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For the third consecutive season, the NL All Stars emerged from the mid-summer classic victorious. On a mild evening in Charlotte, the National League drubbed the American League, 9-3. San Diego center-fielder
Gaby Matos was named the MVP of the game, as he doubled, homered, drove in a run, and scored 2 runs.
Matos got the scoring started with a solo homerun in the top of the second inning. Atlanta's
Flavio Trujillo evened the score in the bottom half of the second with an RBI double. In the third inning, Hartford's
Louis Guerriero doubled in a run to put the NL back on top. In the fourth, another Padre, left-fielder
Gregorio Ruiz, added to that lead with a run-scoring double of his own. New Jersey's
Amaury Lucia(last year's All Star MVP) added a 2-run single to give the National League a 5-1 lead.
It remained a 5-1 game until the seventh inning, when New Jersey's
Herbert Baldridge delivered a pinch hit, 2-run homerun. The National League kept piling up the runs as Pittsburgh's
James Sequeira singled in a run in the eighth inning and later scored when Washington third-baseman
Mike Sanders mishandled a ground ball by Phoenix's
Marcos Esparza.
Sanders atoned somewhat for his error by ripping a 2-run double in the bottom of the ninth inning. Unfortunately, that was far too little, far too late for the American League.
San Diego's
Carlos Lozoya was named the winning pitcher. He pitched 3 innings, surrendered 2 hits, 1 run, and 1 walk, and collected 2 strikeouts. San Jose's
Juan Echeveste also looked pretty good, as he struck out 4 batters in 2 innings. Miami's
Christian Hokusai took the loss, with 3 hits, 2 runs, a walk, and 2 strikeouts in 3 innings pitched.
Here is how Denver's representatives fared:
Russell Thomas had 2 hits, both singles, in 5 at bats.
Lee Chappel was 0 for 3 with a strikeout.
Arthur Stice was 1 for 2, with a double, a walk, and a run scored.
Alexis Vazquez was 1 for 1, with a walk, and a run scored.
Robert McNett pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings with 1 hit allowed.
Kenny Pillsbury pitched 1 scoreless inning and struck out 2 batters.
Robert Soto surrendered 2 hits and 2 runs in 1 inning, and struck out 1 batter.
Ray Lockridge pitched a scoreless 1/3 of an inning.