1999 All-Star Game Play by Play

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"To get here (Fenway Park) we came through a tunnel named for him (Ted Williams). Now that's cool." - All-Star Catcher Mike Lieberthal
1999 All-Star Game

A Play-by-Play Account

NL STARS 1ST: Larkin struck out; Walker was called out on strikes; Sosa struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 0.

AL STARS 1ST: Lofton singled to McGwire (it was the 1-2 pitch); Garciaparra lined to Walker; Griffey was called out on strikes; Lofton stole second (it was the 3-1 pitch); Ramirez walked; Thome singled to Sosa (it was the 1-0 pitch) [Lofton scored, Ramirez to second]; Ripken singled to Walker (it was the first pitch) [Ramirez scored, Thome to second]; Palmeiro grounded out (McGwire unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 2.

NL STARS 2ND: McGwire struck out; Williams reached on an error by Alomar (it was the first pitch); Bagwell struck out while Williams was caught stealing second (Rodriguez to Alomar); five strikeouts for P.Martinez ties AL record; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 2.

AL STARS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (Bell to McGwire); Alomar struck out; Lofton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 0, AL Stars 2.

NL STARS 3RD: CONE REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Piazza struck out; Burnitz doubled to Ramirez (it was the 2-2 pitch); Bell was called out on strikes; Larkin singled to Griffey (it was the 1-1 pitch) [Burnitz scored]; Walker grounded out (Cone to Thome); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 2.

AL STARS 3RD: JOHNSON REPLACED SCHILLING (PITCHING); Garciaparra popped to Sosa; Griffey grounded out (McGwire unassisted); Ramirez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 2.

NL STARS 4TH: SURHOFF REPLACED GRIFFEY (PLAYING LF); LOFTON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); JETER REPLACED GARCIAPARRA (PLAYING SS); GREEN REPLACED RAMIREZ (PLAYING RF); Sosa popped to Thome; McGwire walked; Williams struck out; Bagwell singled to Green (it was the 2-2 pitch) [McGwire to second]; Piazza singled to Green (it was the first pitch) [McGwire to third, Bagwell to second]; Burnitz grounded out (Thome unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 2.

AL STARS 4TH: L. GONZALEZ REPLACED WALKER (PLAYING LF); BURNITZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); BOTTENFIELD REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Thome walked; Ripken was hit by a pitch (it was the 1-2 pitch) [Thome to second]; Palmeiro singled to Burnitz (it was the first pitch) [Thome scored, Ripken to third]; Rodriguez struck out; Alomar reached on an error by Williams (it was the 0-1 pitch) [Ripken scored, Palmeiro to second]; Lofton popped to Williams; Jeter does a Garciaparra imitation in the batter's box; Jeter struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

NL STARS 5TH: FERNANDEZ REPLACED RIPKEN (PLAYING 3B); MUSSINA REPLACED CONE (PITCHING); Bell walked; Larkin forced Bell (Alomar to Jeter); L. Gonzalez doubled to Surhoff (it was the 2-0 pitch) [Larkin to third]; Sosa was called out on strikes; McGwire struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

AL STARS 5TH: JORDAN REPLACED BURNITZ (PLAYING CF); GUERRERO REPLACED SOSA (PLAYING RF); KENT REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 2B); CASEY REPLACED MCGWIRE (PLAYING 1B); LIEBERTHAL REPLACED PIAZZA (PLAYING C ); LIMA REPLACED BOTTENFIELD (PITCHING); Surhoff grounded out (Casey unassisted); Green singled to Kent (it was the 1-2 pitch); Thome flied to Guerrero; Fernandez forced Green (Kent to Larkin); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

NL STARS 6TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED LOFTON (PLAYING CF); AUSMUS REPLACED RODRIGUEZ (PLAYING C ); ROSADO REPLACED MUSSINA (PITCHING); Williams singled to Surhoff (it was the 1-2 pitch); Bagwell struck out; Lieberthal grounded into a double play (Fernandez to Alomar to Thome) [Williams out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

AL STARS 6TH: MILLWOOD REPLACED LIMA (PITCHING); SPRAGUE REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING 3B); BAINES BATTED FOR PALMEIRO; Baines singled to Jordan (it was the 2-1 pitch); Ausmus forced Baines (Larkin to Kent); OFFERMAN BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Offerman grounded out (Millwood to Casey) [Ausmus to second]; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

NL STARS 7TH: OFFERMAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ORDONEZ REPLACED GREEN (PLAYING RF); VIZQUEL REPLACED JETER (PLAYING SS); COOMER REPLACED THOME (PLAYING 1B); ZIMMERMAN REPLACED ROSADO (PITCHING); Jordan walked; Jordan was caught stealing second (it was the 2-0 pitch) (Ausmus to Offerman); Kent walked; A. GONZALEZ BATTED FOR LARKIN; A. Gonzalez popped to Offerman; first NL rookie ss to play in All-Star game; L. Gonzalez reached on an error by Offerman (it was the 1-1 pitch) [Kent to third]; Guerrero forced L. Gonzalez (Vizquel to Offerman); Vizquel flipped ball from glove hand; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

AL STARS 7TH: A. GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ASHBY REPLACED MILLWOOD (PITCHING); Vizquel grounded out (Casey unassisted); Surhoff is oldest of first-time players in 1999; HAMPTON REPLACED ASHBY (PITCHING); Surhoff grounded out (Kent to Casey); Ordonez popped to A. Gonzalez; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

NL STARS 8TH: HERNANDEZ REPLACED ZIMMERMAN (PITCHING); Casey grounded out (Vizquel to Coomer); Sprague grounded out (Fernandez to Coomer); SHEFFIELD BATTED FOR BAGWELL; Sheffield grounded out (Vizquel to Coomer); broken bat grounder by Sheffield; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

AL STARS 8TH: SHEFFIELD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NILSSON REPLACED LIEBERTHAL (PLAYING C ); HOFFMAN REPLACED HAMPTON (PITCHING); Coomer was called out on strikes; WAGNER REPLACED HOFFMAN (PITCHING); Fernandez struck out; JAHA BATTED FOR BAINES; Jaha was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

NL STARS 9TH: WETTELAND REPLACED HERNANDEZ (PITCHING); Nilsson struck out; Jordan singled to Ordonez (it was the 2-2 pitch); Kent grounded into a double play (Wetteland to Vizquel to Coomer) [Jordan out at second]; Kent's bat shattered; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. NL Stars 1, AL Stars 4.

End of 1999 All-Star Game Play-by-Play


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