1988 All-Star Game
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The 1988 All-Star Game was held on Tuesday, July 12, 1988. The American League won the fifty-ninth midsummer classic by a score of 2 to 1. The game was held at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, OH in front of 55,837 fans. The MVP was Terry Steinbach of the Athletics.
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[edit] The Teams
[edit] American League
The American League team was led by manager Tom Kelly and coaches Tom Trebelhorn and Bobby Valentine.
[edit] National League
The National League team was led by manager Whitey Herzog and coaches Roger Craig and Buck Rodgers.
[edit] The Game
[edit] Starting Lineups
| American League | Batting Order | National League | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Position | Team | Player | Position | Team | |||
| Rickey Henderson | OF | New York Yankees | 1 | Vince Coleman | OF | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Paul Molitor | 2B | Milwaukee Brewers | 2 | Ryne Sandberg | 2B | Chicago Cubs | ||
| Wade Boggs | 3B | Boston Red Sox | 3 | Andre Dawson | OF | Chicago Cubs | ||
| Jose Canseco | OF | Oakland Athletics | 4 | Darryl Strawberry | OF | New York Mets | ||
| Dave Winfield | OF | New York Yankees | 5 | Bobby Bonilla | 3B | Pittsburgh Pirates | ||
| Cal Ripken, Jr. | SS | Baltimore Orioles | 6 | Will Clark | 1B | San Francisco Giants | ||
| Mark McGwire | 1B | Oakland Athletics | 7 | Gary Carter | C | New York Mets | ||
| Terry Steinbach | C | Oakland Athletics | 8 | Ozzie Smith | SS | St. Louis Cardinals | ||
| Frank Viola | P | Minnesota Twins | 9 | Dwight Gooden | P | New York Mets | ||
[edit] Line Score
July 12, 1988 at Riverfront Stadium (55837), night game - Retrosheet Boxscore
| League | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| National | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Pitchers
American: Frank Viola (W) - Roger Clemens - Mark Gubicza - Dave Stieb - Jeff Russell - Doug Jones - Dan Plesac - Dennis Eckersley (S)
National: Dwight Gooden (L) - Bob Knepper - David Cone - Kevin Gross - Mark Davis - Bob Walk - Orel Hershiser - Todd Worrell
Home Runs
American: Terry Steinbach (3rd)
National: None
Umpires
HP: Frank Pulli, 1B: Larry Barnett, 2B: Terry Tata, 3B: Dale Ford, LF: Randy Marsh, RF: Dan Morrison
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