NC Wins All-Star Game for Fifth Straight Season

Barry Bonds homered twice and drove in four runs to lead the National
Conference to an 8-1 victory in the 2004 All-Star Game.  Pedro
Martinez threw three shutout innings for the win and the loss went to
Jason Schmidt.  The win was the NC's fifth straight in the
"mid-summer" classic.

Jim Thome scored the first NC run as he singled in the second, went to
third on a Jeff Kent double, and scored on a ground out by Andruw
Jones.  Bonds stretched the lead to 2-0 in the third inning with a
solo home run.  After a Javy Lopez triple into the Comerica gap led to
a AC run in the fourth, the NC blew the game open in the fifth with a
six run inning, culminating in a three-run shot from Bonds.

From there on out, the pitching staffs took over, with the two
all-star offenses combining for only two AC singles the rest of the
way.  Juan Pierre did threaten a run in the seventh after a leadoff
single and two straight stolen bases.  But Billy Wagner got Alfonso
Soriano to strike out and Francisco Rodriguez got Alex Cintron to
strike out and induced an inning ending ground out from Mark Teixeira.

The only bad news from the game is that Jason Kendall left the game
after being hit by a pitch in the midst of the fifth inning rally.
Initial precautionary x-rays were negative.

The AC did have one highlight as Mike Lowell won the pregame Home Run
Derby.  The team competition was won by the National Conference team.


    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9    R  H  E
-------------------------------------------
ACA  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0    1  7  0
NCA  0  1  1  0  6  0  0  0  0    8  8  2
-------------------------------------------


BATTERS  ACA                          AB  R  H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB  K PL PR
1 ss      ACA  MCM  Renteria          1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  2
1 ph-ss    ACA  POR  Cintron            3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  3
2 1b      ACA  POR  Lee                3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3
2 ph-1b    ACA  STL  Teixeira          2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  2
3 dh      ACA  POR  Ortiz              3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  3
3 ph-dh    ACA  CAP  Ramirez            1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1
4 c        ACA  COU  Lopez              3  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  1  0  3
4 ph-c    ACA  MCM  Piazza            0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1
5 3b      ACA  TRI  Lowell            2  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2
5 ph-3b    ACA  CAP  Ensberg            2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  2
6 rf      ACA  PHI  Sheffield          2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  3
6 ph-rf    ACA  BOW  Sanders            1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
7 lf      ACA  PHI  Gonzalez          2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2
7 ph-lf    ACA  PAD  Mora              2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  2
8 cf      ACA  PAD  Edmonds            2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  2
8 ph-cf    ACA  BUF  Pierre            1  0  1  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0  1  0
8 ph      ACA  WMS  Wilson            1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
9 2b      ACA  CAP  Giles              2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2
9 ph-2b    ACA  LAW  Soriano            2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2  1  1

TOTALS for ACA                        35  1  7  1  0  1  0  2  0  3 10  2 36

PITCHERS  ACA                      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR
L ACA  PAD  Schmidt              3.0  3  2  2  0  3  1
- ACA  PHI  Schilling            1.0  1  0  0  0  0  0
- ACA  CAP  Halladay              0.1  3  5  5  1  0  0
- ACA  CAP  Dotel                0.2  1  1  1  0  1  1
- ACA  BUF  Contreras            1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0
- ACA  COU  Oswalt                0.2  0  0  0  0  1  0
- ACA  BUF  Herges                0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0
- ACA  MIN  Santana              0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0
- ACA  BOW  Valverde              0.2  0  0  0  1  0  0

TOTALS for ACA                    8.0  8  8  8  2  6  2

LOB: 10
E: none.
PB: none.
GIDP: 1 - Sheffield.
SH: none.
SF: none.
HBP: none.
WP: none.
IBB: none.
BALK: none.


BATTERS  NCA                          AB  R  H RI 2B 3B HR SB CS BB  K PL PR
1 rf      NCA  COL  Guerrero          3  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  3
1 ph-rf    NCA  QUE  Everett            1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
2 lf      NCA  SDQ  Bonds              3  2  2  4  0  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  3
2 c        NCA  MAD  Lieberthal        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0
3 1b      NCA  QUE  Pujols            2  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2
3 ph-lf    NCA  BUZ  Anderson          2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  2
4 dh      NCA  SEA  Thome              3  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3
4 ph-dh    NCA  FLA  Cabrera            0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  1
5 2b      NCA  CSP  Kent              2  1  2  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2
5 1b      NCA  CSP  Bagwell            2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2
6 3b      NCA  LAS  Chavez            3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  3
7 cf      NCA  LAS  Jones              1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
7 ph      NCA  LAS  Kendall            0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1
7 pr-2b    NCA  COL  Hudson            1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1
8 c        NCA  SPO  Varitek            1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1
8 ph-cf    NCA  SDQ  Podsednik          1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0  2
9 ss      NCA  LAS  Furcal            1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  0  1
9 ph-ss    NCA  SEA  Rodriguez          2  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2

TOTALS for NCA                        31  8  8  8  2  0  2  0  0  2  6  1 33

PITCHERS  NCA                      IP  H  R ER BB  K HR
W NCA  CSP  Martinez              3.0  1  0  0  2  2  0
- NCA  GAS  Webb                  1.0  3  1  1  0  0  0
- NCA  MAD  Vazquez              1.0  1  0  0  0  1  0
- NCA  GAS  Hudson                1.0  0  0  0  0  1  0
- NCA  SDQ  Wagner                0.1  1  0  0  0  1  0
- NCA  RMA  Rodriguez            0.2  0  0  0  0  1  0
- NCA  FAR  Wood                  0.2  0  0  0  1  2  0
- NCA  CSP  Mussina              0.1  1  0  0  0  0  0
- NCA  CSP Gagne                1.0  0  0  0  0  2  0

TOTALS for NCA                    9.0  7  1  1  3 10  0

LOB: 2
E: 2 - Chavez, Bagwell.
PB: none.
GIDP: 1 - Thome.
SH: none.
SF: none.
HBP: 1 - Kendall.
WP: 1 - Martinez.
IBB: none.
BALK: none.