#353---All-Star Game, 7/16/2013

 

The AL put up single tallies in the fourth, fifth, and eighth, while the Max Scherzer, Chris Sale, and Felix Hernandez retired the first ten NL batters, and they would go on to collect just three hits.

Most surprising All-Stars: Domonic Brown, Steve Delabar, Jason Grilli

#352---All-Star Game, 7/10/2012

 

The NL made it three in a row over the AL, getting all they would need off of Justin Verlander in the first, a five-run frame punctuated by Pablo Sandoval’s two-out, three-run triple. Two triples (Rafael Furcal and Ryan Braun) and a Melky Cabrera homer against Matt Harrison in the fourth closed out the scoring.

Making their All-Star debuts were the super rookies Bryce Harper and Mike Trout. Harper walked, struck out, and lost a ball in the Kaufmann Stadium lights; Trout singled, walked, and swiped a base.

Most surprising All-Stars: Bryan LaHair, Ryan Cook

#351---All-Star Game, 7/12/2011

 

Adrian Gonzalez homered off Cliff Lee in in the fourth to give the AL a 1-0 lead, but Prince Fielder answered right back with a three-run shot off CJ Wilson. The NL would tack on two more runs and the AL never really threatened, getting just four baserunners over the last five innings.

Most surprising all-stars: Jordan Walden, Alexei Ogando

#350---All-Star Game, 7/13/2010

 

Through four innings, the midsummer classic was scoreless and each side had just two hits. The NL doubled their hit total in the top of the frame but couldn’t crack the scoreboard, while the AL scratched out the game’s first run without the benefit of a hit as Hong-Chi Kuo issued a walk and committed a throwing error. With one out in the top of the seventh, Scott Rolen and Matt Holliday singled off Phil Hughes. Matt Thornton was summoned and got Chris Young to foul out, but he walked Marlon Byrd to load the bases. Brian McCann cleared them with a double to make it 3-1 NL. Adam Wainwright, Brian Wilson, and Jonathon Broxton made that hold up, and the NL had a rare for the era All-Star triumph.

I would be remiss in not pointed out Nick Swisher’s appearance, becoming the second Buckeye to play in an All-Star Game and the first since Frank Howard in 1971. He struck out against Wainwright in the seventh.