEA (4), Masterson (7), Page (8) vs Blackwell,
             Brecheen (4), SAIN (7), Spahn (8)
 Home Runs: Mize-N
Attendance: 41,123

     Johnny Mize homered for the National League off rookie Spec Shea in the
fourth inning for the game's first run, after three one-hit innings by the two
lanky starters, Ewell Blackwell of the Nationals and Hal Newhouser of the
Americans. Mize's run remained the only score until the sixth inning, when the
American Leaguers tied the game on two singles and a double-play grounder.
     Sharp baserunning by Bobby Doerr--plus a little luck--led to the
Americans' second run an inning later. Doerr singled, then stole second. He
took third when pitcher Johnny Sain's pickoff throw bounced off Doerr's back
into the outfield. Pinch hitter Stan Spence then singled Doerr home with what
proved to be the game's final--and winning--run. The Nationals put men on
first and third in the eighth, but shortstop Lou Boudreau's spectacular stop
of a hot grounder and sharp throw to first retired the side and ended the
threat.


GAME 15
Sportsman's Park, St. Louis
July 13, 1948
AL, 5-2

        NL   200  000  000   2  8  0
        AL   011  300  00X   5  6  0
  Pitchers: Branca, SCHMITZ (4), Sain (4), Blackwell (6) vs Masterson, RASCHI
             (4), Coleman (7)
 Home Runs: Musial-N, Evers-A
Attendance: 34,009

     Vic Raschi pitched three shutout innings for the American stars and drove
in two go-ahead runs with a fourth-inning single as the American League--for
the third time since the All-Star Game originated in 1933--won its third
classic in a row. The Nationals scored first on Stan Musial's two-run homer
in the top of the first. But that was all they got, as starter Walt Masterson
settled down and shut out the Nationals through the second and third innings.
Raschi then came on for his shutout stint, and Joe Coleman stopped the
Nationals without even a hit over the final three innings.
     Meanwhile, the Americans scored a run in the second on Hoot Evers'
homer, and tied the game with another run in the third on two walks, a double
steal, and an outfield fly. Then in the fourth, when two walks and a single
had loaded the bases, pitcher Raschi singled in the third and fourth American
runs. Joe DiMaggio's pinch-hit fly scored a fifth run. Johnny Sain and Ewell
Blackwell shut out the Americans the rest of the way, but the damage had been
done.


GAME 16
Ebbets Field, Brooklyn
July 12, 1949
AL, 11-7

        AL   400  202  300   11  13  1
        NL   212  002  000    7  12  5
  Pitchers: Parnell, TRUCKS (2), Brissle (4), Raschl (7) vs Spahn, NEWCOMBE
             (2), Munger (5), Bickford (6), Pollet (7), Blackwell (8), Roe (9)
 Home Runs: Musial-N, Kiner-N
Attendance: 32,577

     Each team scored seven earned runs in this game which saw a total of 25
hits, including seven doubles and two home runs. But two first-inning
National League errors let in four unearned American runs to provide the
margin for the American League's fourth consecutive All-Star win. Stan Musial
and Ralph Kiner each drove in two National runs with homers, but Eddie Joost
singled in two runs for the Americans and Joe DiMaggio singled and doubled in
three more to lead the American attack. For the second year in a row, Vic
Raschi shut out the National stars for three innings, this time holding the
American lead over the final third of the game.
     The game was notable as the first to include black players: three
Dodgers (Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, and Don Newcombe) for the National
League, and Larry Doby for the American. With the Americans now ahead 124, it
also marked the farthest extent of American League domination of the midsummer
classic.


GAME 17
Comiskey Park, Chicago
July 11, 1950
NL, 4-3

        NL   020  000  001  000  01   4  10  0
        AL   001  020  000  000  00   3   8  1

  Pitchers: Roberts, Newcombe (4), Konstanty (6), Jansen (7), BLACKWELL (12)
             vs Reschi, Lemon (4), Houtteman (7), Reynolds (10), GRAY (13),
             Feller (14)
 Home Runs: Kiner-N, Schoendienst-N
Attendance: 46,127

     For the first time, the All-Star Game went into extra innings, and for
the first time the National League won a game as the visiting team. Three
pitchers each hurled three innings of shutout ball: Bob Lemon and Allie
Reynolds for the American League and Ewell Blackwell (who finished the game
and got the win) for the Nationals. But top pitching honors were earned by
National Leaguer Larry Jansen, who struck out six and gave up only one hit
over five shutout innings (711).
     The National stars scored first with two runs in the second. The
Americans came back with one in the third, and tied and took the lead in the
fifth on George Kell's run-scoring fly and an RBI single by Ted Williams (who,
it was later learned, had broken his left elbow making an off-the-wall catch
in the first inning). But in the top of the ninth, Ralph Kiner of the
Nationals hit a game-tying homer, and 4 1/2 scoreless innings later Red
Schoendienst--on the first pitch of the fourteenth inning--homered off
American Ted Gray with what proved to be the game winner.


GAME 18
Briggs Stadium, Detroit
July 10, 1951
NL, 8-3

        NL   100  302  110   8  12  1
        AL   010  110  000   3  10  2

  Pitchers: Roberts, MAGLIE (3), Newcombe (6), Blackwell (9) vs Garver, LOPAT
             (4), Hutchinson (5), Parnell (8), Lemon (9) Home Runs: Musial-N,
             Elliott-N, Wertz-A, Kell-A, Hodges-N, Kiner-N
Attendance: 52,075

     In a game moved from Philadelphia to help Detroit celebrate its 250th
birthday, hometowners Vic Wertz and George Kell of the Tigers hit solo homers
in the fourth and fifth innings to bring the American stars within a run of
the Nationals. But they came no closer, as the National Leaguers pulled away
for a convincing 83 victory.
     The Nationals, aided by six innings of shutout pitching (including three
by Don Newcombe), produced four home runs of their own to drive in six of
their eight runs. With the score tied 11 going into the fourth inning, Stan
Musial greeted Ed Lopat's first pitch with a shot to the right field upper
deck, and Bob Elliott added two more runs later in the inning with a homer to
left. Gil Hodges increased the National League lead to 63 with a two-run
homer in the sixth, and Ralph Kiner concluded the Nationals' scoring with a
solo upper-deck shot to left center in the eighth. For the first time in
All-Star play, the National League had won two games in a row.


GAME 19
Shibe Park, Philadelphia
July 8, 1952
NL, 3-2

       AL    000  20         2  5  0
       NL    100  20         3  3  0

  Pitchers: Raschi, LEMON (3), Shantz (5) vs Simmons, RUSH (4)
 Home Runs: J.Robinson-N. Sauer-N
Attendance: 32,785

     No sun shone for this rain-shortened game, but two hometown pitchers did.
Curt Simmons of the Phillies held the American stars to one hit as he shut
them out over the first three innings. And the Athletics' Bobby Shantz--in
the midst of an MVP season--struck out the side in the fifth for the
Americans.
     But home runs and rain determined the final outcome. Jackie Robinson
opened the scoring with a homer off Vic Raschi in the bottom of the first to
give the Nationals a 10 lead. In the fourth the Americans came back to take
the lead briefly with two runs on a double, a walk, and two singles off
eventual winner Bob Rush. But in the bottom of the inning, Hank Sauer's home
run off Bob Lemon with one aboard returned the lead to the National League.
And there it stayed through a scoreless fifth, when the rain, which had fallen
throughout the game, at last brought the soggy festivities to the All-Star
series' first premature conclusion.


GAME 20
Crosley Field, Cincinnati
July 14, 1953
NL, 5-1

        AL   000  000  001   1   5  0
        NL   000  020  12X   5  10  0
  Pitchers: Pierce, REYNOLDS (4), Garcia (6) Paige (8) vs Roberts, SPAHN (4),
             Simmons (6), Dickson (8)
Attendance: 30,846

     For the first 4 1/2 innings, pitchers for both sides held the opposition
scoreless, with one hit each. Then the National Leaguers got to Allie
Reynolds for two runs in the bottom of the fifth on a hit batsman, a walk, and
two singles.
     This proved margin enough for the National League's fourth consecutive
victory, as four National pitchers held the Americans to just two hits through
eight innings before three singles in the ninth gave the American Leaguers
their only run. For good measure, though, the National stars added a run in
the seventh, and two more in the eighth (with three singles and a walk off
Satchel Paige in his only All-Star appearance).
     Enos Slaughter of the Nationals provided much of the game's excitement.
With two singles, a walk, and a stolen base, he drove in one run and scored
two others, and defensively made a spectacular diving catch in right field.
Pee Wee Reese's double in the seventh (scoring Slaughter) was the game's only
extra-base hit.


GAME 21
Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
July 13, 1954
AL, 11-9

        NL   000  520  020    9  14  0
        AL   004  121  03X   11  17  1

  Pitchers: Roberts, Anioneill (4), Spohn (6), Grissom (6), CONLEY (8),
             Erskine (8) vs Ford, Consuegra (4), Lemon (4), Porterfield (5),
             Keegan (8), STONE (8), Trucks (9)
 Home Runs: Rosen-A (2), Boone-A, Kluszewski-N, Bell-N, Doby-A
Attendance: 68.751

     American starter Whitey Ford gave up only one hit in three shutout
innings, and National starter Robin Roberts shut out the American stars
through two. But in the bottom of the third Al Rosen tagged Roberts for a
three-run homer, and Ray Boone followed with a solo shot. By the end of the
game new All-Star records had been set for hits (31), runs (20), and pitchers
used (13), and the record of 6 home runs had been equaled.
     The Nationals topped the American four-run third with five straight hits
off Sandy Consuegra in the fourth, for five runs. The Americans tied the game
with a run in their half of the fourth, but Ted Kluszewski homered in the
fifth for two more National League runs. In the bottom of the fifth, Rosen
homered again, for two, to bring the Americans even again.
     A run in the sixth put the Americans ahead, but Gus Bell's two-run blast
in the eighth returned the Nationals to the top by one. They were threatening
to lengthen that lead when Dean Stone entered the contest in relief of Bob
Keegan with two out and Red Schoendienst on third. Before Stone's first
delivery, Schoendienst broke for home and was tagged out, setting the stage
for Stone to become the winning pitcher without making a pitch. American
Larry Doby tied it up again later in the eighth with a home run, and Nellie
Fox drove in the game's final two runs a few batters later with a bases-loaded
single.
     In the ninth, the Nationals' Stan Musial blasted two over the fence--both
foul--with a man aboard. But Virgil Trucks retired him and Gil Hodges, who
followed, to preserve the American League's first victory in five games.


GAME 22
County Stadium, Milwaukee
July 12, 1955
NL, 6-5

        AL   400  001  000  000   5  10  2
        NL   000  000  230  001   6  13  1
  Pitchers: Pierce, Wynn (4), Ford (7), SULLIVAN (8) vs Roberts, Haddix (4),
             Newcombe (7), Jones (8), Nuxhall (8), CONLEY (12)
 Home Runs: Mantle-A,  Musial-N
Attendance: 45,314

     Down 05 in the seventh inning, the National Leaguers came back to tie the
game and send it into extra innings. The Americans attacked early, scoring
four runs off Robin Roberts (three of them on Mickey Mantle's home run to
center) before the game's first out had been recorded. They added a fifth run
in the sixth inning. Meanwhile, pitchers Billy Pierce and Early Wynn were
shutting the Nationals down on four hits.
     In the seventh, though, two singles, a walk, and an American error gave
the Nationals two runs, and in the eighth, four two-out singles and another
error tied the game. Joe Nuxhall for the Nationals and the Americans' Frank
Sullivan prevented further scoring through the eleventh. In the top of the
twelfth, Gene Conley replaced Nuxhall and struck out the side: Al Kaline,
Mickey Vernon, and Al Rosen. Sullivan returned for the Americans to face Stan
Musial in the bottom of the twelfth. Musial hit the first pitch--a
fastball--over the screen in right and the game was over.


GAME 23
Griffith Stadium, Washington
July 10, 1956
NL, 7-3

        NL   001  211  200   7  11  0
        AL   000  003  000   3  11  0
  Pitchers: FRIEND, Spahn (4), Antonelli (6) vs PIERCE, Ford (4), Wilson (5),
             Brewer (6), Score (8), Wynn (9)
 Home Runs: Mays-N, Williams-A, Mantle-A, Musial-N
Attendance: 28,843

     Four of the game's greatest sluggers--Willie Mays, Stan Musial, Ted
Williams, and Mickey Mantle--hit home runs, three of them off two of the
game's greatest pitchers--Whitey Ford and Warren Spahn. But the star of the
game was National League third baseman Ken Boyer, who went 3 for 5, scoring
one run and driving in another, while making three spectacular diving and
leaping plays in the field.
     The National stars scored five times--including twice in the fourth on
Mays' homer off Ford--before the Americans put a run on the board. But in
the bottom of the sixth, Williams homered for two runs off Spahn, and Mantle
followed him with another homer to bring the Americans within two. But that
was the end of their scoring, as Johnny Antonelli relieved Spahn to stop the
American stars the rest of the way. The Nationals scored twice more in the
seventh--one of the runs coming on Musial's homer--ensuring them a comfortable
73 victory.


GAME 24
Busch Stadium, St. Louis
July 9, 1957
AL, 6-5

        AL   020  001  003   6  10  0
        NL   000  000  203   6   9  1

  Pitchers: BUNNING, Loes (4), Wynn (7), Pierce (7), Mossi (9), Grim (9) vs
             SIMMONS, Burdette (2), Sanford (6), Jackson (7), Labine (9)
Attendance: 30,693

     Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot boxes and elected Reds to start
everywhere but first base. Commissioner Ford Frick removed two elected
starters, but left five Reds in the lineup. They could not bring the National
League the victory, though.
     The Americans scored twice in the second on singles and walks to take a
lead they held to the finish. Although reliever Lew Burdette--after walking
in the second run--stopped the American stars through the fifth, Jim Bunning
and Billy Loes were combining to keep the Nationals from scoring through the
first six innings. The Americans, meanwhile, added a third run in the top of
the sixth on a double, a wild pitch, and a single.
     The Nationals scored their first two in the seventh, on two singles and a
double, to draw within a run of a tie. But in the top of the ninth the
Americans combined two singles, an error, a sacrifice bunt, and Minnie
Minoso's pinch double for three more runs. They needed them all, for the
Nationals responded in their half of the ninth with three runs of their own on
a blend of walks, hits (including Willie Mays' triple), and a wild pitch.
With two out and a runner at second, Gil Hodges lined one deep to left center.
But Minoso, now in left field, snared the drive on the run to end the game.


GAME 25
Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
July 8, 1958
AL, 4-3

        NL   210  000  000   3  4  2
        AL   110  001  00X   4  9  2

  Pitchers: Spahn, FRIEND (4), Jackson (6), Farrell (7) vs Turley, Narleski
             (2), WYNN (6), O'Dell (7)
Attendance: 48,829

     Although American League pitchers held the National Leaguers to only four
hits (all singles), the Nationals took a quick lead, and held it for half the
game before they were overtaken. Willie Mays and Stan Musial singled in the
top of the first, both scoring as American starter Bob Turley proceeded to
give up a sacrifice fly, hit a batter, walk a man, and unload a wild pitch.
     The Americans came back with one run in their half of the first, but the
Nationals drove Turley out with their third run as Mays (who had reached on a
fielder's choice) worked his way around the bases on a steal, an error, and
Bob Skinner's single. Once again the Americans answered with a run, but they
didn't tie the game until Mickey Vernon scored on a bases-loaded ground out in
the fifth. An inning later they took the lead when pinch hitter Gil McDougald
singled home Frank Malzone.
     Billy O'Dell set down the Nationals in order over the final three innings
to preserve the lead and give the American Leaguers their second consecutive
victory. They have not won two in a row since.


GAME 26
Forbes Field, Pittsburgh
July 7, 1959
NL, 5-4

        AL   000  100  030   4  8  0
        NL   100  000  22X   5  9  1

  Pitchers: Wynn, Duren (4), Bunning (7), FORD (8), Daley (8) vs Drysdale,
             Burdette (4), Face (7), ANTONELLI (8), Eiston (9)
 Home Runs: Mathews-N, Kaline-A
Attendance: 35,277

     For the third year in a row, the game was decided by one run, with the
National League celebrating the city of Pittsburgh's bicentennial by breaking
the American League's win streak at two.
     Eddie Mathews homered for the Nationals in the bottom of the first for
the only run in the first three innings, as Don Drysdale stopped the Americans
without a hit or walk, fanning four. Al Kaline tied the game in the top of
the fourth with an American home run for the only score of the middle three
innings, as Ryne Duren one-hit the Nationals, like Drysdale striking out four.
     In the last of the seventh, though, a double and two singles off Jim
Bunning put the Nationals ahead by two runs. The NL lead lasted only briefly,
however, as the Americans moved back into the lead with three runs in the
eighth off Roy Face, with two singles, a walk, and a double after Face had
retired the first two men. But in their half of the eighth the Nationals hit
on Whitey Ford, tying the game with a single-sacrifice-single, and scoring the
game winner on Willie Mays' triple to center.


GAME 27
Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles
August 3, 1959
AL, 5-3

        AL   012  000  110   5  6  0
        NL   100  010  100   3  6  3

  Pitchers: WALKER, Wynn (4), Wilhelm, (6),  O'Dell (7), McLish (8) vs
             DRYSDALE, Conley (4), Jones (6), Face (8)
 Home Runs: Malzone-A, Berra-A, F. Robinson-N, Gilliam-N, Colavito-A
Attendance: 55,105

     To raise extra money for the players' pension fund and other causes, a
second All-Star Game was scheduled for 1959, the first ever to be played in
August, and the first on the West Coast. The American stars avenged their
earlier defeat with a 53 win, out-homering the Nationals three to two.
     The National Leaguers scored first on a first-inning double and sacrifice
fly, but Frank Malzone tied the score with the game's first home run. Yogi
Berra homered an inning later with one on for a 31 American lead, but Frank
Robinson brought the Nationals back to within one with his homer in the fifth.
The Americans replaced that run in the top of the seventh on a walk, two
errors, and a single, but Junior Gilliam countered with a home run in the last
of the inning. Rocky Colavito scored the game's final run for the Americans
in the eighth with the game's final homer.
     Don Drysdale, the pitching standout of the July game, struck out five
this time, but also walked three and gave up three runs on homers to take the
loss.


GAME 28
Municipal Stadium, Kansas City
July 11, 1960
NL, 5-3

        NL   311  000  000   5  12  4
        AL   000  001  020   3   6  1
  Pitchers: FRIEND,  McCormick  (4), Face (6), Buhl (8), Law (9) vs
             MONBOUQUETTE, Estrada (3), Coates (4), Bell (6), Lary (8),
             Daley (9)
 Home Runs: Banks-N, Crandall-N, Kaline-A
Attendance: 30,619

     The day was hot--the temperature broke 100--and so were the National
League bats. Willie Mays went 3 for 4, including a leadoff triple and a
double; Ernie Banks homered and doubled; Del Crandall homered and singled; and
Joe Adcock doubled and singled for three-fourths of the Nationals' 12 hits as
the National League scored five unanswered runs in the first three innings to
take an unbeatable lead. Starter Bob Friend, meanwhile, blanked the Americans
on one hit through three innings and Mike McCormick held them scoreless for
two more before yielding the first American run in the sixth on Nellie Fox's
bases-loaded single. Roy Face then came on to douse the fire, getting Luis
Aparicio to ground into a double play.
     Four American League pitchers stopped the National stars after the third
inning, and Al Kaline homered for two more American runs in the eighth. In
the ninth the Americans put men on first and second with one away. But their
comeback fell short, as Vern Law came on to retire Brooks Robinson and Harvey
Kuenn and preserve the National victory.


GAME 29
Yankee Stadium, New York
July 13, 1960
NL, 6-0

        NL   021  000  102   6  10  0
        AL   000  000  000   0   8  0

  Pitchers: LAW, Podres (3), S.Williams (5), Jackson (7), Henry (8), McDaniel
             (9) vs FORD, Wynn (4), Staley (6), Lary (8), Bell (9)
 Home Runs: Mathews-N, Mays-N, Musial-N, Boyer-N
Attendance: 38,362

     Only two days after the first All-Star Game, the squads met a second time
before fewer than 39,000 fans in capacious Yankee Stadium. It was no contest.
Vern Law, who had completed and saved the first game, started and won this
one. His two shutout innings set the pace for the five National pitchers who
followed him to fashion the first National League shutout in twenty years. The
American stars got only two fewer hits than the Nationals (8 to 10), but only
one was for extra bases, whereas four of the National League hits were home
runs.
     Eddie Mathews began the scoring with a two-run homer in the second, and
Willie Mays (on his way to a second straight 3-for-4 game) homered for the
third National run an inning later. No one scored through the three middle
innings, but in the seventh Stan Musial broke his own record with his sixth
All-Star homer--a mighty shot three tiers up in right--and in the ninth Ken
Boyer completed the rout with a two-run shot to left.


GAME 30
Candlestick Park,
San Francisco
July 11, 1961
NL, 5-4

        AL   000  001  002  1   4   4  2
        NL   010  100  010  2   5  11  5

  Pitchers: Ford, Lary (4), Donovan (4), Bunning (6), Fornieles (8), WILHELM
             (8) vs Spahn, Purkey (4), McCormick (6), Face (9), Koutax (9),
             MILLER (9)
 Home Runs: Killebrow-A, Altman-N
Attendance: 44,115

     National League pitchers began the game where they had left off the year
before. For five innings Warren Spahn and Bob Purkey shut out the American
stars without a hit or base on balls. In the sixth, Harmon Killebrew homered
off Mike McCormick to end the American drought, but it was the only hit
McCormick yielded through the eighth.
     Meanwhile, the Nationals had taken a 31 lead with runs in the second and
fourth innings and George Altman's homer in the eighth. But in the top of the
ninth, Candlestick's notorious winds helped put the Americans back in the
game. Their second and third hits of the game brought in one run, and their
fourth (and last) hit put another man on base. The tying run came in when the
wind first of all blew pitcher Stu Miller off the mound for a balk to advance
the runners, and then twisted a grounder out of third baseman Ken Boyer's
grasp for a run-scoring error. In the tenth, the wind may have contributed to
the Americans' go-ahead run as Boyer's throw to first sailed into the
outfield, allowing Nellie Fox (who had walked) to score from first.
     But in the last of the tenth the wind finally came to the aid of the
Nationals, rendering useless the famous knuckleball of American reliever Hoyt
Wilhelm, who gave up the tying run on hits by Hank Aaron and Willie Mays and
lost the game when Roberto Clemente singled in Mays from second.


GAME 31
Fenway Park, Boston
July 31, 1961
Tie, 1-1

        NL   000  001  000   1  5  1
        AL   100  000  000   1  4  0

  Pitchers: Purkey, Mahaffey (3), Koulax (5), Miller (7) vs Bunning, Schwall
             (4), Pascual (7)
 Home Runs: Colavito-A
Attendance: 31,851

     In the second All-Star Game of 1961, the weather again played a crucial
role, as heavy rain at the end of the ninth inning forced the first (and, so
far, only) All-Star tie.
     Rocky Colavito's home run for the Americans in the first inning turned
out to be his squad's only run, as four National League pitchers combined to
shut out the American stars on only three singles the rest of the way. The
American League pitching was just as effective, with starter Jim Bunning and
finisher Camilo Pascual each pitching three no-hit innings. Don Schwall, who
pitched the middle three innings, gave up all five National League hits and
the Nationals' one run. But even that might have been prevented.
     In the sixth, with two on and two out, American shortstop Luis Aparicio
waited for a slow grounder, failing to get the ball in time to throw the
batter out and end the inning. The Nationals scored on the next play, Bill
White's hot ground single up the middle, which Aparicio stopped brilliantly to
prevent more than one run from scoring, but which did drive in the game's
tying--and final--run.


GAME 32
D.C. Stadium, Washington
July 10, 1962
NL, 3-1

        NL   000  002  010   3  8  0
        AL   000  001  000   1  4  0

  Pitchers: Drysdale, MARICHAL(4), Purkey (6), Shaw (8) vs Bunning, PASCUAL
             (4), Donovan (7), Pappas (9)
Attendance: 45,480

     The stadium was new, President Kennedy threw out the first ball, and
starters Don Drysdale of the Nationals and Jim Bunning of the Americans both
pitched three innings of one-hit shutout ball. But Maury Wills stole the
show. Entering the game in the sixth inning to run for forty-one-year-old Stan
Musial, who had singled, Wills stole second, then scored on Dick Groat's
single up the middle for the game's first run. Another single, a long fly
out, and a ground out scored Groat with the second (and, as it turned out,
winning) run.
     Two singles and a fly out by Roger Maris brought in an American run in
the bottom of the sixth off Bob Purkey. But that was all they got, as Purkey
and Bob Shaw one-hit the American stars through the final three innings.
     In the eighth inning Wills manufactured an insurance run for the
Nationals. On first with a leadoff single, he somehow reached third on Jim
Davenport's single to short left, racing from second to third as left fielder
Rocky Colavito threw in to second. He scored after tagging on a foul out to
right.


GAME 33
Wrigley Field, Chicago
July 30, 1962
AL, 9-4

        AL   001  201  302   9  10  0
        NL   010  000  111   4  10  4

  Pitchers: Stenhouse, HERBERT (3), Aguirre (6), Pappas (9) vs Podres,
             MAHAFFEY (3), Gibson (5), Farrell (7), Marichal (8)
 Home Runs: Runners-A, Wagner-A, Colavito-A, Roseboro-N
Attendance: 38.359

     With this second game of 1962, the leagues ended their four-year
experiment of playing two All-Star games a year. The Americans out-homered
the Nationals to spoil the National League's attempt to even the series at 16
wins apiece. But no matter--the American stars would win only once again in
the next twenty years.
     The National stars scored first on a double and single in the second, but
Pete Runnels evened the score in the third with a solo homer, and Leon Wagner
put the Americans ahead with a two-run shot an inning later. After Tom Tresh
doubled home a fourth American run in the sixth, Rocky Colavito put the game
out of reach with a three-run blast in the seventh.
     The Nationals tried to come back with runs in the seventh and eighth, but
the Americans neutralized them with two more of their own in the ninth (on two
errors, two Juan Marichal wild pitches, a double, and a long fly out). With
the score now 93, John Roseboro's solo homer in the last of the ninth put the
Nationals in the home-run column, but that was all.


GAME 34
Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
July 9, 1963
NL, 5-3

        NL   012  010  010   5   6  0
        AL   012  000  000   3  11  1

  Pitchers: O'TGole, JACKSON (3), Culp (5), Woodeshick (6), Drysdale (8) vs
             McBride, BUNNING (4), Bouton (6), Pizarro (7), Radatz (8)
Attendance: 44.160

     Willie Mays sparked the National League to victory with his baserunning
and timely hitting. Although he had only one hit--a single--he scored two
runs and drove in two others in the Nationals' 53 win.
     The National stars scored first when Mays walked in the second inning,
stole second, and came in on a single by Dick Groat. The Americans tied the
game in the last of the second, but in the top of the third Mays singled in
one run, stole second again, and scored his second run on Ed Bailey's single.
     Once again the Americans came back in the bottom of the third to tie the
game on Albie Pearson's double, followed by two singles sandwiched around an
infield out. But these were their last runs, as four National pitchers shut
them out on four singles the rest of the way. Meanwhile, Mays drove in what
proved to be the winning run with a ground out in the fifth. In the eighth
the Nationals scored a final run when Ron Santo singled home Bill White, who
had singled and stolen second.


GAME 35
Shea Stadium, New York
July 7, 1964
NL, 7-4

        AL   100  002  100   4  9  1
        NL   000  210  004   7  8  0

  Pitchers: Chance, Wyatt (4), Pascual (5), RADATZ (7) vs Drysdale, Bunning
             (4), Short (6), Farrell (7), MARICHAL (9)
 Home Runs: B. Williams-N, Boyer-N, Callison-N
Attendance: 50,850

     A new stadium in the midst of a World's Fair was the venue for this game
in which the National League at last drew even with the American at 17 wins
apiece.
     The American stars jumped into the lead with an unearned run in the
first, but the Nationals (after Dean Chance had shut them out through three
innings) overtook the Americans in the fourth, on home runs by Billy Williams
and Ken Boyer, and Dick Groat doubled in a third run in the fifth. In the top
of the sixth the Americans tied the score when Brooks Robinson tripled in a
pair, and took the lead again an inning later on a sacrifice fly that barely
scored Elston Howard ahead of Willie Mays' throw from center.
     The Americans held their slim lead into the bottom of the ninth. But
Mays walked (after fouling off five third strikes), stole second, and scored
the tying run on a single to short right and an errant throw home. One
intentional walk and two outs later, Johnny Callison hit Dick Radatz's 12
fastball over the fence in right to win the game.


GAME 36
Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, Minnesota
July 13, 1965
NL, 6-5

        NL   320  000  100   6  11  0
        AL   000  140  000   5   8  0
  Pitchers: Marichal, Maloney (4), Drysdale (5), KOUFAX (6), Farrell (7),
             Gibson (8) vs Pappas, Grant (2), Richert (4), McDOWELL (6),
             Fisher (8)
 Home Runs: Mays-N, Torre-N, Stargell-N, McAuliffe-A, Killebrew-A
Attendance: 46,706

     For a while it looked as though the Nationals would run away with the
game. Willie Mays led off with a home run in the first, and Joe Torre added
two runs with a homer later in the inning. In the second Willie Stargell
homered for two more runs to make the score 50. National starter Juan
Marichal stopped the Americans on one hit through three innings.
     But the American stars battled back. A single, a walk, and another
single off Marichal's replacement, Jim Maloney, brought in one run in the
fourth. Maloney retired the first two men in the fifth, but then he gave up a
walk followed by a home run to Dick McAuliffe, and a scratch single followed
by a Harmon Killebrew homer--and the score was tied at 55.
     Only one more run was scored. In the seventh, Willie Mays, who had
walked and gone to third on Hank Aaron's single, scored on Ron Santo's infield
hit to short. The Nationals held off American threats in the eighth and ninth
to take the All-Star series lead for the first time.


GAME 37
Busch Memorial Stadium, St. Louis
July 12, 1966
NL, 2-1

        AL   010  000  000  0   1  6  0
        NL   000  100  000  1   2  6  0

  Pitchers: McLain, Kaal (4), Stottlemyre (6), Siebert (8), RICHERT (10) vs
             Koufax, Bunning (4), Marichal (6), G. PERRY (9)
Attendance: 49,936

     The celebration of another new stadium and the city's bicentennial--and a
temperature of 106F--greeted participants in the 1966 classic. Pitching
dominated: seven pitchers hurled two innings or more each of shutout ball.
American starter Denny McLain threw three perfect innings, but the National
League's Sandy Koufax gave the Americans a run in the second when he let loose
a wild pitch after Brooks Robinson had tripled.
     The Nationals tied the score in the fourth with three singles off Jim
Kaat, but that ended the scoring for both sides through the regulation nine
innings. In the top of the tenth, Gaylord Perry stopped the American stars.
But in the last half of the inning, National Leaguer Tim McCarver singled off
Pete Richert, was sacrificed to second, and came across with the winning run
on Maury Wills' single to right.


GAME 38
Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California
July 11, 1967
NL, 2-1

        NL   010  000  000  000  001   2  9  0
        AL   000  001  000  000  000   1  8  0
  Pitchers: Marichal, Jenkins (4), Gibson (7),  Short (9), Cuellar (11),
             DRYSDALE (13), Seaver (15) vs Chance, McGlothlin (4), Peters
             (6), Downing (9), HUNTER (11)
 Home Runs: Allen-N, B.Robinson-A, Perez-N
Attendance: 46,309

     This was a game of strikeouts, home runs, and extra innings. Every one
of the twelve pitchers used in the game struck out at least one batter.
American Leaguers Gary Peters (who pitched three perfect middle innings) and
Catfish Hunter struck out four apiece, while Ferguson Jenkins of the Nationals
tied the All-Star record with six. The game total of 30 strikeouts shattered
the previous record of 20 set in 1955.
     Apart from the splendid pitching, three home runs provided the only
excitement--and the only scoring--in this longest All-Star Game. Richie Allen
of the Nationals scored first, homering to center off Dean Chance in the
second inning. The Americans' Brooks Robinson tied the score in the sixth
with a shot off Jenkins. And 8 1/2 innings later, in the top of the
fifteenth, National Leaguer Tony Perez homered off Hunter for the game's third
and final run. Tom Seaver set down the Americans in the bottom of the
fifteenth, and the game--after a record 3 hours and 41 minutes--was history.


GAME  39
Astrodome, Houston
July 9, 1968
NL, 1-0

        AL   000  000  000   0  3  1
        NL   100  000  00X   1  5  0

  Pitchers: TIANT, Odom (3), McLain (5), McDowell (7), Slottlemyre (8), John
             (8) vs DRYSDALE, Marichal (4), Carlton (6), Seaver (7), Read (9),
             Koosman (9)
Attendance: 48.321

     This game could be described by what was missing: fresh air and real
grass (it was the first All-Star Game held indoors), hitting (the eight hits
were a new low for a nine-inning All-Star Game), and earned runs (the game's
only run came with the help of an error). In fact, if it weren't for
thirty-seven-year-old Willie Mays, the game might not have had any runs at
all. Starting only because of an injury to Pete Rose, National Leaguer Mays
led off the bottom of the first with a single, and took second when first
baseman Harmon Killebrew mishandled pitcher Luis Tiant's pickoff throw for an
error. Mays took third as the rattled Tiant threw a wild pitch to walk Curt
Flood, and scored when Willie McCovey grounded into a double play.
     The pitching on both sides was superb, but the National Leaguers shone
especially bright. Tom Seaver gave up two of the Americans' three hits (all
of which were doubles), but struck out five in his two innings. Juan Marichal
hurled two perfect innings, fanning three. And none of the six National
pitchers walked a man. One American, Killebrew, couldn't walk. Stretching
for a throw at first, the slugger tore a hamstring and missed the next two
months, the most serious All-Star Game casualty since Ted Williams' broken
elbow 18 years earlier.


GAME 40
R. F. K. Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
July 23, 1969
NL, 9-3

        NL   125  100  000   9  11  0
        AL   011  100  000   3   6  2

  Pitchers: CARLTON, Gibson (4), Singer (5),  Koosman (7),  Dierker (8),
             P. Niekro (9) vs STOTTLEMYRE, Odom (3), Knowles (3), McLain (4),
             McNally (5), McDowell (7), Culp (9)
 Home Runs: Bench-N, Howard-A, Mccovey-N (2), Freehan-A
Attendance: 45,259

     After four one-run victories in a row, the National Leaguers finally
broke loose, massing 10 of their 11 hits in the first four innings for nine
runs and a crushing win. Scoring an unearned run in the first on a dropped
outfield fly, and two in the second on Johnny Bench's home run, the Nationals
erupted in the third for five runs off Blue Moon Odom before two outs had been
recorded. Willie McCovey's two-run homer began the third-inning scoring, and
an error, single, and two doubles added three more runs before Odom was
mercifully relieved. McCovey homered again in the fourth for the Nationals'
final tally.
     The American bats were not wholly silent, but the solo homers by Frank
Howard and Bill Freehan in the second and third, and a third run in the
fourth, couldn't counter the Nationals' attack.
     The final five innings of the game were as quiet as the opening four had
been noisy. No runs scored, and the two teams together managed only three
hits.


GAME 41
Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
July 14, 1970
NL, 5-4

        AL   000  001  120  000   4  12  0
        NL   000  000  103  001   5  10  0

  Pitchers: Palmer, McDowell (4), J. Perry (7), Hunter (9), Peterson (9),
             Stottlemyre (9), WRIGHT (11) vs Seaver, Merritt (4), G. Perry
             (6), Gibson (8), OSTEEN (10)
 Home Runs: Dietz-N
Attendance: 51,838

     In a new stadium, opened only two weeks earlier, no one scored for the
first five innings, as Jim Palmer and Sam McDowell of the Americans and Tom
Seaver and Jim Merritt of the Nationals held the opposition to two hits per
team. The Americans finally scored a run in the sixth, and another in the
seventh. The Nationals got one back in the last of the seventh, but the
Americans increased their lead to 41 in the eighth when Brooks Robinson
tripled home two baserunners.
     Fans had already begun to leave the park when the Nationals' Dick Dietz
homered off Catfish Hunter to lead off the last of the ninth. Two pitchers,
three singles, and a sacrifice fly later, the game was tied and headed for
extra innings. Claude Osteen held the Americans scoreless from the tenth
through the twelfth, and the Nationals also failed to score in the tenth and
eleventh. But in the last of the twelfth, with two out, Pete Rose, Billy
Grabarkewitz, and Jim Hickman singled. Hometowner Rose, racing home from
second on Hickman's hit, crashed into catcher Ray Fosse with a force that
injured both players and still provokes controversy--but which also gave the
National League its eighth straight victory.


GAME 42
Tiger Stadium, Detroit
July 13, 1971
AL, 6-4

        NL   021  000  010   4  5  0
        AL   004  002  00X   6  7  0
  Pitchers: ELLIS, Marichal (4), Jenkins (6), Wilson (7) vs BLUE, Palmer (4),
             Cuellar (6), Lolich (8)
 Home Runs: Bench-N, Aaron-N, Jackson-A, F. Robinson-A, Killebrew-A,
             Clemente-N
Attendance: 53,559

     With an assist from a favorable wind, six all-time greats homered to
account for all the scoring as the American League broke its eight-game
All-Star drought with a 64 victory. Johnny Bench put the Nationals in front
with a two-run homer in the second inning off Vida Blue, and Hank Aaron--with
his first All-Star home run--added a third run off Blue an inning later. But
the Americans, shut out by Dock Ellis through the first two innings, rocked
him in the bottom of the third as Reggie Jackson and Frank Robinson wrested
the lead from the Nationals with a pair of two-run homers. (Robinson's made
him the first player to hit an All-Star home run for both leagues.)
     Ferguson Jenkins yielded the game's fifth homer, Harmon Killebrew's
two-run shot for the Americans in the sixth. Roberto Clemente brought the
Nationals a run closer with his solo homer off Mickey Lolich in the eighth,
but that ended the team's scoring, and (for a year, anyway) the National
League's All-Star stranglehold.


GAME 43
Atlanta Stadium, Atlanta
July 25, 1972
NL, 4-3

        AL   001  000  020  0   3  6  0
        NL   000  002  001  1   4  8  0

  Pitchers: Palmer, Lolich (4), G. Perry (6), Wood (8), McNALLY (10) vs
             Gibson, Blass (3), Sutton (4), Carlton (6), Stoneman (7),
             McGRAW (9)
 Home Runs: Aaron-N, Rolas-A
Attendance: 53,107

     The American Leaguers tried to extend their All-Star win streak to two
games, and for a time it looked as though they might do it. In the third,
they scored the only run of the first half of the game as Jim Palmer and
Mickey Lolich held the Nationals to two hits through the first five innings.
In the sixth Hank Aaron thrilled the hometown crowd with a two-run homer deep
to left to shift the lead to the National League. But Cookie Rojas restored
the American lead with his own two-run shot in the eighth.
     The Americans held their lead into the bottom of the ninth, but after two
singles and a force out, the score was tied. Tug McGraw set down the American
stars in order in the tenth, but American reliever Dave McNally was not so
fortunate. He walked leadoff batter Nate Colbert, who was sacrificed to
second. Joe Morgan then sent the American Leaguers back into the ranks of
losers with a sharp RBI single to right center. His single also gave the
Nationals their seventh win in seven extra-inning games.


GAME 44
Royals Stadium, Kansas  City
July 24, 1973
NL, 7-1

        NL   002  122  000   7  10  0
        AL   010  000  000   1   5  0

  Pitchers: WISE, Osteen (3), Sutton (5), Twitchell (6), Glusti (7), Seaver
             (8), Brewer (9) vs Hunter, Holtzman (2), BLYLEVEN (3), Singer
             (4), Ryan (6), Lyle (8), Fingers (9)
 Home Runs: Bench-N, Bonds-N, W.Davis-N
Attendance: 40,849

     Once again a new stadium was chosen to host the All-Star Game, and once
again the National League emerged victorious. The Americans scored first,
with a run in the second when Reggie Jackson scored from second on a single
after doubling off the center field wall. But that was the beginning and end
of their offense, as six National pitchers shut them out on three hits the
rest of the way.
     Meanwhile the National League hitters came to life, producing seven runs
in four innings. Two walks and two singles in the third brought in two runs,
and Johnny Bench's homer in the fourth made the score 31. In the fifth, Bobby
Bonds--in the midst of his finest season--homered for two more National runs.
And in the sixth, Willie Davis' home run completed the game's scoring,
bringing in the Nationals' sixth and seventh runs.
     The final third of the game was anticlimactic, as only two hits were made
after the sixth inning. But Bonds brought the crowd to life briefly in the
seventh, stretching one of those hits into a double with some audacious
baserunning (ensuring his selection as the game's MVP).


GAME 45
Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
July 23, 1974
NL,  7-2

        AL   002  000  000   2   4  1
        NL   010  210  12X   7  10  1

  Pitchers: G. Perry, TIANT (4), Hunter (6), Fingers (8) vs Mossersmith,
             BRETT (4), Mailack (6), McGlothen (7), Marshall (8)
 Home Runs: R.Smith-N
Attendance: 50.706

     Steve Garvey, who was elected to the National League starting lineup on
write-in votes (his name was omitted from the fans' All-Star ballot), sparked
the Nationals to yet another convincing win over the hapless American stars.
After singling in the second inning, he scored the game's first run on Ron
Cey's double.
     The Americans took the lead with two runs in the top of the third,
capitalizing on two walks and an error sandwiched between Thurman Munson's
leadoff double and Dick Allen's single. They might have scored more had not
Garvey snared Bobby Murcer's hot grounder for an assist on the third out.
     Garvey doubled in the tying run in the fourth, and Cey's RBI ground out
restored the Nationals' lead. Lou Brock added a run in the fifth with a
single and some inspired baserunning, and Reggie Smith homered for another in
the seventh. Don Kessinger's triple and a wild pitch by Rollie Fingers in the
eighth contributed to two final National League runs.


GAME 46
County Stadium, Milwaukee
July 15, 1975
NL, 6-3

        NL    021  000  003   6  13  1
        AL    000  003  000   3  10  1

  Pitchers: Rouss, Sutton (4), Seaver (6), MATLACK (7), ReJones (9) ve Blue,
             Bushy (3), Kaat (5), HUNTER (7), Gossage (9)
 Home Runs: Garvey-N, Wynn-N, Yastrzemski-A
Attendance: 51,480

     When National stars Steve Garvey and Jim Wynn led off the second with
back-to-back homers and their teammates added another run in the third, it
looked as if the National League might be on its way to another easy win. But
the American pitchers shut down the National League offense for the next five
innings, and Carl Yastrzemski made a contest of it with a three-run homer in
the sixth off Tom Seaver to tie the score.
     In the top of the ninth, though, the Americans all but gave the game
away. Left fielder Claudell Washington dropped a fly on the run (it was scored
a hit) and misplayed a line drive that went for a double. Goose Gossage came
in to relieve Catfish Hunter on the mound and hit the next batter to load the
bases. Bill Madlock then drove in two of the baserunners with a single
through the drawn-in infield, and Pete Rose knocked in the third run of the
inning with a sacrifice fly.
     Randy Jones set the Americans down in order in the bottom of the ninth,
and--voila!--the National League had won again.


GAME 47
Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
July 13, 1976
NL, 7-1

        AL   000  100  000   1   6  0
        NL   202  000  03X   7  10  0

  Pitchers: FIDRYCH, Hunter (3), Tiant (5), Tanana (7) vs R. JONES, Seaver
             (4), Monlefusco (6), Rhoden (8), K.Forsch (9)
 Home Runs: Foster-N, Lynn-A, Cedeno-N
Attendance: 63,974

     Tom Seaver gave up a home run to Fred Lynn in the fourth inning, but that
was the Americans' only score as the Nationals held the American stars to five
hits while celebrating the nation's bicentennial with ten hits and seven runs.
     Rookie standout Mark Fidrych was chosen to start for the Americans and
was promptly rapped for two runs. Pete Rose led off with a single and was
tripled home by Steve Garvey, who scored himself on a ground out. The
Nationals doubled their score in the third inning as George Foster tagged
Catfish Hunter for two runs with a mighty home run to left center, and capped
their assault with three more in the eighth off Frank Tanana, including a
two-run homer by Cesar Cedeno.
     The fans had elected five members of Cincinnati's "big red machine' to
the National League starting lineup, and Sparky Anderson, the Reds' and
National squad's manager, added two more. They provided the bulk of the
Nationals' offense, with seven hits, four RBIs, and four runs scored.

                                   GAME 48
                           Yankee Stadium, New York
                                July 19, 1977
                                    NL, 75

GAME 48
Yankee Stadium, New York
July 19, 1977
NL, 7-5

        NL   401  000  020   7  9  1
        AL   000  002  102   6  8  0

  Pitchers: SUTTON, Lavelle (4), Seaver (6),  R. Reuschel (8), Gossage (9) vs
             PALMER, Kern (3), Eckersley (4), LaRoche (6), Campbell (7),
             Lyle (8)
 Home Runs: Morgan-N, Luzinski-N, Garvey-N, Scott-A
Attendance: 56,683

     The Nationals' Joe Morgan homered off Jim Palmer to open the game, and
before Palmer escaped the first inning three more National Leaguers had
crossed the plate on a single, double, and Greg Luzinski's homer. Palmer got
through the second inning without further damage, but before he was relieved
in the third Steve Garvey had homered to give the Nationals a 50 lead.
     The Americans fought back against Tom Seaver in the sixth and seventh.
Seaver retired two in the sixth, but then gave up two singles, and two runs as
Richie Zisk doubled the runners home. Two more singles in the seventh
produced a third American run.
     But the Nationals--assisted by pitcher Sparky Lyle's wild pitch and hit
batsman--put a sixth and seventh run on the board in the eighth with a double
and single. The Americans added two final runs of their own in the bottom of
the ninth on George Scott's homer off Goose Gossage, but fell short of victory
once again.

GAME 49
San Diego Stadium
July 11, 1978
NL, 7-3

        AL   201  000  000   3   8  1
        NL   003  000  04X   7  10  0

  Pitchers: Palmer, Keough (3), Sorensen (4), Kern (7), Guldry (7), GOSSAGE
             (8) vs Blue, Rogers (4), Fingers (6), SUTTER (8), PNiekro (9)
Attendance: 51,549

     Rod Carew led off both the first and third innings with triples--an
All-Star record--scoring both times as the Americans took a 30 lead into the
bottom of the third. But then Jim Palmer, who had shut the Nationals out on
one hit through the first two innings, lost his touch. After yielding a
leadoff single, he retired two batters, but then issued three walks to force
in a run, and when Steve Garvey singled past the shortstop two more runs
scored to tie the game.
     No one scored through the next 4 1/2 innings, with Larry Sorensen turning
in the game's top pitching performance as he shut the Nationals out on one hit
through the three middle innings. But in the last of the eighth, Gosse
Gossage (the National League closer the previous year) took the mound this
year for the Americans. Garvey greeted him with a leadoff triple and scored
what proved to be the winning run on a wild pitch. A walk and three singles
added three insurance runs before the inning ended. Bruce Sutter and Phil
Niekro blanked the Americans in the ninth, and the Nationals has extended
their current win streak to seven.

                                   GAME 50
                              Kingdome, Seattle
                                July 17, 1979
                                    NL, 76

GAME 50
Kingdome, Seattle
July 17, 1979
NL, 7-6

        NL   211  001  011   7  10  0
        AL   302  001  000   6  10  0
  Pitchers: Carlton, Andular (2), Rogers (4), G.Porry (6), Sambito (6),
             LaCoss (6), SUTTER (8) vs Ryan, Stanley (3), Clear (5), KERN (7),
             Guidry (9)
 Home Runs: Lynn-A, Mazzilli-N
Attendance: 58,905

     Mike Schmidt tripled and George Foster doubled to drive in the game's
first runs as the Nationals began their scoring in the top of the first. The
Americans fought back to take the lead later in the inning as Don Baylor
doubled home one run and Fred Lynn homered for two more. The Nationals tied
the score with a run in the second and went ahead again in the third when
Schmidt scored after doubling. But the Americans recaptured the lead in the
bottom of the third, scoring twice on a single, wild pitch, ground out, hit
batsman, single, and error.
     Three innings later the Nationals again tied the game, but the Americans
went ahead for the third time with a run in their half of the sixth.
Outstanding throws by right fielder Dave Parker, who notched two assists,
helped to keep the Americans from pulling away. In the eighth the Nationals'
Lee Mazzilli homered for yet another tie, and an inning later Ron Guidry
walked Mazzilli with the bases loaded to force in the Nationals' go-ahead
seventh run. When Bruce Sutter kept the Americans from scoring in the bottom
of the ninth, the National Leaguers had for the second time defeated the
Americans eight years in a row.


GAME 51
Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles
July 8, 1980
NL, 4-2

        AL   000  020  000   2  7  1
        NL   000  012  10X   4  7  0

  Pitchers: Stone, JOHN (4), Farmer (6), Stieb (7), Gossage (8) vs Richard,
             Welch (3), REUSS (6), Bibby (7), Sutter (8)
 Home Runs: Lynn-A, Griffey-N
Attendance: 56,088

     For 4 2/3 innings J.R. Richard and Bob Welch held the American stars
scoreless. But then Rod Carew singled and Fred Lynn drove in the game's first
runs with his third All-Star homer.
     The Americans' Steve Stone and Tommy John pitched even better, setting
the Nationals down in order through four innings. John continued the perfect
streak through the first two outs of the fifth, but then Ken Griffey homered,
and the Americans' spell on the National Leaguers was broken.
     While three National pitchers limited the Americans to a single and a
walk over the final four innings, three singles and an error sent the
Nationals into the lead in the sixth. A passed ball surrounded by two wild
pitches moved Dave Concepcion around the bases in the seventh (he had reached
on a fielder's choice) for the Nationals' fourth run. They didn't really need
it, though, as Bruce Sutter--the winning pitcher in the two previous All-Star
games--saved this one with two final innings of no-hit ball for the Nationals'
ninth successive win.


GAME 52
Municipal Stadium, Cleveland
August 9, 1981
NL, 5-4

        NL   000  011  120   5   9  1
        AL   010  003  000   4  11  1

  Pitchers: Valenzuela, Seaver (2), Knapper (3), Hooton (5), Ruthven (6),
             BLUE (7), Ryan (8), Sulter (9) vs Morris, Barker (3), K.Forsch
             (5), Norris (6), Davis (7), FINGERS (8), Stiob (8)
 Home Runs: Singleton-A, Carter-N (2), Parker-N, Schmidt-N
Attendance: 72,086

     The game, delayed until August by the midseason players' strike, drew an
All-Star record crowd of more than 72,000 fans, and the managers set a new
record by using 56 players. But the game itself followed a familiar pattern.
     The Americans scored first in the second inning on Ken Singleton's home
run off Tom Seaver, and held their slim lead into the fifth on Len Barker's
two innings of perfect pitching. But Ken Forsch replaced Barker in the fifth
and Gary Carter homered off his first pitch to tie the score. Dave Parker's
homer off Mike Norris an inning later put the Nationals ahead for the first
time, but the Americans came right back in the bottom of the inning, putting
together four singles and a sacrifice fly for three runs and a two-run
advantage.
     Gary Carter's second home run of the game--this time off Ron Davis'
first pitch--brought the Nationals within one in the seventh, and Mike
Schmidt's two-run blast off Rollie Fingers in the eighth restored their lead.
Three National pitchers shut out the Americans without a hit over the final
three innings as closer Bruce Sutter picked up his second consecutive All-Star
save and the National Leaguers their tenth consecutive victory.


GAME 53
Olympic Stadium, Montreal
July 13, 1982
NL, 4-1

        AL   100  000  000   1  8  2
        NL   021  001  00X   4  8  1
  Pitchers: ECKERSLEY, Clancy (4), Bannister (5), Quisenberry (6), Fingers
             (8) vs ROGERS, Carlton (4), Soto (6), Valenzuela (8), Minton (8),
             Howe (9), Hume (9)
 Home Runs: Concepcion-N
Attendance: 59,057

     In the first All-Star Game held outside the United States, the American
League for the third year in a row put the first run on the board, but for the
eleventh year in a row the final score showed the National League the winner.
Two singles, a wild pitch, and a sacrifice fly gave the Americans a run in the
top of the first. But starter Steve Rogers of the host Expos held the
Americans scoreless for the remainder of his three innings while the Nationals
struck back for two runs in the second on Dave Concepcion's home run, and
added another in the third when Ruppert Jones--who had tripled to open the
inning--scored on a sacrifice fly.
     Six National League pitchers (and shortstop Ozzie Smith's spectacular
stop and throw to first with two on in the eighth) joined Rogers in holding
the American stars scoreless after the first inning. Two hometowners put
together the Nationals' final run in the sixth. Al Oliver, leading off,
doubled down the line in left and took third as the ball got by left fielder
Rickey Henderson. Two outs later Gary Carter lined a pitch to center, scoring
Oliver as Willie Wilson's dive for the ball came up short.


GAME 54
Comiskey Park, Chicago
July 6, 1983
AL, 13-3

        NL   100  110  000    3   8  3
        AL   117  000  22X   13  15  2

  Pitchers: SOTO, Hammaker (3), Dawley (3), Dravecky (5), Perez (7), Orosco
             (7), L. Smith (8) vs STIEB, Honeycutt (4), Stanley (6), Young
             (8), Quisenberry (9)
 Home Runs: Rice-A, Lynn-A
Attendance: 43,801

     The game returned to the park where it had originated fifty years
earlier, and the American League, after eleven years of All-Star losses,
unleashed its pent-up fury to produce the greatest margin of victory in
thirty-seven years. The game began, though, as an embarrassment of errors.
American starter Dave Stieb struck out the side in the first, but along the
way two errors (one of them Stieb's) let in a run. An unearned run in the
bottom of the first tied the score and another in the second put the American
League ahead for good (making a loser out of the unfortunate National starter
Mario Soto).
     The hitting began in earnest in the last of the third as the Americans
scored seven times for a new one-inning record. Among their six hits (also a
record for an All-Star inning) were a homer by Jim Rice, a triple by George
Brett, and a bases-loaded blast by Fred Lynn--his fourth All-Star home run and
the first grand slam in All-Star history. With the score now 91, the National
League's single runs in the fourth and fifth were exercises in futility, and
the Americans' two each in the seventh and eighth served chiefly to boost the
winning total to 13--another All-Star high.


GAME 55
Candlestick Park, San Francisco
July 10, 1984
NL, 3-1

        AL   010  000  000   1  7  2
        NL   110  000  01X   3  8  0

  Pitchers: STIEB, Morris (3), Dotson (5), Caudill (7), Hernandez (8) vs LEA,
             Valenzuela (3), Gooden (5), Soto (7), Gossage (9)
 Home Runs: Brett-A, Carter-N, Murphy-N
Attendance: 57,756

     Only four times in the previous fifty-four All-Star Games had a pitcher
struck out the side in order. In this game, three more pitchers did it. And,
on this fiftieth anniversary of Carl Hubbell's five consecutive strikeouts,
two of those pitchers combined to break Hubbell's record with six back-to-back
whiffs. Hubbell, who threw out the first ball, also saw an All-Star
nine-inning record set with 21 total Ks (11 by National League pitchers, 10 by
American).
     In the fourth inning, National star Fernando Valenzuela mowed down three
of the game's premier sluggers: Dave Winfield, Reggie Jackson, and George
Brett. If the three men Dwight Gooden retired on strikes an inning later
(Lance Parrish, Chet Lemon, and rookie Alvin Davis) were slightly less
formidable, still, it was an impressive performance for a nineteen-year-old
rookie (the youngest player in All-Star history). The three that American
Leaguer Bill Caudill struck out in the seventh were no slouches either: Tim
Raines, Ryne Sandberg (in the midst of an MVP season), and Keith Hernandez.
     Three of the four runs scored in the game were homers. The National
League's run in the first was unearned, but the Americans' George Brett
homered to center to tie the game in the second, and the Nationals' go-ahead
run later in the inning came on Gary Carter's blast to left. In the eighth,
National Leaguer Dale Murphy also put one over the left field fence to end the
scoring.


GAME 56
H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis
July 16, 1985
NL, 6-1

        NL   011  020  002   6  9  1
        AL   100  000  000   1  5  0

  Pitchers: HOYT, Ryan (4), Valenzusia (7), Reardon (8), Gossage (9) vs
             MORRIS, Key (3), Blyleven (4), Stieb (6), Moore (7), Petry (9),
             Hernandez (9)
Attendance: 54,960

     The American Leaguers scored first, as Rickey Henderson led off the
bottom of the first with a single and circled the bases on a steal, error, and
sacrifice fly. But the five National pitchers blanked the Americans the rest
of the way on only four more singles.
     Meanwhile, the National stars methodically dismantled the Americans for
their thirty-sixth All-Star victory. In the top of the second, after Darryl
Strawberry singled and stole second, Terry Kennedy, whose error had led to the
American League run, redeemed himself by singling Strawberry home. An inning
later, with two out, Tom Herr doubled and scored the go-ahead (and winning)
run on Steve Garvey's single.
     In the fifth the Nationals scored two more runs on a hit batsman, Tim
Wallach's ground-rule double, and Ozzie Virgil's single, and finished their
scoring in the ninth with another pair on three walks and Willie McGee's
double--another ground-rule bounce out of play off the lively Metrodome
surface. Goose Gossage struck out the final two American batters in the
bottom of the ninth, and the Nationals had increased their winning margin in
the series to a new high of seventeen games.


GAME 57
Astrodome, Houston
July 15, 1986
AL, 3-2

        AL   020  000  100   3  5  0
        NL   000  000  020   2  5  1
  Pitchers: CLEMENS, Higuera (4), Hough (7), Righetti (8), Aase (9) vs
             GOODEN, Valenzuela (4), Scott (7), Fernandez (8), Krukow (9)
 Home Runs: Whitaker-A, White-A
Attendance: 45,774

     National League pitchers struck out 12 Americans, led by Fernando
Valenzuela's five in a row, which matched the mark set by Carl Hubbell in
1934. (Two years earlier Valenzuela had helped set a multipitcher All-Star
record of six consecutive strikeouts.) In the eighth inning Sid Fernandez,
after walking two, struck out the next three.
     Though the American Leaguers struck out fewer men, their pitching was
more effective over all. Starter Roger Clemens hurled three perfect innings
(3 balls and 21 strikes), and Teddy Higuera one-hit the Nationals over the
next three. Charlie Hough struck out three in the eighth after yielding the
Nationals' only extra-base hit (a double) to Chris Brown. But catcher Rich
Gedman couldn't handle Hough's knuckleball, and Brown advanced to third on the
first strikeout (ruled a wild pitch) and scored on the second, a passed ball
which also enabled batter Hubie Brooks to reach first safely. Brooks moved up
on a balk and scored the Nationals' second run on Steve Sax's single.
     But home runs had already undone the Nationals. With two gone in the
second, Dave Winfield doubled off starter Dwight Gooden, and Lou Whitaker
clubbed an 0-2 pitch over the fence in right. And in the seventh, Frank White
(hitting for Whitaker) knocked Mike Scott's 02 pitch over the fence in left
center for what proved the margin of American League victory.


GAME 58
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, Oakland
July 14, 1987
NL, 2-0

        NL   000  000  000  000  2   2  8  2
        AL   000  000  000  000  0   0  6  1

  Pitchers: Scott, Sutcliffe (3), Hershiser (5), R. Reuschel (7), Franco (8),
             Bedrosian (9), L. SMITH (10), S. Fernandez (13) vs Saberhagen,
             Morris (4), Langston (6), Plesac (8), Righetti (9), Henke (9),
             J. HOWELL (12)
Attendance: 49,671

     None of the previous fifty-seven All-Star Games had gone more than five
innings without at least one run crossing the plate. But this game went more
than twice that before National Leaguer Tim Raines tripled in two runs in the
top of the thirteenth for the game's only scoring. It was the National
League's eighth win in eight extra-inning All-Star games.
     Both teams missed scoring opportunities in the ninth inning. Raines
singled for the Nationals with only one out, and became the game's first
runner to reach third when a throw from first on his attempted steal went into
center field. But a fly to short right and a foul out left him stranded. In
the bottom of the ninth, the Americans came close to winning the game as Dave
Winfield headed for home from second on a missed 461 double play. But
National pitcher Steve Bedrosian, covering first, snared the off-center throw
from short and fired it home to catch Winfield for the third out.
     The Americans again reached third in the eleventh as Larry Parrish
singled and moved around on a sacrifice and ground out. But pitcher Lee Smith
(whose three shutout innings earned him the win) struck out Tony Fernandez to
end the threat.


GAME 59
Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
July 12, 1988
AL, 2-1

        AL   001  100  000   2  6  2
        NL   000  100  000   1  5  0

  Pitchers: VIOLA, Clemens (3), Gubicza (4), Stieb (6), Russell (7), Jones
             (8), Plasac (8), Eckersley (9) vs GOODEN, Knapper (4), Cone (5),
             Gross (6), Davis (7), Walk (7), Hershiser (8), Worrell (9)
  Home Run: Steinbach-A
Attendance: 55,837

     Oakland's Terry Steinbach was not among the ten top American League
catchers in batting; because of time lost to injuries, he was not even his
club's leading catcher in games played. But the fans voted him to start in
the All-Star Game, and he won it for the American Leaguers with a home run in
his first trip to the plate and a sacrifice fly his next time up. Steinbach's
homer--a drive off Dwight Gooden that led off the third inning--caromed off
the glove of a leaping Darryl Strawberry over the wall in right for the game's
first score. His sacrifice fly--high and deep to left in the fourth
inning--scored Dave Winfield (aboard with his record seventh All-Star double)
to put the Americans ahead 20.
     Steinbach also contributed negatively to the National League run later in
the fourth. His throwing error on Vince Coleman's steal of second enabled
Coleman to advance to third, whence he scored on a wild pitch by Mark Gubicza.
     American starter Frank Viola, the midseason league leader in wins, was
awarded the victory for his two perfect innings pitched. Dennis Eckersley,
the majors' top reliever, preserved the win for the Americans with a perfect
ninth inning.


GAME 60
Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California
July 11, 1989
AL, 5-3

        NL   200  000  010   3   9  1
        AL   212  000  00X   5  12  0
  Pitchers: Reuschel, SMOLTZ (2), Sutcliffe (3), Burke (4), M. Davis (6),
             Howell (7), Williams (8) vs Stewart, RYAN (2), Gubicza (4),
             Moore (5), Swindell (6), Russell (7), Plesac (8), Jones (8)
 Home Runs: Jackson-A, Boggs-A
Attendance: 64,036

     The National stars struck early with a pair of two-out runs in the top of
the first inning, and a double steal put two more runners in scoring position.
But left fielder Bo Jackson stifled the assault with a fine running catch,
then opened the American half of the first with a massive home run to center
field off Rick Reuschel. Wade Boggs, the next man up, added insult to the
forty-year-old Reuschel's first All-Star start, tying the game with another
homer.
     In the second inning Jackson drove in the American League's go-ahead run
with a slow grounder off young John Smoltz, and an inning later four American
singles produced two more runs. A quartet of National League pitchers held
the Americans scoreless on just three hits over the final six innings, and
their teammates rallied for a third National run in the eighth. But Doug
Jones (the majors' top reliever in 1989) came on to get the final out of the
eighth, and in the ninth preserved the American lead to give the American
Leaguers their first repeat All-Star victory in thirty-one years.
     National League hurler Smoltz, at age twenty-two the youngest player in
the lineup, took the loss. Nolan Ryan, back in the American League after nine
National League seasons, earned the win with two shutout innings. Not only
was he the oldest player on either side, at forty-two he was the oldest
All-Star winning pitcher ever.


GAME 61
Wrigley Field, Chicago
July 10, 1990
AL, 2-0

        AL   000  000  200   2  7  0
        NL   000  000  000   0  2  1
  Pitchers: Welch, Stieb (3), SABERHAGEN (5), Thigpen (7), Finley (8),
             Eckersley (9) vs Armstrong, R. Martinez (3), D. Martinez (4),
             Viola (5), D. Smith (6), BRANTLEY (6), Dibble (7), Myers (8),
             Franco (9)
Attendance: 39,071

     Back-to-back American League singles off Jeff Brantley had put men on
third and first and brought Julio Franco to the plate in the seventh inning,
when heavy rain halted the game for more than an hour. During the delay
Brantley's side stiffened, so when Franco finally got his turn at bat he faced
a new National pitcher, Rob Dibble. Franco lined Dibble's third pitch into
the gap in right center for a double--the only extra-base hit of the
game--driving in what proved to be the game's only runs.
     Damp air and a stiff breeze in from left field helped tame the offense.
American League batters managed to accumulate seven hits, but the Nationals
were held to two--an All-Star all-time low. No runner advanced as far as
third base until the sixth inning, when American stars Kelly Gruber and Jose
Canseco pulled off a double steal. No National Leaguer reached that far, and
if it weren't for Barry Larkin's third-inning steal, no National runner would
even have stood on second base.
     American hurler Bret Saberhagen's two perfect middle innings earned him
the win, and Dennis Eckersley, after yielding a leadoff hit in the ninth,
retired the final three batters to record his second All-Star save in three
years. The victory was the third in a row for the American Leaguers, the
first time they had put together such a string of triumphs in forty-one years.


GAME 62
SkyDome, Toronto
July 9, 1991
AL, 4-2

        NL   100  100  000   2  10  1
        AL   003  000  10X   4   8  0

  PITCHERS: Glavine, MARTINEZ (3), Viola (5), Harnisch (6), Smiley (7),
             Dibble (7), Morgan (8) vs Morris, KEY (3), Clemens (4),
             McDowell (5), Reardon (7), Aguilera (7), Eckersley (9)
 HOME RUNS: Ripken-A, Dawson-N
ATTENDANCE: 52,383

     The National League took an early 1-0 lead on singles by Tony Gwynn, Will
Clark, and Bobby Bonilla in the top of the first, and held it for two innings
on Tom Glavine's strong pitching, which included three strikeouts. But Dennis
Martinez yielded successive singles to Rickey Henderson and Wade Boggs in the
third inning, and the next batter, Cal Ripken, Jr., homered to center to give
the Americans all the runs they would need for victory. National Leaguer
Andre Dawson led off the fourth inning with a massive home run to center off
Roger Clemens. This brought the Nationals within a run of tying the game, but
they scored no more, as a succession of American pitchers shut them down on a
walk and four singles the rest of the way. In the seventh inning the
Americans added an insurance run when Joe Carter singled and moved around the
bases on a call of catcher interference (the first in All-Star history), a
sacrifice bunt, and Harold Baines' sacrifice liner to right. Jimmy Key,
the pitcher of record when Ripken's three-run homer put the American League
ahead, was awarded the win. Dennis Eckersley, who pitched a perfect ninth,
earned a record third All-Star save. It was only the second time in
All-Star history that the American League had won four games in a row.


GAME 63
San Diego/Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego
July 14, 1992
AL, 13-6

        AL   411 004 030   13  19  1
        NL   000 001 032    6  12  1
  PITCHERS: BROWN, McDowell (2), Guzman (3), Clemens (4), Mussina (5),
             Langston (6), Nagy (7), Montgomery (8), Aguilera (8), Eckersley
             (9) vs GLAVINE, Maddux (2), Cone (4), Tewksbury (5), Smoltz (6),
             Martinez (7), Jones (8), Charlton (9)
 HOME RUNS: Sierra-A, Griffey-A, Clark-N
ATTENDANCE: 59,372

     By the time the National Leaguers pushed across their first run in the
sixth inning, the Americans had already scored ten times, and although
National bats caught fire for five more runs in the eighth and ninth, they
were powerless to prevent the American League from stretching its All-Star win
streak to five games. National starting pitcher Tom Glavine could not repeat
his strong 1991 start: before his relief after 1-2/3 innings he was tagged
for nine singles and five runs. In the third inning, Ken Griffey, Jr., who
had driven in one of the first-inning runs, added the sixth American score
with a homer off Greg Maddux. When he came up again to lead off the sixth
inning, Griffey doubled to initiate a new American scoring spree, which
included two-out doubles by Carlos Baerga and Robin Ventura, capped by Ruben
Sierra's home run--all off Bob Tewksbury, who had set down the Americans 1-2-3
an inning earlier. Travis Fryman's RBI single and Roberto Kelly's two-run
double in the eighth closed out the American League scoring. Will Clark's
two-out blast off Rick Aguilera in the last of the eighth was the National
League's first three-run homer since 1964, but it was too little to make more
than a dent in the American lead. With two men out in the ninth, a pair of
singles off Dennis Eckersley loaded the bases, and Bip Roberts' single drove
in two of the baserunners to bring the NL run total to six (enough to have
defeated the AL in the seven previous All-Star Games). Starter Kevin Brown
was awarded the win; Glavine took the loss.


GAME 64
Orioles Park at Camden Yards
Baltimore
July 13, 1993
AL, 9-3

        NL   200 001 000    3   7  2
        AL   011 033 10X    9  11  0
  PITCHERS: Mulholland, Benes(3), BURKETT(5), Avery(5), Smoltz(6),
             Beck(7), Harvey(8) VS Langston, Johnson(3), McDOWELL(5),
             Key(6), Montgomery(7), Aguilera(8), Ward(9)
 HOME RUNS: Sheffield-N, Alomar-A, Puckett-A
ATTENDANCE: 48,147

     Barry Bonds doubled off Mark Langston with one out in the first inning
and Garry Sheffield followed with a home run to left that gave the National
League two runs before the American Leaguers came to bat. In the bottom of the
second inning, though, Kirby Puckett's solo shot over the center field wall
off Terry Mulholland narrowed the gap, and an inning later Roberto Alomar led
off with a homer to right off Andy Benes that evened the score.
     The Americans pushed ahead in the last of the fifth when, with John
Burkett pitching, Ivan Rodriguez lined a ground rule double to left and Albert
Belle singled him home. Belle took second on an error, and scored on Ken
Griffey Jr.'s single; Griffey scored on Puckett's double into the gap at left
center. A half inning later, Barry Larkin drove Bonds home with a sacrifice
fly to narrow the score to 5-3, but the Americans blew the game open in the
sixth with a trio of unearned runs. After shortstop Jeff Blauser failed to
field a grounder by Carlos Baerga--depriving pitcher Steve Avery of a 1-2-3
inning--Avery walked Belle and Devon White doubled, sending Baerga home and
Bell to third. John Smoltz, who relieved Avery, unloaded a pair of wild
pitches that enabled Belle and White to score.
     In the bottom of the seventh inning, Terry Steinbach tagged Rod Beck for
a double high off the wall in right to drive in the ninth--and final--AL run.
The Nationals got runners to second and third in the eighth with just one out,
but failed to score, and when they fell to closer Duane Ward in order in the
ninth, the American League had its sixth straight All-Star victory.