1998 All-Star Game
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The 1998 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 7, 1998. The American League won the sixty-ninth midsummer classic by a score of 13 to 8. The game was held at Coors Field in Denver, CO in front of 51,267 fans. The MVP was Roberto Alomar of the Orioles.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Mike Hargrove and coaches Art Howe and Joe Torre.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Jim Leyland and coaches Don Baylor and Gene Lamont.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
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| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Kenny Lofton | OF | Cleveland Indians | 1 | Craig Biggio | 2B | Houston Astros | ||
| Roberto Alomar | 2B | Baltimore Orioles | 2 | Tony Gwynn | OF | San Diego Padres | ||
| Ken Griffey, Jr. | OF | Seattle Mariners | 3 | Mark McGwire | 1B | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Juan Gonzalez | OF | Texas Rangers | 4 | Barry Bonds | OF | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Jim Thome | 1B | Cleveland Indians | 5 | Chipper Jones | 3B | Atlanta Braves | ||
| Alex Rodriguez | SS | Seattle Mariners | 6 | Mike Piazza | C | New York Mets | ||
| Ivan Rodriguez | C | Texas Rangers | 7 | Larry Walker | OF | Colorado Rockies | ||
| Cal Ripken, Jr. | 3B | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | Walt Weiss | SS | Atlanta Braves | ||
| David Wells | P | New York Yankees | 9 | Greg Maddux | P | Atlanta Braves | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 7, 1998 at Coors Field (51267), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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| American | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
| National | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
Pitchers
American: David Wells - Roger Clemens - Brad Radke - Bartolo Colon (W) - Rolando Arrojo - John Wetteland - Tom Gordon - Troy Percival
National: Greg Maddux - Tom Glavine - Kevin Brown - Andy Ashby - Ugueth Urbina (L) - Trevor Hoffman - Jeff Shaw - Robb Nen
Home Runs
American: Alex Rodriguez (5th), Roberto Alomar (7th)
National: Barry Bonds (5th)
Umpires
HP: Ed Montague, 1B: Derryl Cousins, 2B: Brian Gorman, 3B: Rick Reed, LF: Rich Rieker, RF: Tim McClelland
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