ALL-STARS RUN, GUN; HIGHEST SCORING GAME EVER WON BY AMERICAN LEAGUE : AMERICAN 13, NATIONAL 8.Byline: Ben Walker Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. No wonder no one wants to pitch here. Coors Field • • [ lived up to its billing as a hitter's haven and a pitcher's house of horrors Tuesday night as solo homers by MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Roberto Alomar One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). beat the National 13-8 in the highest-scoring All-Star game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games ever. A crowd of 51,267 and a national TV audience that tuned in to see a run-fest got exactly what it wanted. Barry Bonds' three-run homer was among the record-tying 31 hits. ``When you watch the scoring in Denver, you always see big numbers,'' Alomar said. ``This ballpark, this is what was expected.'' Tom Glavine Thomas Michael Glavine (born March 25 1966 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. He is currently a free agent, having last pitched for the New York Mets. , Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962, in Dayton, Ohio), is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, and is one of the preeminent pitchers in Major League history. In 2006, a poll of 32 ESPN analysts named Clemens the greatest living pitcher. and most of baseball's best pitchers were powerless to prevent Ken Griffey Ken Griffey may refer to:
adv. & adj. At or toward the sky. sky  wards adv. when he thought Bonds had hit a popup - the ball wound up on the
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``Maybe it's the light air here in Colorado,'' Ripken said. Sometimes, outfielders playing deep had no chance to rush in and catch bloopers. Other times, batters took advantage of curve balls that don't curve well in Denver to hit wicked grounders past helpless fielders. Alomar got three hits and won the MVP award a year after his brother, Cleveland catcher Sandy Alomar, earned the honor. Rodriguez also had three hits for the AL and Devon White, a substitute, had three for the NL. Atlanta shortstop Walt Weiss got two hits and the cheers of his 3-year-old son, Brody, recently out of the hospital after fighting off a life-threatening strain of E. coli E. coli: see Escherichia coli. E. coli in full Escherichia coli Species of bacterium that inhabits the stomach and intestines. E. coli can be transmitted by water, milk, food, or flies and other insects. bacteria. ``Looks like it's going to be a happy ending,'' Weiss said. ``My boy is going to be fine.'' Rafael Palmeiro's RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in single in AL ninth accounted for the 21st run, breaking the record set in the AL's 11-9 win in 1954. All that, and still a couple of defensive plays enabled the AL to cut the National League's overall lead to 40-28-1. Left fielder Paul O'Neill threw out Fernando Vina at the plate to preserve a 10-8 lead in the eighth, and shortstop Omar Vizquel followed by turning a nifty double play on the next batter. In a fitting twist, Cleveland's Bartolo Colon got the win despite giving up Bonds' homer in the fifth, the only inning he pitched. ``He had to give up a three-run homer to get the win,'' AL manager Mike Hargrove of Cleveland said. ``It's kind of a double-edged sword.'' Montreal's Ugueth Urbina was the loser in a game that lasted 3 hours, 38 minutes, making it the longest nine-inning All-Star game in history. In an odd twist, sluggers Mark McGwire and Juan Gonzalez did little. McGwire, leading the majors with 37 homers, was 0 for 2. Gonzalez, leading the majors with 101 RBI, got up with nine runners on base and drove in just one. The AL bounced back quickly after Bonds' homer, scoring three times in the sixth for an 8-6 edge. A couple of infield hits, a wild pitch by Urbina and a passed ball by Javy Lopez did most of the damage. Ripken broke Willie Mays' record with his 15th straight start, then hit a two-run double that keyed a four-run fourth off Glavine for a 4-2 lead. The Iron Man didn't exactly drive the ball, but his opposite-field fly had no problem riding the light air and reaching the top of the right-field wall. Weiss' second single off the game closed the NL to 4-3 in the bottom half and earned him another ovation from his wife, Brody and the fans who used to cheer him when he played for the Colorado Rockies. Gwynn, playing in his 13th All-Star game, put the NL ahead 2-0 in the third against Clemens by grounding a two-run single off Alomar's glove at second base. ALL STAR GAME BY THE NUMBERS 0: Career All-Star home runs for Mark McGwire, in 18 official at-bats. 3: Consecutive All-Star victories for A.L. 5: Players who didn't see action Tuesday (AL: Pedro Martinez, Aaron Sele; NL: Bret Boone, Rick Reed, Curt Schilling) 21: Total runs scored in the game - an All-Star record. .800: Combined batting average (4 for 5) of 1998 All-Star MVP Roberto Alomar and 1997 All-Star MVP Sandy Alomar Jr. LOCAL STARS How the Dodgers and Angels All-Stars fared in Tuesday's game: GARY SHEFFIELD, Dodgers: Popped out a pinch-hitter for Kevin Brown in the fourth inning. JEFF SHAW, Dodgers: Allowe one run and three hits in eighth inning. Was N.L.'s seventh pitcher. DARIN ERSTAD, Angels: Played in left and center field. Reached on an error and scored a run in ninth inning. TROY PERCIVAL, Angels: Struck out two and allowed one hit in ninth inning. Was A.L.'s eighth pitcher. CAPTION(S): 6 Photos, Box PHOTO (1--Color) Alex Rodriguez, left, is greeted by Ivan Rodriguez after both scored. Beth A. Keiser/Associated Press (2) Cal Ripken, who broke Willie Mays' record with his 15th straight start, watches sixth-inning hit. Ripken finished the game with a double and two RBI. David Zalubowski/Associated Press (3--Color) Gary Sheffield (4--Color) Jeff Shaw (5--Color) Darin Erstad (6--Color) Troy Percival BOX: LOCAL STARS (see text) |
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