1964
All-Star Game, Shea Stadium, Queens, New York
1964
All-Star Game, Shea Stadium, Queens, New York
VS. 
3-RUN 11TH GIVES AL ALL-STAR VICTORY
Bressoud's 3 Hits, Includes GW; Nets MVP
NEW YORK, July 9 (AP) - Eddie Bressoud tallied three hits, including the
game-winner in the top of the 11th inning, and the American League won the 1964
All-Star game by a 9-7 decision over the National League in a seesaw contest
played before a sellout crowd of better than 55,000 at Shea Stadium.
Bressoud, the Red Sox's shortstop, scored twice and drove in two runs and was
named the game's Most Valuable Player.
The game was a constant back-and-forth exercise in which the hitters
consistently seemed to have the upper hand.
The AL opened the scoring in the top of the second inning. NL starter Don
Drysdale hit Rocky Colavito with a pitch to begin the inning and, one out later,
surrendered a single to Elston Howard, putting runners on first and
second. Brooks Robinson drew a walk to fill the bases and Dick Green
followed by looping a single down the left field line, scoring Colavito with the
game's first run and leaving the bases filled. Drysdale then hit Whitey
Ford--his second hit batsman of the inning--to force in a second run, before
striking out Ron Hansen and retiring Mickey Mantle on a ground ball to end the
inning.
The National League got one run back in the bottom of the second. Joe
Torre led off with a base hit off Ford and after Ernie Banks struck out, Ron
Hunt lined a single to left-center, chasing Torre to third. Tony Taylor
lined out to Mantle in center, but Torre tagged and scored easily to cut the AL
lead to 2-1.
The American League immediately regained its two-run lead with a run in the top
of the third. With Sandy Koufax on the mound, Boog Powell drew a leadoff
walk and was replaced by pinch runner Don Lock. Colavito fanned, but when
Koufax misplayed Dick Stuart's roller to the mound, Lock scampered all the way
to third, leaving runners on the corners and one out. Howard then lined
his second hit of the game, a single to left-center, scoring Lock and sending
Stuart to third. Koufax pitched out of further trouble by inducing
Robinson to roll into an inning-ending double play.
The NL again got a run back in the bottom of the third. Johnny Callison
led off with a single off Ford and Billy Williams doubled Callison to
third. Robin Roberts replaced Ford on the mound and retired Willie Mays on
a comebacker to the mound before walking Ken Boyer to load the bases with one
out. Torre rolled into a fielder's choice, but Callison scored to cut the
NL's deficit to 3-2. Roberts retired Banks on a fly to left to end the
inning.
The National League took the lead for the first time in the fourth. Joe
Horlen of the Chicago White Sox came on to pitch for the AL and retired pinch
hitter Nellie Fox on a grounder to second but pinch hitter Dick Groat singled
and moved to second on a wild pitch. Denis Menke then doubled off the left
field wall, scoring Groat to tie the game. Callison grounded a sharp
single into right field, putting runners on the corners with one out and
Williams lined a single to right-center, scoring Menke to make it 4-3 and
chasing Williams to third. Lee Maye lifted a sacrifice fly to center,
scoring Williams and Ron Santo grounded out to end the inning with the NL on
top, 5-3.
The AL cut into that lead in the sixth. Bressoud and Tony Oliva smacked
back-to-back singles off Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants, putting
runners on first and third with none out. Robinson grounded into his
second double play of the game, but this one plated Bressoud, making the score
5-4.
In the top of the seventh, Mantle lined a leadoff single off Bob Veale, but was
immediately erased when Al Kaline grounded into a 1-6-3 double play--the third
twin killing turned by the NL defense. Just when it appeared that the
threat had been eliminated, pinch hitter Harmon Killebrew belted a long home run
that hit the back wall of the left field bullpen, tying the game at five.
The AL regained the lead in the eighth when Killebrew's Minnesota teammate, Bob
Allison, lined a home run into the seats right down the left field line off
Milwaukee's Tony Cloninger.
But the NL tied the game in the bottom of the eighth. Roberto Clemente
singled off Wally Bunker to open the frame and the Pittsburgh right fielder
advanced to second on Williams' ground out to third. Jim Ray Hart flied to
deep left and Clemente advanced to third on the play. Henry Aaron was
called upon to pinch hit for Cloninger and lined a single through the box,
scoring Clemente and knotting the score at six.
Neither team scored in the ninth and the game moved into extra innings. At
this point, neither side had any players left in reserve.
In the top of the 11th, the AL finally seized command. With one out,
Kaline singled off Chris Short and Killebrew walked. Bressoud followed
with the big hit, a double that rolled all the way to the right-center field
wall, scoring both runners and giving the American League a lead of 8-6.
Oliva then singled home Bressoud for a three-run lead. Don Zimmer struck
out but Allison doubled Oliva to third before Kaat struck out to end the inning.
The NL picked up a consolation run in the bottom of the 11th. Earl Battey
fired wildly on Maye's swinging bunt, putting the leadoff man at second.
Fox's grounder moved Maye to third and he scored on Groat's roller to second
base. White also grounded out to second baseman Larry Brown to end the
game.
7/9/2013, AL64-NL64, Shea Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E LOB DP 1964 American 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 9 15 1 12 0 1964 National 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 17 1 15 3 American AB R H BI AVG National AB R H BI AVG Hansen ss 3 0 0 0 .000 Menke ss 3 1 1 1 .333 Brown,L 2b 3 0 0 0 .000 Maloney p 0 0 0 0 .000 Mantle cf 4 0 1 0 .250 White,B 1b 4 0 1 0 .250 Pappas p 0 0 0 0 .000 Callison rf 3 2 3 0 1.000 Battey ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Clemente rf 3 1 2 0 .667 Powell lf 1 0 0 0 .000 Williams,B lf 5 0 3 1 .600 Lock pr 1 1 0 0 .000 Short p 1 0 0 0 .000 Kaline rf 3 1 1 0 .333 Mays cf 2 0 0 1 .000 Colavito rf 2 1 0 0 .000 Veale p 0 0 0 0 .000 Chance,D p 0 0 0 0 .000 Hart 3b 2 0 0 0 .000 Killebrew ph 2 2 1 1 .500 Boyer,K 3b 1 0 0 0 .000 Stuart 1b 2 0 0 0 .000 Santo pr 2 0 0 0 .000 Bressoud ss 3 2 3 2 1.000 Cloninger p 0 0 0 0 .000 Howard,E c 2 1 2 1 1.000 Aaron ph 2 0 2 1 1.000 Horlen p 0 0 0 0 .000 Torre c 2 1 1 1 .500 Oliva cf 4 0 3 1 .750 McCarver ph 4 0 0 0 .000 Robinson,B 3b 2 0 0 0 .000 Banks,E 1b 3 0 0 0 .000 Zimmer ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Marichal p 0 0 0 0 .000 Green,Di 2b 2 0 1 1 .500 Maye cf 3 1 1 0 .333 Allison 1b 3 1 2 1 .667 Hunt,R 2b 1 0 1 0 1.000 Ford p 0 0 0 1 .000 Fox,N ph 4 0 1 0 .250 Roberts,R p 0 0 0 0 .000 Drysdale p 0 0 0 0 .000 Freehan ph 3 0 1 0 .333 Taylor,T ph 0 0 0 1 .000 Bunker p 0 0 0 0 .000 Koufax p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kaat p 1 0 0 0 .000 Groat ph 4 1 1 1 .250 45 9 15 8 49 7 17 7 American INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Ford 2.0 5 2 2 1 2 43 26 9.00 Roberts,R 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 0.00 Horlen BS 1.0 4 3 3 0 0 23 18 27.00 Chance,D 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 29 20 0.00 Pappas 1.0 2 0 0 1 0 20 13 0.00 Bunker BS 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 14 8 9.00 Kaat W 3.0 2 1 0 1 1 40 28 0.00 11.0 17 7 6 4 3 181 119 National INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Drysdale 2.0 2 2 2 1 2 45 25 9.00 Koufax 2.0 1 1 0 1 1 28 19 0.00 Maloney H 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4 0.00 Marichal H 1.0 3 1 1 1 0 25 16 9.00 Veale BS 1.0 3 1 1 1 1 24 13 9.00 Cloninger 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 15 11 9.00 Short L 3.0 5 3 3 2 4 62 35 9.00 11.0 15 9 8 6 9 208 123 AL : Lock ran for Powell in the 3rd Mantle moved to lf in the 3rd Lock moved to cf in the 3rd Freehan batted for Roberts,R in the 4th Freehan moved to c in the 4th Brown,L inserted at 2b in the 5th Kaline inserted at rf in the 5th Bressoud inserted at ss in the 5th Oliva inserted at cf in the 5th Allison inserted at 1b in the 5th Killebrew batted for Chance,D in the 7th Zimmer batted for Robinson,B in the 7th Killebrew moved to lf in the 7th Zimmer moved to 3b in the 7th Battey batted for Pappas in the 8th Battey moved to c in the 8th NL : Taylor,T batted for Drysdale in the 2nd Santo ran for Boyer,K in the 3rd Santo moved to 3b in the 4th Fox,N batted for Hunt,R in the 4th Groat batted for Koufax in the 4th Fox,N moved to 2b in the 5th Groat moved to ss in the 5th McCarver batted for Torre in the 5th White,B inserted at 1b in the 6th Clemente inserted at rf in the 6th McCarver moved to c in the 6th Maye inserted at cf in the 7th Hart inserted at 3b in the 8th Aaron batted for Cloninger in the 8th Aaron moved to lf in the 9th E-Battey, Koufax. 2B-Bressoud, Allison, Menke, Callison, Williams,B, White,B. HR-Allison, Killebrew. RBI-Howard,E, Green,Di, Ford, Bressoud 2, Oliva, Allison, Killebrew, Menke, Williams,B, Mays, Torre, Taylor,T, Groat, Aaron. K-Hansen 2, Colavito, Freehan, Oliva, Killebrew, Zimmer 2, Kaat, Williams,B, Banks,E, Hart. BB-Powell, Robinson,B, Bressoud, Allison, Killebrew, Zimmer, Mays, Boyer,K, Fox,N, Groat. SH-Kaat. SF-Mays, Taylor,T. HBP-Colavito, Ford. HB-Drysdale 2. WP-Horlen. GWRBI: Bressoud Temperature: 76, Field: wet, Sky: clear, Wind: out to left at 15 MPH. Attendance: 55,018 Game Time: 3:59 MVP: Bressoud Named to AL Roster but unable to play due to injury: Alvis