2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

MLB All-Star Game


year=2003
visitor=National League
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visitor_r=6
visitor_h=11
visitor_e=1
home=American League
bot1=0
bot2=0
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date=July 15, 2003
venue=U.S. Cellular Field
city=Chicago, Illinois
VisitorManager=Dusty Baker
VisitorManagerTeam=CHC
HomeManager=Mike Scioscia
HomeManagerTeam=ANA
MVP=Garret Anderson
MVPTeam=ANA
TVstation=FOX
TVcommentators=Joe Buck and Tim McCarver
attendance=47,609
firstpitch=Unknown|The 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 74th midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 15, 2003 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 7-6, thus awarding an AL team home-field advantage in the 2003 World Series.

Rosters

National League

American League

:*-x - Injured and could not play:*-xx - Selected to start, unable to play due to injury:*-y - Injury replacement:*-z - Selected by the fans as the final player on roster

Game

Coaching staffs

tarting lineups

Game summary

Starters Esteban Loaiza and Jason Schmidt were sharp early on, each throwing a scoreless couple of innings to start the game. In the third, Roger Clemens relieved Loaiza and threw a scoreless inning himself. Randy Wolf could not do the same, allowing Carlos Delgado to single home Ichiro Suzuki with the game's first run, and a 1-0 lead for the AL.

The lead would stand until the fifth inning, when Todd Helton gave the NL the lead with a two-run homer off Shigetoshi Hasegawa. The National League would go on to score three more runs that inning, on the strength of a two-run double from Andruw Jones and an RBI single from Albert Pujols, giving the NL a 5-1 lead.

In the sixth, Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer off Woody Williams to bring the AL back within two. Andruw Jones would get one of those runs back the next inning by hitting a solo shot off Mark Mulder. Jason Giambi got the run right back with a solo shot off Billy Wagner in the seventh.

In the eighth came Eric Gagné, who did not blow any saves in the 2003 regular season. The All-Star Game would prove to be the one blemish on his record for the year. Staked to a 6-4 lead, Gagne gave up a one-out double to Garret Anderson, who was replaced by pinch-runner Melvin Mora. Vernon Wells singled Mora home to make it a one-run game. Then Hank Blalock hit a dramatic, two-out go-ahead home run to put the AL up 7-6.

Keith Foulke came in the ninth to try and earn the save. Foulke closed the door and set the side down 1-2-3. Garret Anderson, who batted 3-4 with a double, home run and 2 RBI, was awarded the game's MVP honors, a night after winning the 2003 Home Run Derby.

Linescore
Road=National League|RoadAbr=NL
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RR=6|RH=11|RE=1
Home=American League|HomeAbr=AL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=2|H7=1|H8=3|H9=X
HR=7|HH=9|HE=0
RSP= |HSP=
WP=Brendan Donnelly (1-0) |LP=Eric Gagné (0-1) |SV=Keith Foulke (1)
RoadHR=Todd Helton (1), Andruw Jones (1)|HomeHR=Garret Anderson (1), Jason Giambi (1), Hank Blalock (1) | HRH=yes|

Home Run Derby

4TeamBracket | RD1=Semifinals
RD2=Finals

RD1-seed1=1
RD1-team1=Jason Giambi
RD1-score1=11
RD1-seed2=4
RD1-team2=Albert Pujols
RD1-score2=14

RD1-seed3=2
RD1-team3=Garret Anderson
RD1-score3=6
RD1-seed4=3
RD1-team4=Jim Edmonds
RD1-score4=4

RD2-seed1=4
RD2-team1=Albert Pujols
RD2-score1=8
RD2-seed2=2
RD2-team2=Garret Anderson
RD2-score2=9

Notes

*For the first time since 1978 (Reds: Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and George Foster) an all-star team had the first three hitters from the same regular season team (Cardinals: Renteria, Edmonds, and Pujols).

*From 1997-July 1998, Jason Schmidt and Esteban Loaiza were teammates in Pittsburgh.

*The honorary captains for the game were Hall of Famers Gary Carter (N.L.) and Luis Aparicio (A.L.).

*This was Eric Gagné's only blown save of 2003, as he went a perfect 55 for 55 in save opportunities in the regular season.

*This was the first All-Star Game in which one of the managers was not the manager of the team he had taken to the World Series the year before. NL manager Dusty Baker had led the San Francisco Giants to the NL pennant in 2002, but during the offseason had left the Giants to become manager of the Chicago Cubs. Baker, and not his San Francisco replacement, Felipe Alou, still managed the team.

External links

* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/all_star/y2003/index.jsp All-Star Game Home Page]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/all_star/y2003/hr_derby.jsp Home Run Derby]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2003_07_15_nasmlb_aasmlb_1 Boxscore]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news.jsp?ymd=20030715&content_id=429442&vkey=allstar2003&fext=.jsp Game Recap]