1997 All-Star Game
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The 1997 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1997. The American League won the sixty-eighth midsummer classic by a score of 3 to 1. The game was held at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OH in front of 44,916 fans. The MVP was Sandy Alomar, Jr of the Indians.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Joe Torre and coaches Mike Hargrove and Johnny Oates.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Bobby Cox and coaches Dusty Baker and Bruce Bochy.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| National League | Batting Order | American League | ||||||
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| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Craig Biggio | 2B | Houston Astros | 1 | Brady Anderson | OF | Baltimore Orioles | ||
| Tony Gwynn | OF | San Diego Padres | 2 | Alex Rodriguez | SS | Seattle Mariners | ||
| Barry Bonds | OF | San Francisco Giants | 3 | Ken Griffey, Jr. | OF | Seattle Mariners | ||
| Mike Piazza | C | Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | Tino Martinez | 1B | New York Yankees | ||
| Jeff Bagwell | 1B | Houston Astros | 5 | Edgar Martinez | DH | Seattle Mariners | ||
| Larry Walker | OF | Colorado Rockies | 6 | Paul O'Neill | OF | New York Yankees | ||
| Ken Caminiti | 3B | San Diego Padres | 7 | Cal Ripken, Jr. | SS | Baltimore Orioles | ||
| Ray Lankford | OF | St. Louis Cardinals | 8 | Ivan Rodriguez | C | Texas Rangers | ||
| Jeff Blauser | SS | Atlanta Braves | 9 | Roberto Alomar | 2B | Baltimore Orioles | ||
| Greg Maddux | P | Atlanta Braves | SP | Randy Johnson | P | Seattle Mariners | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 8, 1997 at Jacobs Field (44916), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| American | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | x | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Pitchers
National: Greg Maddux - Curt Schilling - Kevin Brown - Pedro Martinez - Shawn Estes (L) - Bobby Jones
American: Randy Johnson - Roger Clemens - David Cone - Justin Thompson - Pat Hentgen - Jose Rosado (W) - Randy Myers - Mariano Rivera (S)
Home Runs
National: Javy Lopez (7th)
American: Edgar Martinez (2nd), Sandy Alomar, Jr. (7th)
Umpires
HP: Larry Barnett, 1B: Gerry Davis, 2B: Drew Coble, 3B: Jeff Kellogg, LF: Terry Craft, RF: Wally Bell
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