1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

MLB All-Star Game


year=1986
visitor=American League
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top2=2
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top4=0
top5=0
top6=0
top7=1
top8=0
top9=0
visitor_r=3
visitor_h=5
visitor_e=0
home=National League
bot1=0
bot2=0
bot3=0
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bot6=0
bot7=0
bot8=2
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home_r=2
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date=July 15, by|1986
venue=Astrodome
city=Houston, Texas
VisitorManager=Dick Howser
VisitorManagerTeam=KC
HomeManager=Whitey Herzog
HomeManagerTeam=STL
MVP=Roger Clemens
MVPTeam=BOS
TVstation=ABC
TVcommentators=Al Michaels, Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer
attendance=45,774
firstpitch=unknown
The 1986 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 57th 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 15, 1986 at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas, the home of the Houston Astros of the National League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-2. Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens was named the Most Valuable Player.

Rosters

American League

National League

Game

Wally Joyner was the first rookie to be elected to the starting team of an All-Star squad by the fans and the fifteenth rookie overall to actually start in a Midsummer Classic but the evening belonged to Roger Clemens. Roger Clemens made his All-Star Game debut and the game was held in his home state of Texas. With help from Ted Higuera, Charlie Hough, Dave Righetti and Don Aase, Clemens shut down the National League and started his record setting All-Star Game career.

Clemens pitched three perfect innings, had no hits allowed and no walks allowed, which included only three balls and twenty-one strikes, against the formidable National League lineup earning him the All-Star Most Valuable Player Award. The National League pitching staff stuck out twelve batters, a total equaled only three times before in All-Star History: 1934 All-Star Game [National League] , 1956 All-Star Game [American League] and 1959 All-Star Game [National League] .

In the second inning, Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker followed a Dave Winfield double with a homer off Mets pitcher Dwight Gooden. In the fourth inning, Fernando Valenzuela had five consecutive strikeouts. This tied him with the All Star record set during the 1934 All-Star Game by Carl Hubbell. Valenzuela struck out Don Mattingly, Cal Ripken, Jr., Jesse Barfield, Lou Whitaker and fellow Mexican Teddy Higuera. In the seventh inning, Frank White pinch-hit for Lou Whitaker and hit an 0-2 pitch from Astros pitcher Mike Scott over the wall. White became the 14th player in the history of the All-Star Game to have a pinch hit Home Run. The last player to do so was Lee Mazzilli at the 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

The National League made it interesting in the bottom of the eighth by roughing up Rangers pitcher Charlie Hough for two runs. In the ninth, the National League had runners at first and third with one out when Don Aase got Chris Brown to hit a check-swing grounder for a double play.

Coaching staff

Game summary

Linescore
Road=American League|RoadAbr=AL
R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0
RR=3|RH=5|RE=0
Home=National League|HomeAbr=NL
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HR=2|HH=5|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Roger Clemens (1-0) |LP=Dwight Gooden (0-1) |SV=Don Aase (1)
RoadHR=Lou Whitaker (1), Frank White (1) | HRH=no
Time of Game: 2:28, Attendance: 45,774.
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References

* [http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1986as.shtml 1986 All-Star Game on Baseball Almanac]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NLS/NLS198607150.shtml 1986 All-Star Game on Baseball-Reference.com]