What if you held an All-Star Game and everyone came ... but it couldn't be played?
That was the predicament facing the management teams from defending champion Houston
and Cleveland when they met via Netplay and instant messenger for the fourth annual
Curt Flood Association All-Star Game on Independence Day from St. Louis. With Houston's
brain trust gathered in Denver and Cleveland's manager in Seattle at CFA headquarters,
joined by Boston owner James Scott and Pittsburgh owner Kevin Rounce, connection issues
on both ends delayed the game. Neither side was able to host, leaving some 46,000 fans,
renowned for their good manners, stamping their feet, sighing pointedly and eventually
resorting to polite, restrained jeers ("We want a pitcher, not an IP glitch here!").
With both managers meeting virtually at home plate, Houston's Chris Roy graciously
bowed out of the proceedings after an hour's delay and offered the managerial reins and
his statistical five-page Excel spreadsheet to CFA Commissioner and Chicago Cubs owner
John L. Messina, who eagerly accepted. De la Fuente and Scott, who served as occasional
bench and baserunning coach, continued with the AL All-Stars and Messina, joined on the
sofa by Rounce, began hurriedly preparing his NL charges.
"Little did I know that after discussing league issues the previous night over kebabs,
we'd be squaring off in the All-Star Game," de la Fuente said. "Even though Messina
had to be surprised about having to come out of the stands to take over, I didn't think
it was a big disadvantage for them. Messina hand-picked that squad, after all, and he's
been in sim a lot longer than I have. His players were probably a whole lot more caught
off guard than he was."
It showed in the first inning. Toronto shortstop Yunel Escobar lined the first pitch of
the game, a tentative fastball from Houston's Mark Buehrle, into right field for a single.
Electing to play smallball from the get-go ("I thought James was serious when he said
bunt, though it was what I wanted to do," de la Fuente said later), Oakland second baseman
Kaz Matsui laid down a perfect sacrifice, again on the first pitch. After an Alex Rodriguez
popout, the assault began.
Consecutive doubles from Detroit first baseman Albert Pujols and Boston center fielder
Grady Sizemore quickly put the AL up 2-0, and Sizemore's Red Sox teammate Ryan Braun
singled home Sizemore to give the junior circuit what would turn out to be an insurmountable
3-0 lead after just six batters. A strikeout by Cleveland's Brad Hawpe ended the threat.
"I think the last-minute manager substitution affected Buehrle more than anybody," Messina
said. "I dunno. There's gotta be some reason he stunk."
The NL responded in the bottom of the first as nerves seemingly got to Boston starter
Zack Greinke. Greinke walked leadoff man David DeJesus of Chicago, got Colorado's Mark
Teixeira to fly out to right, then walked San Diego second baseman Chase Utley. Another
fly out, from Philadelphia's Chipper Jones, left Greinke one out from escaping his self-made
jam, but Los Angeles' Adam Dunn's sharp grounder eluded Pujols at first, shooting into the
right-field corner. DeJesus and Utley scored, with Matsui's ill-advised bid to catch Utley
on the relay resulting in an overthrow that allowed Dunn to get to third base. But carefully
pitching around San Francisco's Vlad Guerrero, Greinke induced a harmless fly out to right
to end the threat.
Atlanta's Rich Harden replaced Buehrle and kept the AL stars off the scoreboard in the
second inning, and Greinke settled down in the second with a perfect frame. But the New
York Mets' Roy Halladay came on in the third and was greeted immediately by a solo shot
from Rodriguez to make the score 4-2. A-Rod got the best of Halladay again in the fourth.
The AL, once more playing for one run, got a single from Los Angeles' Vernon Wells, who
was hitting for Cleveland's Justin Verlander. A sacrifice from Escobar followed, along
with a run-scoring single from Rodriguez for a 5-2 American League lead and the eventual
final score. Rodriguez, who was named the game MVP, went 2-for-5 with the home run and
two RBIs to push his career All-Star totals to an amazing 7-for-13 with a double and the
homer, three runs, two RBIs, two walks and four strikeouts in the four games. While there
was no clear MVP on Saturday, it was apparent that Rodriguez was voted the award based on
his career totals in the All-Star Game. ("His body of work," one pressroom wag remarked.)
The American League kept the Nationals off the board after the first inning, scattering
three hits the rest of the way. The NL left two men on base in the fourth and sixth innings
and the bases loaded in the fifth, but effective relief work by Cleveland's Manny
Delcarmen, Minnesota's Jonathan Papelbon and Washington's B.J. Ryan ended the various
threats. The AL staff tossed four 1-2-3 innings among the final eight frames to keep the
National Leaguers quiet and the hometown crowd sitting on its hands.
Messina was candid after the game. "Managing the game was a good learning experience.
It'll help me select better squads in the future, like bringing a couple more hitters.
My apologies to the guys who didn't get in, especially Jamie (Philadelphia pitcher Jamie
Moyer).
"Sure, I could make excuses about having zippo prep time, but really, that wasn't it.
With my Cubs, I tend to make it up as I'm going along anyway. Sometimes managing means
sitting there helplessly while a stud like Halladay serves up a gopher ball to a punk
like ARod. It also didn't help that Yunel Escobar and Brad Hawpe got nearly as many hits
as the whole NL squad."
The shutdown pitching, which allowed the NL just the four hits (along with six walks, a
hit batsman and a wild pitch) got all the credit from de la Fuente. "Wow, what a staff --
10 holds and eight scoreless innings after the first," the AL manager exulted. "It's
almost as good as my pen back in Cleveland. But seriously, it was a pleasure to manage.
We didn't get the revenge we wanted on the Houston boys, but I guess we showed who the
better league is today."
Informed that he made 12 pitching changes, which seems likely to stand as an All-Star
game record, and incurred more mild peevishness from the St. Louis fans, de la Fuente
said, "I guess I wore out a path walking from the dugout to the mound, huh? I'll make
sure and tip the groundskeepers."
NOTEBOOK: Aside from the delays in getting the game started, the hometown St. Louis fans
were further dismayed when pitcher Cory Wade, the Cardinals' only All-Star representative,
didn't make it into the game despite warming up on his own in the ninth inning. Other NLers
who didn't appear were Philadelphia's Moyer and Chad Qualls, Florida's Scott Baker and
Chicago's Ubaldo Jimenez. ... Kansas City's Gil Meche was the only American Leaguer who
didn't make it into the game, despite AL bench coach Scott imploring de la Fuente to put
Meche in in the ninth inning and have him intentionally walk a batter to create a save
situation for Toronto's Francisco Rodriguez. "I can't clear the bench, what if we have an
injury or everything blows up?" de la Fuente insisted. Messina noted later that DMB would
have crashed and the game would have been lost in case of injury, as the program can't
handle an eight-man lineup. ... Career stats from the other four-time All-Stars: Sizemore
(5-12, 2B, 3B, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, SB, 2K); Pujols (2-13, 2 2B, 3R, 3 RBI, 2BB, 3K); Detroit
pitcher Brandon Webb (.1 IP yesterday, overall 4G, 2.2 IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 4K); Milwaukee
catcher Joe Mauer (0-1 yesterday, overall 1-5, R, 2K); San Francisco first baseman Miguel
Cabrera (0-1 yesterday, overall 1-12, 2B, RBI, 5K). ... Players hitting in their own parks
at All-Star games (Pittsburgh's Miguel Tejada in 2006, San Francisco's David Ortiz and
Cabrera in 2007, the New York Yankees' Torii Hunter in 2008) are a combined 1-for-11 with a
double, an RBI and three strikeouts. But the only pitcher to appear in his home park, New
York's Daisuke Matsuzaka, tossed 1.1 scoreless innings in the 2008 game from Yankee Stadium.
... Arizona outfielder Ichiro Suzuki appeared in an early pinch-hitting appearance, flying
out to center to end the second inning. "I meant to have Ichiro sub in for DeJesus early
and play the bulk of the game, but Rounce and I were debating the relative merits of root
beer and cream soda, and I lost track of the number of outs, so my apologies to millions
of Japanese girls as well," Messina confessed. ... Oddsmakers had installed the NL squad
as a 9-to-7 favorite after repeated 162-game sims showed them winning about 91 games on
average, compared with 71 for the AL. Despite the NL's overwhelming record in interleague
play, posting a .553 winning percentage over the history of the league, the AL has won
three of the four Midsummer Classics. The term "small sample size" was heard more than
once at league headquarters this past weekend. ... When asked about not having the
designated hitter in a National League park, de la Fuente replied, "The difficulty of
that adjustment is overrated. But regardless, I do plan to lobby for 33-man rosters
for AL teams whenever they visit NL parks in the future." ... In the four CFA All-Star
Games, there have been 28 holds recorded by pitchers, but there still has not been a single
save. -- David de la Fuente
6/30/2009, AL09-NL09, Sportsman's Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2009 American League 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 7 0
2009 National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 9 0
American League AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
Escobar,Y ss 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 2 5 0 0
Beltran,C ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Lugo ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Matsui,K 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 1 0
Pena,C ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Iwamura 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 2 0 0
Rodriguez,A 3b 5 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 0 0 0 0
Pujols 1b 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 7 0 0 0
Sizemore cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .667 2 0 0 0
Upton,B ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Braun lf 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0
Ludwick ph 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Hawpe rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 4 0 0 0
Quentin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Soto c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0
Youkilis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Marmol p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Papelbon p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Ryan,BJ p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Peavy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Huff ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Jenks p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Santana,J p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Beckett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Rodriguez,F p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Greinke p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Verlander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Wells,V ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0
Kazmir,Sc p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Delcarmen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Molina,Y c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0
35 5 10 5 2 0 1 1 9 1 0 0 1 2 0 27 8 1 0
National League AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB
DeJesus cf 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Markakis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Teixeira 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0
Utley 2b 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Haren p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Uggla 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Jones,C 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 1 0 0
Bradley lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0
Dunn lf 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0
Lowell ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Gordon,A ph 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0
Guerrero rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 1 0 0 0
McCann c 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 7 1 0 0
Mauer ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0
Betancourt,Y ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 3 0 0
Jeter ph 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 0
Buehrle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Harden p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Suzuki,I ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Halladay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Hamels p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Roberts,B ph 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0
Lee,Cl p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Rivera,Ma p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Wilson,Br p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Rhodes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Soria p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
Cabrera,Mi ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
31 2 4 2 1 0 0 6 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 27 11 1 0
American League INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Greinke W 1-0 2.0 1 2 2 2 1 34 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 9.00
Verlander H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Kazmir,Sc H 1 0.2 1 0 0 1 1 15 7 4 0 0 0 1 0 0.00
Delcarmen H 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Marmol H 1 0.2 0 0 0 2 1 21 9 5 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Papelbon H 1 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 24 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ryan,BJ H 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 14 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Peavy H 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Jenks H 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Webb H 1 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Santana,J H 1 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Beckett 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rodriguez,F 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 12 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 4 2 2 6 7 161 95 38 0 0 1 1 0
National League INN H R ER BB K PCH STR BF HR IW HP WP DP ERA
Buehrle L 0-1 1.0 4 3 3 0 1 19 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 27.00
Harden 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 16 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Halladay 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 44 29 11 1 0 1 0 0 9.00
Hamels 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 15 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Haren 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 15 10 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Lee,Cl 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 9 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rivera,Ma 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Wilson,Br 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Rhodes 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Soria 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
9.0 10 5 5 1 9 141 91 39 1 0 1 0 0
AL : Ludwick batted for Braun in the 3rd
Ludwick moved to lf in the 3rd
Wells,V batted for Verlander in the 4th
Pena,C batted for Matsui,K in the 4th
Iwamura inserted at 2b in the 4th
Youkilis batted for Soto in the 5th
Molina,Y inserted at c in the 5th
Upton,B batted for Sizemore in the 7th
Upton,B moved to cf in the 7th
Quentin batted for Hawpe in the 8th
Huff batted for Peavy in the 8th
Quentin moved to rf in the 8th
Beltran,C batted for Escobar,Y in the 9th
Lugo inserted at ss in the 9th
NL : Suzuki,I batted for Harden in the 2nd
Lowell batted for Dunn in the 4th
Jeter batted for Betancourt,Y in the 4th
Bradley inserted at lf in the 5th
Lowell moved to 3b in the 5th
Jeter moved to ss in the 5th
Roberts,B batted for Hamels in the 5th
Markakis batted for DeJesus in the 5th
Gordon,A batted for Lowell in the 5th
Markakis moved to cf in the 6th
Gordon,A moved to 3b in the 6th
Roberts,B moved to 2b in the 6th
Uggla inserted at 2b in the 7th
Mauer batted for McCann in the 8th
Mauer moved to c in the 9th
Cabrera,Mi batted for Soria in the 9th
GWRBI: Pujols
Temperature: 92, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: out to right at 10 MPH.
6/30/2009, AL09-NL09, Sportsman's Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2009 American League 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 7 0
2009 National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 9 0
American League -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Escobar,Y ss 1>S W 23/SH.1-2 S 9>Wilson,Br
Beltran,C ph 7
Lugo ss
Matsui,K 2b 53/SH.1-2 8
Pena,C ph k
Iwamura 2b k Rhodes
k
Rodriguez,A 3b 4 3>Halladay note 1 k Soria
HR k
Pujols 1b D.2-H 63 63 7>63
Sizemore cf D.2-H 5 5>Hamels Lee,Cl
S
Upton,B ph 8
Braun lf S.2-H
Ludwick ph HBP k k
Hawpe rf k S.1-3 SB2
9
Quentin ph 8>Rivera,Ma
43
Soto c 2>Harden k
6
Youkilis ph 53
Marmol p
Papelbon p
Ryan,BJ p
Peavy p
Huff ph 53
Jenks p
Webb p
Santana,J p
Beckett p
Rodriguez,F p
Greinke p 63
Verlander p
Wells,V ph 4>S
Kazmir,Sc p
Delcarmen p
Molina,Y c 6>Haren 63
13
1: S.2-H;B-3(e7/th)
National League -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
DeJesus cf 1>W 3>Verlander
63
Markakis ph W Ryan,BJ note 1
k W
Teixeira 1b 9 63 8 7>63 3/L
Utley 2b W.1-2 9 HBP.1-2
Haren p
Uggla 2b 8
Jones,C 3b 7.2-3 4>Kazmir,Sc
S
Bradley lf W.2-3;1-2 Peavy
k
Dunn lf note 2
Lowell ph wp.1-2 Papelbon
W
Gordon,A ph k 8>Jenks
k
Guerrero rf 9 k 6>S Webb
43
McCann c 2>k 4 9 Santana,J
Mauer ph 63
Betancourt,Y ss 6/L
Jeter ph Delcarmen 46/f.B-1 9>13
64/f
Buehrle p
Harden p
Suzuki,I ph 8
Halladay p
Hamels p 5>Marmol
Roberts,B ph k S.1-3
Lee,Cl p
Rivera,Ma p
Wilson,Br p
Rhodes p
Soria p Beckett
Cabrera,Mi ph 4
1: Rodriguez,F 2: D.3-H;1-H;B-3(e4/th)
American League IN OUT ER National League IN OUT ER
Greinke A1 A9 2 Buehrle A1 A7 3 L 0-1
Verlander B1 B3 0 W 1-0 Harden A8 B2 0
Kazmir,Sc B4 B7 0 H 1 Halladay B3 C4 2
Delcarmen B8 B8 0 H 1 Hamels C5 C8 0
Marmol B9 C4 0 H 1 Haren C9 D4 0
Papelbon C5 C9 0 H 1 Lee,Cl D5 D6 0
Ryan,BJ D1 D3 0 H 1 Rivera,Ma D7 D9 0
Peavy D4 D4 0 H 1 Wilson,Br E1 E1 0
Jenks D5 D5 0 H 1 Rhodes E2 E2 0
Webb D6 D6 0 H 1 Soria E3 E3 0
Santana,J D7 D8 0 H 1
Beckett D9 D9 0
Rodriguez,F E1 E2 0
6/30/2009, AL09-NL09, Sportsman's Park
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
2009 American League 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 1 7 0
2009 National League 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 9 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, American League batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Escobar,Y lined a single to right (X)
0-0 0 1-- 00 Matsui,K sacrifice bunted to third, Escobar,Y to second
(Xb)
0-0 1 -2- 10 Rodriguez,A popped out to second (BX)
0-0 2 -2- 01 Pujols lined a double to right center, Escobar,Y scored
(FX)
1-0 2 -2- 22 Sizemore grounded a double down the first base line,
Pujols scored (BCBFX)
2-0 2 -2- 02 Braun lined a single to shallow center, Sizemore scored
(CFFX)
3-0 2 1-- 12 Hawpe struck out (BSFS)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, National League batting
3-0 0 --- 32 DeJesus walked (CBBFBB)
3-0 0 1-- 22 Teixeira flied out to right (1BSBCX)
3-0 1 1-- 32 Utley walked, DeJesus to second (BFBSBB)
3-0 1 12- 21 Jones,C flied out to left, DeJesus to third (FBBX)
3-0 2 1-3 11 Dunn grounded a double down the first base line, DeJesus
scored, Utley scored, Dunn to third on an error by the
second baseman Matsui,K (CBX)
3-2 2 --3 10 Guerrero flied out to right (BX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, American League batting
Harden now pitching
3-2 0 --- 22 Soto popped out to short (FBSBX)
3-2 1 --- 10 Greinke grounded out to short (BX)
3-2 2 --- 30 Escobar,Y walked (BBBB)
3-2 2 1-- 31 Matsui,K flied out to center (BBBCX)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, National League batting
3-2 0 --- 22 McCann struck out (CBBFS)
3-2 1 --- 00 Betancourt,Y lined out to short (X)
Suzuki,I pinch hitting for Harden
3-2 2 --- 01 Suzuki,I flied out to center (FX)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, American League batting
Halladay now pitching
3-2 0 --- 01 Rodriguez,A homered deep to left (CX)
4-2 0 --- 32 Pujols grounded out to short (FBCBFBX)
4-2 1 --- 11 Sizemore popped out to third (BFX)
Ludwick pinch hitting for Braun
4-2 2 --- 01 Ludwick was hit by a pitch (CH)
4-2 2 1-- 21 Hawpe singled down the right field line, Ludwick to third
(CBBX)
4-2 2 1-3 02 Soto struck out (CFS)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, National League batting
Ludwick moved to left field
Verlander now pitching
4-2 0 --- 22 DeJesus grounded out to short (CSBBX)
4-2 1 --- 21 Teixeira grounded out to short (BCBX)
4-2 2 --- 12 Utley flied out to right (FSBX)
************** Top of the 4th inning, American League batting
Wells,V pinch hitting for Verlander
4-2 0 --- 32 Wells,V lined a single to shallow right (BCFBFBFX)
4-2 0 1-- 00 Escobar,Y sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Wells,V to
second (1Xb)
Pena,C pinch hitting for Matsui,K
4-2 1 -2- 22 Pena,C struck out (BBCCS)
4-2 2 -2- 12 Rodriguez,A lined a single to left, Wells,V scored,
Rodriguez,A to third on an error by the left fielder
Dunn (CSBX)
5-2 2 --3 22 Pujols grounded out to short (SBBFX)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, National League batting
Iwamura now playing second base
Kazmir,Sc now pitching
5-2 0 --- 21 Jones,C lined a single to shallow left (BCBX)
Lowell pinch hitting for Dunn
5-2 0 1-- 10 Kazmir,Sc threw a wild pitch, Jones,C to second (BB)
5-2 0 -2- 30 Lowell walked (BB.BB)
5-2 0 12- 12 Guerrero struck out (CBSC)
5-2 1 12- 11 McCann popped out to second (BFX)
Jeter pinch hitting for Betancourt,Y
Delcarmen now pitching
5-2 2 12- 21 Jeter grounded to short, forcing Lowell at second (BBFX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, American League batting
Bradley now playing left field
Lowell moved to third base
Jeter moved to shortstop
Hamels now pitching
5-2 0 --- 00 Sizemore lined a single to shallow left (X)
5-2 0 1-- 22 Ludwick struck out (11C1>FFFBBS)
5-2 1 1-- 11 Sizemore stole second (11CBp>C)
5-2 1 -2- 22 Hawpe flied out to right (11CBp>C.BX)
Youkilis pinch hitting for Soto
5-2 2 -2- 01 Youkilis grounded out to third (CX)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, National League batting
Marmol now pitching
Molina,Y now playing catcher
Roberts,B pinch hitting for Hamels
5-2 0 --- 22 Roberts,B struck out (BBCFC)
Markakis pinch hitting for DeJesus
5-2 1 --- 32 Markakis walked (BCSBBB)
5-2 1 1-- 01 Teixeira lined out to center (CX)
5-2 2 1-- 10 Utley was hit by a pitch, Markakis to second (BH)
5-2 2 12- 32 Bradley walked, Markakis to third, Utley to second
(CBBBF>B)
Papelbon now pitching
Gordon,A pinch hitting for Lowell
5-2 2 123 22 Gordon,A struck out (BSFBS)
************** Top of the 6th inning, American League batting
Markakis moved to center field
Haren now pitching
Gordon,A moved to third base
Roberts,B moved to second base
5-2 0 --- 00 Molina,Y grounded out to the mound (X)
5-2 1 --- 11 Escobar,Y reached on an infield single to short (BCX)
5-2 1 1-- 02 Iwamura struck out (>FCS)
5-2 2 1-- 32 Rodriguez,A struck out (BFCBB>S)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, National League batting
5-2 0 --- 32 Guerrero grounded a single up the middle (SBSBFBX)
5-2 0 1-- 12 McCann flied out to right (CSBFFX)
5-2 1 1-- 01 Jeter grounded to second, forcing Guerrero at second,
Jeter to first (CX)
5-2 2 1-- 21 Roberts,B lined a single to left center, Jeter to third
(SBBX)
Ryan,BJ now pitching
5-2 2 1-3 12 Markakis struck out (BCCS)
************** Top of the 7th inning, American League batting
5-2 0 --- 10 Pujols grounded out to short (BX)
Uggla now playing second base
Lee,Cl now pitching
Upton,B pinch hitting for Sizemore
5-2 1 --- 20 Upton,B flied out to center (BBX)
5-2 2 --- 22 Ludwick struck out (BBCFFS)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, National League batting
Upton,B moved to center field
5-2 0 --- 22 Teixeira grounded out to short (BBCFX)
5-2 1 --- 22 Uggla flied out to center (BFBCX)
Peavy now pitching
5-2 2 --- 02 Bradley struck out (FCS)
************** Top of the 8th inning, American League batting
Quentin pinch hitting for Hawpe
Rivera,Ma now pitching
5-2 0 --- 12 Quentin grounded out to second (BFSX)
Huff pinch hitting for Peavy
5-2 1 --- 01 Huff grounded out to third (CX)
5-2 2 --- 31 Molina,Y grounded out to short (CBBBX)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, National League batting
Quentin moved to right field
Jenks now pitching
5-2 0 --- 22 Gordon,A struck out (CBBCFFFC)
Webb now pitching
5-2 1 --- 01 Guerrero grounded out to second (FX)
Santana,J now pitching
Mauer pinch hitting for McCann
5-2 2 --- 02 Mauer grounded out to short (CCX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, American League batting
Mauer moved to catcher
Wilson,Br now pitching
Beltran,C pinch hitting for Escobar,Y
5-2 0 --- 11 Beltran,C flied out to left (CBX)
Rhodes now pitching
5-2 1 --- 12 Iwamura struck out (BSCS)
Soria now pitching
5-2 2 --- 22 Rodriguez,A struck out (CBBCC)
************** Bottom of the 9th inning, National League batting
Lugo now playing shortstop
5-2 0 --- 11 Jeter grounded out to the mound (BFX)
Beckett now pitching
Cabrera,Mi pinch hitting for Soria
5-2 1 --- 12 Cabrera,Mi popped out to second (BCCFX)
Rodriguez,F now pitching
5-2 2 --- 32 Markakis walked (CBBCBFB)
5-2 2 1-- 22 Teixeira lined out to first (CCBBX)