1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

MLB All-Star Game


year=1977
visitor=National League
top1=4
top2=0
top3=1
top4=0
top5=0
top6=0
top7=0
top8=2
top9=0
visitor_r=7
visitor_h=9
visitor_e=1
home=American League
bot1=0
bot2=0
bot3=0
bot4=0
bot5=0
bot6=2
bot7=1
bot8=0
bot9=2
home_r=5
home_h=8
home_e=0
date=July 19, 1977
venue=Yankee Stadium
city=New York, New York
VisitorManager=Sparky Anderson
VisitorManagerTeam=CIN
HomeManager=Billy Martin
HomeManagerTeam=NYY
MVP=Don Sutton
MVPTeam=LA
TVstation=NBC
TVcommentators=Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek
attendance=56,683
firstpitch=Unknown

The 1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 48th playing of the 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 19, 1977, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, New York the home of the New York Yankees of the American League. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 7-5.

The host Yankees would go on to win the World Series; the fourth time in history that a team hosting the All-Star Game would win the World Series in the same year. As of 2008, the 1977 Yankees were the last team to accomplish this. The previous teams to accomplish this were the 1939 and 1960 New York Yankees, and the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers.

This was Yankee Stadium's third time as host of the All-Star Game, and it would be its last until 2008; the last year of the park's use by the Yankees.

Rosters

National League

American League

Game

Umpires

tarting lineups

All-Star Starting Lineup
DH=no
Road=National League|Home=American League
RP1=Joe Morgan|RT1=Reds|Rpos1=2B
RP2=Steve Garvey|RT2=Dodgers|Rpos2=1B
RP3=Dave Parker|RT3=Pirates|Rpos3=RF
RP4=George Foster|RT4=Reds|Rpos4=CF
RP5=Greg Luzinski|RT5=Phillies|Rpos5=LF
RP6=Ron Cey|RT6=Dodgers|Rpos6=3B
RP7=Johnny Bench|RT7=Reds|Rpos7=C
RP8=Dave Concepción|RT8=Reds|Rpos8=SS
RP9=Don Sutton|RT9=Dodgers|Rpos9=P

HP1=Rod Carew|HT1=Twins|Hpos1=1B
HP2=Willie Randolph|HT2=Yankees|Hpos2=2B
HP3=George Brett|HT3=Royals|Hpos3=3B
HP4=Carl Yastrzemski|HT4=Red Sox|Hpos4=CF
HP5=Richie Zisk|HT5=White Sox|Hpos5=LF
HP6=Reggie Jackson|HT6=Yankees|Hpos6=RF
HP7=Carlton Fisk|HT7=Red Sox|Hpos7=C
HP8=Rick Burleson|HT8=Red Sox|Hpos8=SS
HP9=Jim Palmer|HT9=Orioles|Hpos9=P|

Game summary

Linescore
Road=National League|RoadAbr=NL
R1=4|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0
RR=7|RH=9|RE=1
Home=American League|HomeAbr=AL
H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=2|H7=1|H8=0|H9=2
HR=5|HH=8|HE=0
RSP= |HSP=
WP=Don Sutton (1-0) |LP=Jim Palmer (0-1)
RoadHR=Greg Luzinski 1 (1), Joe Morgan (1), Steve Garvey (1) |HomeHR=George Scott (1)|

The National League started with Joe Morgan blasting American League starter Jim Palmer's first pitch into Yankee Stadium's "short porch" in right field. Dave Parker followed with a single and scored on a double by George Foster. Greg Luzinski made it 4-0 with a two-run homer. Steve Garvey then sent Palmer to the showers in the third with a solo homer to make it 5-0 in favor of the NL.

Meanwhile, National League starter Don Sutton cruised along with three shutout innings and Gary Lavelle added two more in the fourth and fifth. The American League first scored off of Tom Seaver in the sixth as Rod Carew led off with a single and went to second when Seaver stopped a lightning-fast shot up the middle hit by Willie Randolph. Seaver recovered to retire Randolph and retired George Brett, but then walked Fred Lynn and surrendered a two-run double to Richie Zisk. Seaver allowed the AL another run in the seventh when Butch Wynegar led off with a single, took second when Graig Nettles reached on an error, and scored on a single by Randolph.

The National League got their final runs in the eighth when Dave Winfield hit a two-run single off Sparky Lyle. George Scott hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the AL off Rich Gossage for the final margin.

Footnotes and references

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ALS/ALS197707190.shtml Baseball-Reference.com]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/yr1977as.shtml Lineups, boxscore, and more]