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Commentary (by me)
I didn't get to see the game yet. As I write this, it's about noon
on Wednesday, and I was at a Black Sabbath concert last night. I did tape
the game, I'll watch it later tonight and say something tomorrow.
However, I did get to see the thing in the beginning with Ted Williams - that was just so cool. I got to see two of my Phillies heroes from my childhood on the field (I was 15 and living in Philadelphia when the Phils won the series in 1980) - that was great. There was a great AP News Wire story about the Ted Williams into thing, check that out here.
More from me later - plus I also intend on getting some screen captures from the game of the Rangers players.
Game Recap
BOSTON (TICKER) -- On a night when baseball honored Ted Williams, Pedro Martinez built his own New England All-Star lore.
Martinez, already an icon in just his second season with the Red Sox, became the first pitcher to open an All-Star Game with four strikeouts and fanned five in two dazzling innings to lead the American League to a 4-1 victory over the National League at Fenway Park.
Martinez earned the win with the help of run-scoring singles in the first by Jim Thome, one of four Cleveland Indians in the starting lineup, and 17-time All-Star Cal Ripken of Baltimore.
"I was really excited," Martinez said. "But it wasn't really for the fan's reaction, it was just to see so many glories of baseball all together at one time."
The third and final All-Star Game at one of baseball's storied stadiums featured pregame ceremonies steeped in tradition. Candidates for baseball's All-Century Team, including Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Fenway legend Carl Yastrzemski, were introduced along with the players in tonight's game.
The final tribute was saved for the 80-year-old Williams, an 18-time All-Star and the last player to hit .400, 58 years ago. Williams was taken to the middle of the infield on a golf cart, where both All-Star clubs and members of the All-Century Team converged to greet him amid thunderous applause.
"I can only describe it as great," Williams said. "It didn't surprise me all that much because I know how these fans are here in Boston. They love this game as much as any players and Boston's lucky to have the faithful Red Sox fans."
So enthralled were the past and present players with seeing Williams that an announcement had to be made to get the players back to their dugouts and begin the game, which started 14 minutes later than the scheduled 8:40 p.m. EDT.
With the aid of 15-time All-Star Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres, Williams made a soft toss to honorary AL captain Carlton Fisk, another Boston hero.
That set the stage for Martinez, baseball's winningest pitcher (15) and the first Red Sox to start an All-Star Game since Roger Clemens in 1986. He made the most of his 28 pitches, 19 of which were strikes.
Martinez set down Barry Larkin and one-time teammate Larry Walker before fanning two of baseball's most prolific long-ball hitters, Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire. All but Walker went down swinging.
"I don't have too much to say, just fastball, changeup and curveball," Martinez said of his encounter with Sosa and McGwire.
"He's right now probably the top pitcher in the game and will be for a while," said Walker, currently with Colorado and a one-time teammate of Martinez in Montreal. "He was dominating with all his pitches and threw them all for strikes."
Matt Williams broke the streak by reaching on an error by second baseman Roberto Alomar as Martinez fell one shy of the record for consecutive strikeouts set by Carl Hubbell in 1934 and matched by Fernando Valenzuela in 1986.
Martinez ended up facing the minimum six batters after Jeff Bagwell struck out and Williams was thrown out attempting to steal. The All-Star record for strikeouts in a game is six by four pitchers, most recently by Ferguson Jenkins in 1967.
Martinez's regular-season dominance carried over to the mid-season classic as he was named Most Valuable Player, the first Red Sox to earn the honor since Clemens in 1986. The only other Red Sox named All-Star MVP was Yastrzemski in 1970.
Martinez became the first pitcher to win a game in his home park since Toronto's Jimmy Key in 1991. He has pitched four scoreless innings in three All-Star appearances.
The loser was starter Curt Schilling of Philadelphia, a one-time Red Sox minor leaguer who allowed a pair of runs in the first.
"I'm happy, but I certainly wish I would have thrown two scoreless innings," Schilling said.
The game featured 13 hits, just six by the winners. The teams combined for 22 strikeouts, breaking the mark of 21 for a nine-inning All-Star Game set in 1984. No player had more than one hit, the first time that has happened since 1988 in Cincinnati.
Kenny Lofton of Cleveland reached on an infield single when Schilling was late covering first on a grounder. Lofton promptly stole second before Boston's Nomar Garciaparra flied out to right field and Ken Griffey Jr. took a called third strike. Manny Ramirez of Cleveland walked and Thome and Ripken followed with consecutive RBI singles.
"It was great. Kenny did his normal thing and got on base, and I got lucky and got a hit," said Thome, who has hitless in his three previous All-Star at-bats.
Martinez was replaced by David Cone of the New York Yankees, who allowed a run in the third on a double by Jeromy Burnitz and a two-out single by Larkin. Cone also allowed the NL to load the bases in the fourth before getting Burnitz on a groundout.
The AL increased its lead to 4-1 with two runs in the fourth off 14-game winner Kent Bottenfield of St. Louis, who opened the inning by walking Thome and hitting Ripken with a pitch. Rafael Palmeiro of Texas singled home a run and Ripken scored after third baseman Williams misplayed a ball hit by Alomar.
Garciaparra, who received a warm ovation before the game, was hitless in two at-bats before being replaced in the fourth by Derek Jeter of the AL East rival Yankees. Garciaparra missed Boston's last nine games due to a groin injury, and the ailment may have prevented him from getting to the single by Larkin in the third.
Sosa and McGwire had their chances to get the NL back in the game in the fifth, but Mike Mussina of Baltimore struck out the sluggers with runners on second and third to end the threat.
A dazzling play by Cleveland shortstop Omar Vizquel saved a run in the seventh. The NL put runners on first and third off Texas rookie Jeff Zimmerman with the help of an error by Boston second baseman Jose Offerman. Vizquel reached a ground ball up the middle by Vladimir Guerrero of Montreal and flipped the ball straight from his glove to Offerman for the final out of the inning.
"I thought it was just an opportunity to shine for my team," Vizquel said. "I didn't have much time to think about it. I just did the best I can."
The NL went down meekly thereafter. Texas closer John Wetteland got the save, ending the game by starting a broken-bat double play by San Francisco's Jeff Kent.
Despite Fenway's cozy dimensions, the game did not feature a home run. Coming closest was Thome, who flied out to the warning track in right field off Jose Lima of Houston in the fifth.
The AL won its third straight All-Star Game, but still trails in the series, 40-29-1.
Photos
(Click on any of them for a larger image)
There was a ton of pictures of this game, so I'll
just post some of the more relevant ones - meaning Ranger photos.
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| Ted Williams riding to the mound | Ted arrives at the mound | Cal Ripken shares a smile with Ted | Ted shakes hands with Junior | Ted Williams gets ready |
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| Tony Gwynn helps Ted Williams | Derek Jeter, Manny Ramirez, Pudge and ??? clown around with Sammy Sosa | Pudge catches while Pedro Martinez pitches to Barry Larkin | No, no, no. One is for sugar, two is for ketchup, got it? | Jeff Zimmerman pitches in the 7th |
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| John Wetteland and Jose Offerman celebrate the win for the AL |
ML FINAL AT BOSTON ALL STAR GAME
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
NL ALL STARS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1
AL ALL STARS 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 4 6 2 (FINAL)
BATTERIES: NLA - CURT SCHILLING, RANDY JOHNSON (3RD), KENT
BOTTENFIELD (4TH), JOSE LIMA (5TH), KEVIN
MILLWOOD (6TH), ANDY ASHBY (7TH), MIKE HAMPTON
(7TH), TREVOR HOFFMAN (8TH), BILLY WAGNER
(8TH) AND MIKE PIAZZA, MIKE LIEBERTHAL (5TH),
DAVID NILSSON (8TH)
ALA - PEDRO MARTINEZ, DAVID CONE (3RD), MIKE MUSSINA
(5TH), JOSE ROSADO (6TH), JEFF ZIMMERMAN
(7TH), ROBERTO HERNANDEZ (8TH), JOHN WETTELAND
(9TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ, BRAD AUSMUS (6TH)
WP - PEDRO MARTINEZ (1-0)
LP - CURT SCHILLING (0-1)
SAVE - JOHN WETTELAND (1)
HOME RUNS: NLA - NONE
ALA - NONE
TIME: 2:53 ATT: 34,187
Box Score
NL ALL STARS (1) VS AL ALL STARS (4) AT BOSTON ALL STAR GAME - FINAL
NL ALL STARS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Larkin ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 1 .333
a-A Gonzalez ph-ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Walker rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
L Gonzalez lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500
Sosa cf 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000
Guerrero rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Mcgwire 1b 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 .000
Casey 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Williams 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333
Sprague 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bagwell dh 3 0 1 0 0 2 2 .333
b-Sheffield ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Piazza c 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500
Lieberthal c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Nilsson c 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Burnitz lf-rf 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 .500
Jordan cf 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000
Bell 2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 .000
Kent 2b 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000
Totals 32 1 7 1 4 12 19
a-popped to second for Larkin in the 7th; b-grounded to shortstop
for Bagwell in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - Burnitz (1, Cone); L Gonzalez (1, Mussina).
RBI - Larkin (1). 2-out RBI - Larkin. Runners left in scoring
position, 2 out - Burnitz 2, Mcgwire 2, Guerrero 1. GIDP - Lieberthal,
Kent. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: CS - Williams (1, 2nd base by Martinez/Rodriguez);
Jordan (1, 2nd base by Zimmerman/Ausmus).
FIELDING: E - Williams (1, ground ball).
AL ALL STARS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
Lofton lf-cf 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333
Williams cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Garciaparra ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Jeter ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Vizquel ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Griffey cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Surhoff lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Ramirez rf 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000
Green rf 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Ordonez rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Thome 1b 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 .500
Coomer 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Ripken 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
Fernandez 3b 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Palmeiro dh 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 .500
a-Baines ph-dh 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
c-Jaha ph-dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Rodriguez c 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000
Ausmus c 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Alomar 2b 2 0 0 1 0 1 2 .000
b-Offerman ph-2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 4 6 4 2 10 16
a-singled for Palmeiro in the 6th; b-grounded to pitcher for
Alomar in the 6th; c-struck out for Baines in the 8th.
BATTING: RBI - Thome (1), Ripken (1), Palmeiro (1), Alomar (1).
2-out RBI - Thome, Ripken. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out -
Palmeiro 1, Jeter 1, Williams 1. Team LOB - 6.
BASERUNNING: SB - Lofton (1, 2nd base off Schilling/Piazza).
FIELDING: E - Alomar (1, bobble); Offerman (1, throw).
DP: 3 (Rodriguez-Alomar, Fernandez-Alomar-Thome, Wetteland-Vizquel-Coomer).
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Nl All Stars - 001 000 000 -- 1
Al All Stars - 200 200 00X -- 4
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NL ALL STARS ip h r er bb so hr era
Schilling (L, 0-1) 2 3 2 2 1 3 0 9.00
Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Bottenfield 1 1 2 2 1 2 0 18.00
Lima 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Millwood 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Ashby 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Hampton 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Hoffman 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Wagner 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.00
AL ALL STARS ip h r er bb so hr era
Martinez (W, 1-0) 2 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
Cone 2 4 1 1 1 3 0 4.50
Mussina 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0.00
Rosado (H, 1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Zimmerman (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
Hernandez (H, 1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wetteland (S, 1) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
HBP - Ripken (by Bottenfield). Pitches-strikes: Martinez 28-19;
Cone 39-26; Mussina 21-13; Rosado 15-10; Zimmerman 20-9;
Hernandez 7-6; Wetteland 19-14; Schilling 37-25; Johnson 9-6;
Bottenfield 30-20; Lima 12-9; Millwood 25-15; Ashby 5-4; Hampton
4-2; Hoffman 5-4; Wagner 10-7. Ground balls-fly balls: Martinez
0-0; Cone 2-1; Mussina 1-0; Rosado 2-0; Zimmerman 1-1; Hernandez
3-0; Wetteland 2-0; Schilling 2-1; Johnson 1-1; Bottenfield 0-1;
Lima 2-1; Millwood 2-0; Ashby 1-0; Hampton 1-1; Hoffman 0-0;
Wagner 0-0. Batters faced: Martinez 6; Cone 11; Mussina 5;
Rosado 3; Zimmerman 5; Hernandez 3; Wetteland 3; Schilling 10;
Johnson 3; Bottenfield 7; Lima 4; Millwood 4; Ashby 1; Hampton 2;
Hoffman 1; Wagner 2.
UMPIRES: HP--Jim Evans. 1B--Terry Tata. 2B--Dale Ford. 3B--Angel
Hernandez. LF--Mark Johnson. RF--Larry Vanover.
T--2:53. Att--34,187. Weather: 68 degrees, clear. Wind: 10 mph,
right to left.
ML AT BOSTON ALL STAR GAME
NL ALL STARS VS AL ALL STARS
NOTE: BOSTON'S PEDRO MARTINEZ STRUCK OUT THE SIDE IN THE FIRST
INNING, MARKING THE FIRST TIME THAT HAS HAPPENED IN
ALL-STAR GAME HISTORY.
ML AT BOSTON ALL STAR GAME
NL ALL STARS VS AL ALL STARS
NOTE: BOSTON PITCHER PEDRO MARTINEZ HAS FIVE STRIKEOUTS IN TWO
INNINGS.
ML AT BOSTON ALL STAR GAME
NL ALL STARS VS AL ALL STARS
NOTE: THE AMERICAN LEAGUE'S PEDRO MARTINEZ AND DAVID CONE HAVE
COMBINED FOR SEVEN STRIKEOUTS THROUGH THREE INNINGS.
Nl All Stars Starting Lineups -- Barry Larkin SS, Larry Walker RF, Sammy Sosa CF, Mark Mcgwire 1B, Matt Williams 3B, Jeff Bagwell DH, Mike Piazza C, Jeromy Burnitz LF, Jay Bell 2B, Curt Schilling RHP.
Al All Stars Starting Lineups -- Kenny Lofton LF, Nomar Garciaparra SS, Ken Griffey Jr CF, Manny Ramirez RF, Jim Thome 1B, Cal Ripken Jr 3B, Rafael Palmeiro DH, Ivan Rodriguez C, Roberto Alomar 2B, Pedro Martinez RHP.
Umpires -- Evans (HP), Tata (1B), Ford (2B), Hernandez (3B), Johnson (LF), Vanover (RF).
Gametime Weather: 68 degrees, Clear, wind right to left at 10 mph.
NL ALL STARS 1ST: Larkin struck out swinging. Walker struck out looking. Sosa struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 0, AL ALL STARS 0.
AL ALL STARS 1ST: Lofton reached on infield single. Garciaparra flied out to right. Griffey struck out looking. Lofton stole second. Ramirez walked. Thome singled to center, Lofton scored, Ramirez to second. Ripken singled to right, Ramirez scored, Thome to second. Palmeiro grounded out to first. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 0, AL ALL STARS2.
NL ALL STARS 2ND: Mcgwire struck out swinging. Williams safe at first on 2nd baseman Alomar's fielding error. Bagwell struck out swinging. Williams caught stealing, catcher to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) NL ALL STARS 0, AL ALL STARS 2.
AL ALL STARS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out to second. Alomar struck out swinging. Lofton struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 0, AL ALL STARS 2.
NL ALL STARS 3RD: David Cone relieved Pedro Martinez. Piazza struck out swinging. Burnitz doubled to right. Bell struck out looking. Larkin singled to center, Burnitz scored. Walker grounded out to pitcher. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 2.
AL ALL STARS 3RD: Randy Johnson relieved Curt Schilling. Garciaparra flied out to right center. Griffey grounded out to first. Ramirez struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 2.
NL ALL STARS 4TH: Lofton in center. Jeter at short. Surhoff in left. Green in right. Sosa popped out to first. Mcgwire walked. Williams struck out swinging. Bagwell singled to right, Mcgwire to second. Piazza singled to right, Mcgwire to third, Bagwell to second. Burnitz grounded out to first. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 2.
AL ALL STARS 4TH: Kent Bottenfield relieved Randy Johnson. Burnitz in right. L Gonzalez in left. Thome walked. Ripken hit by pitch, Thome to second. Palmeiro singled to right, Thome scored, Ripken to third. Rodriguez struck out swinging. Alomar safe at first on 3rd baseman Williams' fielding error, Ripken scored, Palmeiro to second. Lofton fouled out to third. Jeter struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 1 Error) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
NL ALL STARS 5TH: Mike Mussina relieved David Cone. Fernandez at third. Bell walked. Larkin grounded into fielder's choice to second, Bell out at second. L Gonzalez doubled to left, Larkin to third. Sosa struck out looking. Mcgwire struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
AL ALL STARS 5TH: Jose Lima relieved Kent Bottenfield. Guerrero in right. Casey at first. Lieberthal catching. Jordan in center. Kent at second. Surhoff grounded out to first. Green reached on infield single. Thome flied out to deep right. Fernandez grounded into fielder's choice to second, Green out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
NL ALL STARS 6TH: Jose Rosado relieved Mike Mussina. Williams in center. Ausmus catching. Williams singled to left. Bagwell struck out swinging. Lieberthal grounded into double play, third to second to first, Williams out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
AL ALL STARS 6TH: Kevin Millwood relieved Jose Lima. Sprague at third. Baines hit for Palmeiro. Baines singled to left center. Ausmus grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Baines out at second. Offerman hit for Alomar. Offerman grounded out to pitcher, Ausmus to second. Williams struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
NL ALL STARS 7TH: Jeff Zimmerman relieved Jose Rosado. Offerman at second. Vizquel at short. Ordonez in right. Coomer at first. Jordan walked. Jordan caught stealing, catcher to second. Kent walked. A Gonzalez hit for Larkin. A Gonzalez popped out to shallow right center. L Gonzalez safe at first on 2nd baseman Offerman's throwing error, Kent to third. Guerrero grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, L Gonzalez out at second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
AL ALL STARS 7TH: Andy Ashby relieved Kevin Millwood. A Gonzalez at short. Vizquel grounded out to first. Mike Hampton relieved Andy Ashby. Surhoff grounded out to second. Ordonez popped out to shallow center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
NL ALL STARS 8TH: Roberto Hernandez relieved Jeff Zimmerman. Casey grounded out to shortstop. Sprague grounded out to third. Sheffield hit for Bagwell. Sheffield grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
AL ALL STARS 8TH: Trevor Hoffman relieved Mike Hampton. Nilsson catching. Coomer struck out looking. Billy Wagner relieved Trevor Hoffman. Fernandez struck out swinging. Jaha hit for Baines. Jaha struck out looking. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.
NL ALL STARS 9TH: John Wetteland relieved Roberto Hernandez. Nilsson struck out swinging. Jordan singled to right. Kent grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Jordan out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) NL ALL STARS 1, AL ALL STARS 4.