1948 All-Star Game Play by Play

1948 All-Star Game Play by Play

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"I am very much concerned over the failure of club owners and players to take seriously the All-Star Game." - Commissioner Happy Chandler

NL STARS 1ST: Ashburn singled to Gordon; Ashburn stole second; Schoendienst grounded out (McQuinn unassisted) [Ashburn to third]; Musial homered [Ashburn scored]; Mize singled to Evers; Masterson threw a wild pitch [Mize to second]; Slaughter walked; Pafko popped to Keltner [Mize out at third, Slaughter to second, Pafko to first]; Cooper forced Pafko (Keltner to Gordon); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 0.

AL STARS 1ST: Mullin struck out; Henrich struck out; Boudreau grounded out (Reese to Mize); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 0.

NL STARS 2ND: Reese struck out; Branca grounded out (Keltner to McQuinn); Ashburn flied to Henrich; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 0.

AL STARS 2ND: Gordon flied to Musial; Evers homered; Keltner walked; McQuinn flied to Ashburn; Rosar flied to Slaughter; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 1.

NL STARS 3RD: Schoendienst popped to McQuinn in foul territory; Musial singled to Evers; Mize forced Musial (Gordon to Boudreau); Slaughter singled to Keltner [Mize to second]; Pafko forced Slaughter (Gordon to Boudreau); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 1.

AL STARS 3RD: VERNON BATTED FOR MASTERSON; Vernon walked; Mullin walked [Vernon to second]; Henrich struck out while Vernon stole third and Mullin stole second; Boudreau made an out to Slaughter [Vernon scored]; Gordon grounded out (Reese to Mize); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 2.

NL STARS 4TH: TEBBETTS REPLACED ROSAR (PLAYING C ); RASCHI REPLACED VERNON (PITCHING); Cooper grounded out (Keltner to McQuinn); Reese grounded out (Keltner to McQuinn); GUSTINE BATTED FOR BRANCA; Gustine struck out (Tebbetts to McQuinn); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 2.

AL STARS 4TH: SCHMITZ REPLACED GUSTINE (PITCHING); Evers popped to Reese; Keltner singled to Musial; McQuinn singled to Ashburn [Keltner to second]; Tebbetts walked [Keltner to third, McQuinn to second]; Raschi singled to Musial [Keltner scored, McQuinn scored, Tebbetts to third]; SAIN REPLACED SCHMITZ (PITCHING); DIMAGGIO BATTED FOR MULLIN; DiMaggio lined to Musial [Tebbetts scored]; Henrich made an out to Reese; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

NL STARS 5TH: ZARILLA REPLACED DIMAGGIO (PLAYING RF); DOERR REPLACED GORDON (PLAYING 2B); STEPHENS REPLACED BOUDREAU (PLAYING SS); Ashburn singled to Evers; Schoendienst flied to Zarilla; Musial struck out; Mize grounded out (Doerr to McQuinn); Umpires moved: Reardon (hp), Paparella (1b), Stewart (2b), Berry (3b); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

AL STARS 5TH: MASI REPLACED COOPER (PLAYING C ); ELLIOTT REPLACED PAFKO (PLAYING 3B); KERR REPLACED REESE (PLAYING SS); Stephens was called out on strikes; Doerr struck out; Evers struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

NL STARS 6TH: Slaughter grounded out (Raschi to McQuinn); Elliott singled to Henrich; Masi singled to Evers [Elliott to second]; Kerr grounded out (Keltner to McQuinn) [Elliott to third, Masi to second]; WAITKUS BATTED FOR SAIN; Waitkus walked; Ashburn was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

AL STARS 6TH: BLACKWELL REPLACED WAITKUS (PITCHING); HOLMES REPLACED SLAUGHTER (PLAYING RF); Keltner lined to Holmes; McQuinn singled to Musial; McQuinn stole second; Tebbetts was called out on strikes; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR RASCHI; Williams walked; NEWHOUSER RAN FOR WILLIAMS; Zarilla forced Newhouser (Schoendienst to Kerr); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

NL STARS 7TH: COLEMAN REPLACED NEWHOUSER (PITCHING); Schoendienst grounded out (Doerr to McQuinn); Musial walked; Mize struck out; Holmes grounded out (Coleman to McQuinn); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

AL STARS 7TH: MUSIAL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); KINER REPLACED ASHBURN (PLAYING LF); RIGNEY REPLACED SCHOENDIENST (PLAYING 2B); Henrich walked; Stephens singled to Kiner [Henrich to second]; Doerr made an out to Mize; Evers popped to Rigney; Keltner lined to Kiner; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

NL STARS 8TH: Elliott lined to Zarilla; Masi popped to McQuinn in foul territory; Kerr was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

AL STARS 8TH: McQuinn grounded out (Mize unassisted); Tebbetts walked; Coleman out on a sacrifice bunt (Mize to Rigney) [Tebbetts to second]; Zarilla flied to Musial; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

NL STARS 9TH: THOMSON BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Thomson struck out; Kiner grounded out (Keltner to McQuinn); Rigney walked; Musial grounded out (Doerr to McQuinn); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 2, AL Stars 5.

End of 1948 All-Star Game Play-by-Play

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