Vladimir Guerrero and David Wright traded second inning longballs before the NL took a 2-1 lead on Roy Halladay’s wild pitch in the third. For the next five innings, each side mustered only two baserunners as luminary relievers like Brian Fuentes and Derek Turnbow controlled the game.
In the ninth the actual relief luminaries came in. Trevor Hoffman (#2 on the all-time save list) got two comebackers and was just one out away before Paul Konerko singled and Troy Glaus doubled. Michael Young fouled off the first two pitches he saw, then lined a triple to center that pulled the game out of the fire for the AL.
Now it was Mariano Rivera’s (#1 on the all-time save list) chance, and he dodged a Jose Lopez error, to close out the NL.
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