1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

MLB All-Star Game


year=1997
visitor=National League
top1=0
top2=0
top3=0
top4=0
top5=0
top6=0
top7=1
top8=0
top9=0
visitor_r=1
visitor_h=3
visitor_e=0
home=American League
bot1=0
bot2=1
bot3=0
bot4=0
bot5=0
bot6=0
bot7=2
bot8=0
bot9=0
home_r=3
home_h=7
home_e=0
date=July 8, 1997
venue=Jacobs Field
city=Cleveland, Ohio
VisitorManager=Bobby Cox
VisitorManagerTeam=ATL
HomeManager=Joe Torre
HomeManagerTeam=NYY
MVP=Sandy Alomar, Jr.
MVPTeam=CLE
TVstation=FOX
TVcommentators=Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, Bob Brenly
attendance=44,916
firstpitch=Larry Doby|The 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 68th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 8, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio, the home of the Cleveland Indians of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-1.

Rosters

National League

American League

Game

Umpires

tarting lineups

Game summary

The American League jumped out to a 1-0 3rd inning lead on a home run by Edgar Martínez of the Seattle Mariners. No one would score after that until the 7th inning when Javy López of the Atlanta Braves would tie the game with a home run of his own. However, in the bottom of the 7th, Sandy Alomar, Jr. of the Cleveland Indians hit a two-run home run to give the American League the lead and the win, as they held on to defeat the National League 3-1.

The loudest ovation of the All-Star Game, which came early in the player introductions, was reserved for Kenny Lofton, whom the Indians had traded to the Atlanta Braves prior to the start of the 1997 season. Lofton was on the National League roster, but was injured and did not play.

Linescore
Road=National League|RoadAbr=NL
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0
RR=1|RH=3|RE=0
Home=American League|HomeAbr=AL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=2|H8=0|H9=-
HR=3|HH=7|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=José Rosado (1-0) |LP=Shawn Estes (0-1) |SV=Mariano Rivera (1)
RoadHR=Javy López (1)|HomeHR=Edgar Martínez (1), Sandy Alomar, Jr. (1) | HRH=yes|

Footnotes and references

External links

* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1997as.shtml Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS199707080.shtml Baseball-Reference.com]