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Posted on: Tuesday, July 14, 2009

MLB: All-Star Game Play-by-Play


Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Play-by-play of the 2009 All-Star Game between the American League and National League:

Lineups—American: RF Ichiro Suzuki, SS Derek Jeter, C Joe Mauer, 1B Mark Teixeira, LF Jason Bay, CF Josh Hamilton, 3B Michael Young, 2B Aaron Hill, RHP Roy Halladay.

National: SS Hanley Ramirez, 2B Chase Utley, 1B Albert Pujols, RF Ryan Braun, LF Raul Ibanez, 3B David Wright, CF Shane Victorino, C Yadier Molina, RHP Tim Lincecum.

Umpires—Home, Dana DeMuth; First, Brian Gorman; Second, Jeff Kellogg; Third, Angel Hernandez; Left, Tim Timmons; Right, Paul Nauert.

Official Scorers—David O'Brien, Atlanta Journal Constitution; Joe Ostermeier, Belleville News-Democrat; Gary Mueller, St. Louis official scorer.

First Pitch—8:50 p.m. EDT.

American First: Lincecum pitching. Suzuki singled to right. Jeter hit by pitch, Suzuki to second. Mauer grounded into fielder's choice, Suzuki out at third, catcher Molina to third baseman Wright, Jeter to second. Teixeira safe on first baseman Pujols' fielding error, Jeter scored, Mauer to second. Bay singled to center, Mauer to third, Teixeira to second. Hamilton grounded into fielder's choice, Bay out at second, first baseman Pujols to shortstop Ramirez, Mauer scored, Teixeira to third. Young grounded out, third baseman Wright to first baseman Pujols.

2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 left on. American 2, National 0.

National First: Halladay pitching. Ramirez grounded out, second baseman Hill to first baseman Teixeira. Utley grounded out to first baseman Teixeira. Pujols grounded out, third baseman Young to first baseman Teixeira.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. American 2, National 0.

American Second: Hill grounded out, shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Pujols. Halladay struck out looking. Suzuki lined out to right fielder Braun.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. American 2, National 0.

National Second: Braun flied out to center fielder Hamilton. Ibanez grounded out, second baseman Hill to first baseman Teixeira. Wright singled to right. Victorino singled to right, Wright to second. Molina singled to center, Wright scored, Victorino to third, on center fielder Hamilton's throwing error, Victorino scored, Molina to second. Prince Fielder hit for Lincecum. Fielder doubled to left, Molina scored. Ramirez grounded out, second baseman Hill to first baseman Teixeira.

3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. National 3, American 2.

American Third: Ryan Franklin pitching. Jeter grounded out, second baseman Utley to first baseman Pujols. Mauer lined out to first baseman Pujols. Teixeira grounded out to first baseman Pujols.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 2.

National Third: Mark Buehrle pitching. Utley flied out to center fielder Hamilton. Pujols grounded out, first baseman Teixeira to pitcher Buehrle. Braun grounded out, shortstop Jeter to first baseman Teixeira.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 2.

American Fourth: Dan Haren pitching. Bay lined out to right fielder Braun. Hamilton flied to center fielder Victorino. Young singled to left. Hill grounded out, shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Pujols.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. National 3, American 2.

National Fourth: Zach Greinke pitching. Ibanez fouled out to third baseman Young. Wright struck out looking. Victorino struck out swinging, catcher Mauer to first baseman Teixeira.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 2.

American Fifth: Chad Billingsley pitching. Ryan Zimmerman at third base. Braun to left. Brad Hawpe to right field. Carl Crawford hit for Greinke. Crawford singled to right-center. Suzuki grounded into fielder's choice, Crawford out at second, second baseman Utley to shortstop Ramirez. Jeter grounded into fielder's choice, Suzuki out at second, first baseman Pujols to shortstop Ramirez. Mauer doubled to left, Jeter scored. Teixeira grounded out, first baseman Pujols to pitcher Billingsley.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. National 3, American 3.

National Fifth: Edwin Jackson pitching. Crawford to left field. Adam Jones to right field. Zimmerman flied out to center fielder Hamilton. Molina grounded out, shortstop Jeter to first baseman Teixeira. Ramirez grounded out, third baseman Young to first baseman Teixeira.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 3.

American Sixth: Trevor Hoffman pitching. Miguel Tejada at shortstop. Jones flied out to right fielder Hawpe. Hamilton singled to right. Young grounded into double play, second baseman Utley to shortstop Ramirez to first baseman Pujols.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 3.

National Sixth: Felix Hernandez pitching. Victor Martinez catching. Justin Morneau at first base. Jason Bartlett at shortstop. Curtis Granderson to center field. Orlando Hudson hit for Utley. Hudson flied out to right fielder Jones. Pujols grounded out, shortstop Bartlett to first baseman Morneau. Justin Upton hit for Braun. Upton grounded out, shortstop Bartlett to first baseman Morneau.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 3.

American Seventh: Francisco Cordero pitching. Hudson to second base. Upton to left field. Adrian Gonzalez at first base. Jayson Werth to center field. Hill flied out to Upton. Crawford grounded out, shortstop Tejada to first baseman Gonzalez. Morneau lined out to third baseman Zimmerman.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 3.

National Seventh: Jonathan Papelbon pitching. Hawpe flied out to left fielder Crawford. Tejada flied out to right fielder Jones. Werth struck out swinging.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. National 3, American 3.

American Eighth: Heath Bell pitching. Bartlett grounded out, shortstop Tejada to first baseman Gonzalez. Granderson tripled to left-center. Martinez intentionally walked. Jones hit sacrifice fly to right fielder Hawpe, Granderson scored. Kevin Youkilis hit for Papelbon. Youkilis singled to left-center, Martinez to second. Ben Zobrist hit for Young. Zobrist struck out swinging.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. American 4, National 3.

National Eighth: Joe Nathan pitching. Zobrist to second base. Brandon Inge to third base. Brian McCann hit for Molina. McCann fouled out to catcher Martinez. Zimmerman flied out to right fielder Jones. Gonzalez walked. Hudson singled to shortstop Bartlett, Gonzalez to third. Ryan Howard hit for Bell. Hudson stole second. Howard struck out swinging.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 left on. American 4, National 3.

American Ninth: Francisco Rodriguez pitching. McCann catching. Inge grounded out, shortstop Tejada to first baseman Gonzalez. Crawford struck out swinging. Morneau flied out to center fielder Werth.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. American 4, National 3.

National Ninth: Mariano Rivera pitching. Upton grounded out, shortstop Bartlett to first baseman Morneau. Hawpe struck out looking. Tejada popped out to second baseman Zobrist.

0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. American 4, National 3.