1996 All-Star Game Play by Play

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"They (the American League) can bomb the ball out of any ballpark. We just made some exceptional pitches tonight." - National League Skipper Bobby Cox
1996 All-Star Game

A Play-by-Play Account

AL STARS 1ST: Lofton singled to Johnson (it was the 2-1 pitch); Lofton stole second (it was the 2-1 pitch); Boggs popped to Jones; R. Alomar flied to Johnson [Lofton to third]; Belle struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 0.

NL STARS 1ST: Johnson doubled to Belle (it was the first pitch); Larkin grounded out (R. Alomar to Vaughn) [Johnson to third]; Bonds grounded out (Vaughn to Nagy) [Johnson scored]; McGriff struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 1.

AL STARS 2ND: Vaughn doubled to Bichette (it was the first pitch); I. Rodriguez popped to Biggio; Ripken lined to Bonds; Anderson grounded out (McGriff to Smoltz); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 1.

NL STARS 2ND: Piazza homered (it was the 2-1 pitch); Bichette grounded out (R. Alomar to Vaughn); Jones singled to Lofton (it was the 1-0 pitch); Biggio grounded out (Boggs to Vaughn) [Jones to second]; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR SMOLTZ; Rodriguez singled to Anderson (it was the 1-0 pitch) [Jones scored]; Johnson grounded out (R. Alomar to Vaughn); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 3.

AL STARS 3RD: BROWN REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); MARTINEZ BATTED FOR NAGY; Martinez grounded out (Larkin to McGriff); Lofton flied to Johnson; Boggs grounded out (Larkin to McGriff); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 3.

NL STARS 3RD: FINLEY REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Larkin singled to Lofton (it was the 0-2 pitch); Bonds singled (it was the 2-0 pitch) [Larkin to third]; McGriff was called out on strikes while Bonds was caught stealing second (I. Rodriguez to Ripken); Piazza doubled (it was the 1-0 pitch) [Larkin scored]; Bichette struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 4.

AL STARS 4TH: BAGWELL REPLACED BROWN (PLAYING 1B); GLAVINE REPLACED MCGRIFF (PITCHING); R. Alomar grounded out (Jones to Bagwell); Belle struck out; Vaughn grounded out (Biggio to Bagwell); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 4.

NL STARS 4TH: Jones lined to Belle; Biggio struck out; Bagwell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 4.

AL STARS 5TH: BOTTALICO REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); CAMINITI REPLACED GLAVINE (PLAYING 3B); I. Rodriguez struck out; Ripken flied to Bonds; Anderson reached on an error by Caminiti (it was the first pitch) [Anderson to first]; BUHNER BATTED FOR FINLEY; Buhner lined to Johnson; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 4.

NL STARS 5TH: PAVLIK REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); BUHNER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Johnson singled (it was the 1-2 pitch); Johnson stole second (it was the 1-0 pitch); Larkin flied to Buhner; Johnson was caught stealing third (it was the 1-0 pitch) (I. Rodriguez to Boggs); Bonds grounded out (Vaughn unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 4.

AL STARS 6TH: SMITH REPLACED LARKIN (PLAYING SS); MARTINEZ REPLACED BONDS (PITCHING); BURKS REPLACED BOTTALICO (PLAYING LF); Lofton singled to Bichette (it was the 2-0 pitch); Boggs flied to Burks; Lofton stole second (it was the 2-2 pitch); R. Alomar singled to Smith (it was the 2-2 pitch) [Lofton to third]; Belle struck out; Vaughn grounded out (Smith to Bagwell); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 4.

NL STARS 6TH: KNOBLAUCH REPLACED R. ALOMAR (PLAYING 2B); MCGWIRE REPLACED VAUGHN (PLAYING 1B); Caminiti homered (it was the 0-2 pitch); Piazza struck out; Bichette doubled to Buhner (it was the 1-2 pitch); Burks struck out while Bichette advanced to third on a wild pitch [Bichette to third, Burks to first]; Biggio forced Burks (Ripken to Knoblauch) [Bichette scored, Biggio to first]; YOUNG RAN FOR BIGGIO; Bagwell forced Young (Boggs to Knoblauch); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 6.

AL STARS 7TH: YOUNG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); TRACHSEL REPLACED BICHETTE (PITCHING); SHEFFIELD REPLACED MARTINEZ (PLAYING RF); S. ALOMAR BATTED FOR I. RODRIGUEZ; S. Alomar popped to Johnson; Ripken grounded out (Smith to Bagwell); A. RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR PAVLIK; A. Rodriguez flied to Sheffield in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 6.

NL STARS 7TH: S. ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); A. RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); PERCIVAL REPLACED RIPKEN (PITCHING); CARTER REPLACED LOFTON (PLAYING CF); Johnson singled to Carter (it was the first pitch); Smith grounded out (Knoblauch to McGwire) [Johnson to second]; Sheffield popped to Knoblauch; Caminiti struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 6.

AL STARS 8TH: WORRELL REPLACED CAMINITI (PITCHING); GRUDZIELANEK REPLACED TRACHSEL (PLAYING 3B); HUNDLEY REPLACED PIAZZA (PLAYING C ); Buhner popped to Young; Carter singled to Smith (it was the 1-1 pitch); FRYMAN BATTED FOR BOGGS; Fryman struck out; Knoblauch singled to Burks (it was the 1-1 pitch) [Carter to second]; Belle lined to Johnson; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 6.

NL STARS 8TH: FRYMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HERNANDEZ REPLACED PERCIVAL (PITCHING); Hundley flied to Carter; Grudzielanek grounded out (Fryman to McGwire); Burks tripled to Carter (it was the first pitch); Young grounded out (McGwire to Hernandez); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 6.

AL STARS 9TH: KENDALL REPLACED HUNDLEY (PLAYING C ); WOHLERS REPLACED WORRELL (PITCHING); McGwire singled to Johnson (it was the 1-2 pitch); S. Alomar grounded into a double play (Smith to Young to Bagwell) [McGwire out at second]; LEITER REPLACED WOHLERS (PITCHING); WILSON BATTED FOR HERNANDEZ; Wilson flied to Sheffield; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. AL Stars 0, NL Stars 6.

End of 1996 All-Star Game Play-by-Play


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