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.