4-RUN 3^RD PROPELS NL TO ASG VICTORY

Van Slyke, Teammates Pound Clemens

TORONTO, July 9 (AP) – The National League, capitalizing on a four-run top of the third, raced out to a 6-0 advantage and held off the American League to post a 6-4 victory in Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game at Skydome.  The NL beat up on Boston’s Roger Clemens in that third inning, with Andy Van Slyke’s two-run homer being the big blow.

After Nolan Ryan (AL) loaded the bases, but escaped without allowing a run in the top of the first, Tom Glavine (NL) pitched around a one-out walk to Frank Thomas in the bottom half to keep the game scoreless.  Craig Biggio belted a one-out home run off Ryan in the top of the second to give the NL the lead, and Glavine stranded a pair of runners in the bottom half, as the National League took a 1-0 advantage into the third.

Clemens immediately got into trouble when he came on for the AL.  Ryne Sandberg led off with a base hit and Bobby Bonilla singled Sandberg to second.  Fred McGriff followed with a base hit to right-center, scoring Sandberg and leaving runners on first and third.  Clemens induced Barry Bonds to roll into a 6-4-3 double play, scoring Bonilla to make it 3-0.  Paul O’Neill then drew a walk and, after filling the count, Van Slyke drilled a Clemens fastball into the right field seats for a 5-0 NL lead.

After a scoreless fourth, Jack Morris, in his second inning of work, walked Bonds, O’Neill and Van Slyke to open the top of the fifth.  Jamie Navarro replaced Morris and yielded a sacrifice fly to Kevin Mitchell, putting the NL on top 6-0, before retiring Mike Scioscia and Barry Larkin to end the inning.

The AL attempted to get back in the game in the bottom of the fifth.  With Dwight Gooden on the hill for the NL, Mickey Tettleton reached on third baseman Bonilla’s error, and Jody Reed followed with s double down the third base line.  With runners on second and third, Julio Franco roped a two-bagger into the right field corner, scoring both Tettleton and Reed.  Cal Ripken grounded to second, with Franco advancing to third.  Rafael Palmeiro followed with a sacrifice fly to right, pulling the AL to within 6-3.

In the bottom of the sixth, with Dennis Martinez pitching, Rickey Henderson reached on Jeff Treadway’s miscue and stole second base.  He then scored on Ken Griffey, Jr.’s base hit to center, cutting the NL lead to 6-4, and bringing the tying run to the plate.  But Martinez retired Tettleton, Reed and Edgar Martinez in order to end the inning.

That was pretty much it.  The AL only managed one more baserunner—a one-out walk to Henderson by Ramon Martinez in the eighth—and never advanced anyone beyond first base for the duration of the game.

American League pitchers issued an astonishing 11 walks in the game—eight of them before a single out was recorded in the fifth inning—but the NL stranded nine men during the game and grounded into three double plays.  Only one of the four runs scored by the AL was earned, a function of the pair of errors the NL committed.

7/9/1991, NL91-AL91, SkyDome

                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP

1991 NL Stars          0  1  4  0  1  0  0  0  0     6  7  2     9  1

1991 AL Stars          0  0  0  0  3  1  0  0  0     4  5  0     7  3

NL Stars             AB  R  H BI   AVG    AL Stars             AB  R  H BI   AVG

Smith,O           ss  3  0  0  0  .000    Franco,Ju         2b  3  1  1  2  .333

 Larkin,B         ph  2  0  0  0  .000     Martinez,E       3b  2  0  0  0  .000

Sandberg          2b  3  1  1  0  .333    Ripken,C          ss  4  0  1  0  .250

 Treadway         ph  2  0  0  0  .000     Fermin           ph  1  0  0  0  .000

Bonilla           3b  1  1  1  0 1.000    Thomas,F          1b  1  0  0  0  .000

 Clark,W          ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Palmeiro         ph  1  0  0  1  .000

McGriff           1b  3  0  2  1  .667    Tartabull         rf  2  0  0  0  .000

 Pendleton        ph  1  0  1  0 1.000     Gonzalez,Ju      rf  1  0  0  0  .000

 Zeile            ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Clark,Ja          dh  1  0  0  0  .000

Bonds             lf  1  1  0  0  .000     Davis,C          ph  1  0  0  0  .000

 Johnson,H        ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Vaughn,G          lf  2  0  0  0  .000

O'Neill           rf  1  1  0  0  .000     Henderson,R      lf  1  1  0  0  .000

 Jose             rf  2  0  0  0  .000    Carter,Jo         cf  2  0  1  0  .500

Van Slyke         cf  2  1  1  2  .500     Griffey Jr.      cf  2  0  1  1  .500

Magadan           dh  1  0  0  0  .000    Macfarlane        c   1  0  0  0  .000

 Mitchell,Kev     ph  1  0  0  1  .000     Tettleton        ph  3  1  0  0  .000

Biggio            c   2  1  1  1  .500    Buechele          3b  1  0  0  0  .000

 Scioscia         ph  2  0  0  0  .000     Reed,Jo          ph  2  1  1  0  .500

                     30  6  7  5           Burks            ph  1  0  0  0  .000

                                                               32  4  5  4

NL Stars                         INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Glavine          W 1-0           2.0  1  0  0  2  1  36  19  0.00

Maddux,G                         2.0  1  0  0  1  0  24  15  0.00

Gooden           H 1             1.0  2  3  1  0  0  34  22  9.00

Martinez,De      H 1             1.0  1  1  0  0  0  21  12  0.00

Mulholland       H 1             1.0  0  0  0  0  0   9   5  0.00

Martinez,R       H 1             1.0  0  0  0  1  1  16   9  0.00

Smith,B          S 1             1.0  0  0  0  0  0   8   5  0.00

                                 9.0  5  4  1  4  2 148  87

AL Stars                         INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA

Ryan             L 0-1           2.0  2  1  1  2  3  42  25  4.50

Clemens                          1.0  4  4  4  2  0  40  20 36.00

Morris,Ja                        1.0  0  1  1  4  0  26   7  9.00

Navarro                          1.0  0  0  0  0  0   9   6  0.00

Wells                            1.0  1  0  0  0  1  18  14  0.00

Johnson,R                        1.0  0  0  0  1  0  11   5  0.00

Hibbard                          1.0  0  0  0  0  0   6   4  0.00

Farr                             1.0  0  0  0  2  1  17   7  0.00

                                 9.0  7  6  6 11  5 169  88

NL : Mitchell batted for Magadan in the 5th

     Scioscia batted for Biggio in the 5th

     Larkin batted for Smith,O in the 5th

     Larkin moved to ss in the 5th

     Scioscia moved to c in the 5th

     Jose inserted at rf in the 5th

     Treadway batted for Sandberg in the 6th

     Clark,W batted for Bonilla in the 6th

     Pendleton batted for McGriff in the 6th

     Johnson,H batted for Bonds in the 6th

     Treadway moved to 2b in the 6th

     Clark,W moved to 1b in the 6th

     Pendleton moved to 3b in the 6th

     Johnson,H moved to lf in the 6th

     Zeile batted for Pendleton in the 9th

     Zeile moved to 3b in the 9th

AL : Gonzalez,Ju inserted at rf in the 5th

     Henderson,R inserted at lf in the 5th

     Griffey Jr. inserted at cf in the 5th

     Tettleton batted for Macfarlane in the 5th

     Reed,Jo batted for Buechele in the 5th

     Palmeiro batted for Thomas in the 5th

     Martinez,E inserted at 3b in the 6th

     Palmeiro moved to 1b in the 6th

     Tettleton moved to c in the 6th

     Reed,Jo moved to 2b in the 6th

     Davis,C batted for Clark in the 8th

     Burks batted for Reed in the 9th

     Fermin batted for Ripken,C in the 9th

E-Bonilla, Treadway. 2B-Franco,Ju(1), Reed,Jo(1). HR-Van Slyke(1), Biggio(1).

RBI-McGriff(1), Van Slyke 2(2), Biggio(1), Mitchell,Kev(1), Franco,Ju 2(2),

Griffey Jr.(1), Palmeiro(1). SB-Henderson,R(1), Griffey Jr.(1). K-Smith,O,

Sandberg, Magadan, Johnson,H, Zeile, Vaughn, Davis,C. BB-Bonilla 2, Bonds 2,

O'Neill 2, Van Slyke 2, Magadan, Clark,W, Johnson,H, Thomas,F, Clark,Ja 2,

Henderson,R. SF-Mitchell,Kev, Palmeiro. HBP-Gonzalez,Ju. HB-Gooden.

GWRBI: Biggio

Temperature: 94, Sky: cloudy, Wind: in from center at 16 MPH.

Attendance: 49,895

Game Time: 3:19

AL Roster DNP: Gullickson

NL Roster DNP: Justice (DL), Morgan, Rijo