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
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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
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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.