1969
All-Star Game at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.1969
All-Star Game at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
vs.
Robinson's Blasts Key AL Rout
Junior Circuit's 5 Longballs Capture Mid-Summer
Classic
WASHINGTON, July 15 (AP) -- Frank Robinson's dream season continues on a national stage. The Baltimore Orioles outfielder, who is having an MVP caliber year, had a possible preview today capturing All-Star Game Most Valuable Player honors in the American League's 12-6 drubbing of the National League at RFK Stadium.
Robinson, starting in left field to accommodate Oakland's Reggie Jackson, clubbed a pair of home runs, singled, drove in five and scored three times as the Junior Circuit rolled out to a 7-0 lead after two innings and coasted to the lopsided victory.
Facing NL starter Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants in the first inning with Rod Carew of Minnesota on second and the A's Rick Monday on first, Robinson belted a slow curve over the left field wall to give the American League a lead it would never relinquish. Two outs later, with hometown favorite Mike Epstein of the Senators on first base courtesy of a Tony Perez error--the first of four National League miscues--Boston's Rico Petrocelli ripped the AL's second home run of the inning, making it 5-0.
Robinson then assured himself of the MVP trophy in the second when, with two outs and Monday again on first, he crushed a Gary Ross fastball well over the left-center field fence to put his club on top 7-0.
The AL starting pitcher, Baltimore's Mike Cuellar, earned the victory with three hitless innings, continuing his regular season dominance. Cuellar has won 21 straight decisions.
The NL managed to squeeze a run across in the fourth off Cuellar's replacement, Andy Messersmith of the California Angels. Cincinnati's Perez plated the run with a bases loaded fielder's choice.
But the American League put any doubts about the game's outcome to rest in the fourth with a barrage of home runs, supplemented by more National League errors. With Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs on the hill, Boston's Mike Andrews reached on an error committed by Jenkins' Cubs teammate, shortstop Don Kessinger. Robinson followed with his third hit of the day, a sharp single to left. Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox then provided the coup de grace with a towering home run just inside the right field foul pole, making it 10-1. Oakland's Sal Bando followed with a long home run of his own to left and a couple of outs later an error committed by third baseman Richie Hebner of Pittsburgh allowed another run to score. It was 12-1 after four innings.
The NL pecked away, scoring five runs over the next four frames, but it wasn't nearly enough and the AL eased to the six-run victory.
All 66 players named to the two teams saw action. The last was San Francisco's Gaylord Perry. The star right-handed starting pitcher didn't get into the game as a hurler, but was inserted as a pinch hitter with two outs and the bases empty in the top of the ninth against Dave McNally of the Orioles. Perry, who has a home run on the season, struck out on four pitches.
7/15/2002, NL69-AL69, RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
National League 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 6 11 4 11 1
American League 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 x 12 11 1 6 0
NL Stars AB R H BI AVG AL Stars AB R H BI AVG
Rose rf 1 0 0 0 .000 Carew 2b 2 1 0 0 .000
Gibson,B p 0 0 0 0 .000 Messersmith p 0 0 0 0 .000
Bench c 2 0 0 0 .000 Blair ph 1 0 1 1 1.000
Staub lf 1 0 0 0 .000 Smith,R ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Kessinger ss 2 1 0 0 .000 Monday cf 1 2 1 0 1.000
Niekro,P p 0 0 0 0 .000 Andrews 2b 2 1 0 0 .000
Jones,C ph 1 0 1 1 1.000 McAuliffe ph 0 0 0 0 .000
Hundley c 1 0 0 0 .000 Robinson,F lf 3 3 3 5 1.000
Stargell lf 1 0 0 0 .000 Howard lf 2 0 0 0 .000
Jones,M pr 2 1 1 1 .500 Jackson,R rf 2 0 1 0 .500
Dierker p 0 0 0 0 .000 Yastrzemski ph 3 1 1 3 .333
Seaver p 0 0 0 0 .000 Bando 3b 2 1 1 1 .500
May,L ph 1 0 1 0 1.000 Powell 1b 1 0 0 0 .000
Wynn cf 2 0 1 0 .500 Melton ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Davis,W ph 2 0 1 1 .500 Epstein 1b 3 1 0 0 .000
McCovey 1b 1 0 0 0 .000 Killebrew 3b 1 0 0 0 .000
Parker pr 3 1 1 0 .333 Horton,T ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Singer p 0 0 0 0 .000 Petrocelli ss 3 2 2 2 .667
Hands p 0 0 0 0 .000 Aparicio ss 1 0 0 0 .000
Perez,T 3b 2 0 0 1 .000 Hendricks c 2 0 0 0 .000
Hebner pr 2 1 2 0 1.000 Sims ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Santo 3b 1 0 0 0 .000 Gibson,R ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Sanguillen c 2 0 0 0 .000 Cuellar p 1 0 0 0 .000
Jenkins,F p 0 0 0 0 .000 Northrup ph 2 0 1 0 .500
Wills ss 3 0 1 1 .333 Stottlemyre p 0 0 0 0 .000
Hunt 2b 1 0 0 0 .000 McDowell p 0 0 0 0 .000
Callison rf 1 1 1 1 1.000 Watt p 0 0 0 0 .000
Clemente ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 .000
Perry,G ph 1 0 0 0 .000 Peterson,F p 0 0 0 0 .000
Marichal p 0 0 0 0 .000 McLain p 0 0 0 0 .000
Ross p 0 0 0 0 .000 Kaat p 0 0 0 0 .000
Aaron,H ph 2 0 0 0 .000 Perry,J p 0 0 0 0 .000
Beckert 2b 2 1 1 0 .500 McNally p 0 0 0 0 .000
38 6 11 6 38 12 11 12
NL Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Marichal L 1.0 3 5 3 1 2 41 24 27.00
Ross 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 24 12 18.00
Gibson,B 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 17 12 0.00
Jenkins,F 1.0 5 5 3 0 2 50 32 27.00
Niekro,P 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11 8 0.00
Dierker 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 14 9 0.00
Seaver 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 17 10 0.00
Singer 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 0.00
Hands 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 11 6 0.00
8.0 11 12 8 3 8 188 116
AL Stars INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Cuellar W 3.0 0 0 0 2 0 32 18 0.00
Messersmith 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 20 9 9.00
Stottlemyre 1.0 1 1 0 2 0 15 5 0.00
McDowell H 0.2 4 2 2 0 0 23 14 27.00
Watt H 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0.00
Peterson,F H 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 16 8 13.50
McLain 0.1 0 1 0 0 0 6 5 0.00
Kaat 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0.00
Perry,J 0.2 2 0 0 0 0 13 8 0.00
McNally 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 6 5 0.00
9.0 11 6 4 6 2 141 78
NL : Aaron,H batted for Ross in the 3rd
Aaron,H moved to rf in the 3rd
Jones,M ran for Stargell in the 4th
Parker ran for McCovey in the 4th
Hebner ran for Perez,T in the 4th
Bench inserted at c in the 4th
Jones,M moved to lf in the 4th
Parker moved to 1b in the 4th
Hebner moved to 3b in the 4th
Davis,W batted for Wynn in the 5th
Davis,W moved to cf in the 5th
Wills inserted at ss in the 5th
Callison inserted at rf in the 5th
Beckert inserted at 2b in the 5th
Jones,C batted for Niekro,P in the 6th
Staub inserted at lf in the 6th
Hundley inserted at c in the 6th
Clemente batted for Callison in the 7th
Clemente moved to rf in the 7th
May,L batted for Seaver in the 8th
May,L moved to 1b in the 8th
Santo inserted at 3b in the 8th
Perry,G batted for Clemente in the 9th
AL : Northrup batted for Cuellar in the 3rd
Andrews inserted at 2b in the 4th
Northrup moved to cf in the 4th
Yastrzemski batted for Jackson,R in the 4th
Sims batted for Hendricks in the 4th
Blair batted for Messersmith in the 4th
Blair moved to cf in the 5th
Howard inserted at lf in the 5th
Yastrzemski moved to rf in the 5th
Powell inserted at 1b in the 5th
Killebrew inserted at 3b in the 5th
Sims moved to c in the 5th
Aparicio inserted at ss in the 6th
Gibson,R batted for Sims in the 6th
Hegan batted for Watt in the 6th
Gibson,R moved to c in the 7th
Smith,R batted for Blair in the 7th
McAuliffe batted for Andrews in the 7th
Smith,R moved to cf in the 8th
McAuliffe moved to 2b in the 8th
Melton batted for Powell in the 8th
Horton,T batted for Killebrew in the 8th
Melton moved to 3b in the 9th
Horton,T moved to 1b in the 9th
E-Kessinger, Perez,T, Hebner, Wills, Yastrzemski. 2B-Wynn, May,L.
HR-Robinson,F 2(2), Bando(1), Petrocelli(1), Yastrzemski(1). K-Sanguillen,
Perry,G, Jackson,R, Hendricks, Northrup, Andrews, Yastrzemski, Powell,
Gibson,R, Hegan. BB-Rose, Kessinger, Stargell, McCovey, Hunt, Davis,W, Carew,
Monday, McAuliffe. HBP-Bando. PB-Sims. HB-Ross.
GWRBI: Robinson,F
Temperature: 91, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 7 MPH.
Attendance: 45,454
Game Time: 3:03
MVP: Robinson, F (AL)
Scoresheet
7/15/2002, NL69-AL69, RFK Stadium
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1969 NL Stars 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 6 11 4 11 1
1969 AL Stars 5 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 x 12 11 1 6 0
NL Stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Rose rf 1>W 8
Gibson,B p
Bench c 9 9
Staub lf Kaat
6
Kessinger ss 8 6 W
Niekro,P p
Jones,C ph Watt
S.2-H;1-2
Hundley c 8
Stargell lf 9 4>note 1
W
Jones,M pr pb.1-2 6
S.2-H
Dierker p
Seaver p
May,L ph Perry,J
D.1-3
Wynn cf 7 D.1-3
Davis,W ph W.1-2 7>Peterson,F S.3-H;2-3
43
McCovey 1b 2>43 W
Parker pr 53 S 43
Singer p
Hands p
Perez,T 3b 9 note 2
Hebner pr 6>McDowell S.1-3
S
Santo 3b 9>63
Sanguillen c 3/g k
Jenkins,F p
Wills ss S.1-2 54/f.3-H McNally
7
Hunt 2b 3>W 43
Callison rf S.2-H;1-2
Clemente ph McLain
43
Perry,G ph k
Marichal p
Ross p
Aaron,H ph 7 5>note 3
8
Beckert 2b note 4 8>e9.B-1
1: Messersmith 2: 46/f.3-H;2-3 3: Stottlemyre 4: S.2XH(72);1-2
AL Stars -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Carew 2b 1>W 53 63
Messersmith p
Blair ph S.2-H;1-3 7>Seaver
Smith,R ph 5/L
Monday cf S.1-2 W
Andrews 2b 4>Jenkins,F k
e6/th.B-1
McAuliffe ph W
Robinson,F lf HR.2-H;1-H HR.1-H S.1-2
Howard lf 5>Niekro,P 643/gdp
e6.B-1
Jackson,R rf k S
Yastrzemski ph HR.2-H;1-H 36/f 8>Singer
k
Bando 3b 63 HP.1-2 HR
Powell 1b k
Melton ph Hands
63
Epstein 1b e5/th.B-2 63 9
Killebrew 3b 7
Horton,T ph 63
Petrocelli ss HR.2-H 3>Gibson,B S
8
Aparicio ss 6>Dierker
3
Hendricks c k 43
Sims ph e5.1-2;B-1
Gibson,R ph k
Cuellar p 2>Ross
13
Northrup ph S k
Stottlemyre p
McDowell p
Watt p
Hegan ph k
Peterson,F p
McLain p
Kaat p
Perry,J p
McNally p
NL Stars IN OUT ER AL Stars IN OUT ER
Marichal A1 A8 3 L Cuellar A1 B2 0
Ross A9 B6 2 Messersmith B3 B8 1
Gibson,B B7 C1 0 Stottlemyre B9 C5 0 W
Jenkins,F C2 D2 3 McDowell C6 D1 2 H
Niekro,P D3 D6 0 Watt D2 D3 0 H
Dierker D7 D9 0 Peterson,F D4 D7 1 H
Seaver E1 E3 0 McLain D8 D9 0
Singer E4 E4 0 Kaat E1 E2 0
Hands E5 E6 0 Perry,J E3 E6 0
McNally E7 E8 0