1996 All-Star Game
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The 1996 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 9, 1996. The National League won the sixty-seventh midsummer classic by a score of 6 to 0. The game was held at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, PA in front of 62,670 fans. The MVP was Mike Piazza of the Dodgers.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Mike Hargrove and coaches Terry Bevington and Bob Boone.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Bobby Cox and coaches Jim Fregosi and Tommy Lasorda.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Kenny Lofton | OF | Cleveland Indians | 1 | Lance Johnson | OF | New York Mets | ||
| Wade Boggs | 3B | New York Yankees | 2 | Barry Larkin | SS | Cincinnati Reds | ||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | Baltimore Orioles | 3 | Barry Bonds | OF | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Albert Belle | OF | Cleveland Indians | 4 | Fred McGriff | 1B | Atlanta Braves | ||
| Mo Vaughn | 1B | Boston Red Sox | 5 | Mike Piazza | C | Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
| Ivan Rodriguez | C | Texas Rangers | 6 | Dante Bichette | OF | Colorado Rockies | ||
| Cal Ripken, Jr. | SS | Baltimore Orioles | 7 | Chipper Jones | 3B | Atlanta Braves | ||
| Brady Anderson | OF | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | Craig Biggio | 2B | Houston Astros | ||
| Charles Nagy | P | Cleveland Indians | 9 | John Smoltz | P | Atlanta Braves | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 9, 1996 at Veterans Stadium (62670), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| National | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | x | 6 | 12 | 1 |
Pitchers
American: Charles Nagy (L) - Chuck Finley - Roger Pavlik - Troy Percival - Roberto Hernandez
National: John Smoltz (W) - Kevin Brown - Tom Glavine - Ricky Bottalico - Pedro Martinez - Steve Trachsel - Todd Worrell - Mark Wohlers - Al Leiter
Home Runs
American: None
National: Mike Piazza (2nd), Ken Caminiti (6th)
Umpires
HP: Randy Marsh, 1B: Larry McCoy, 2B: Charlie Reliford, 3B: Joe Brinkman, LF: Larry Poncino, RF: Chuck Meriwether
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