Hello everyone.
On the blog today, we move on to the 1977 All-Star game, held at Yankee Stadium in New York, celebrated on a 1978 card:
Though
the outcome was the "usual", with the National League collecting it's
sixth straight Midsummer Classic win, 7-5, it was a thrilling affair,
with the A.L. falling just short with their ninth-inning rally.
The
N.L. burst out of the gates with four runs in the first innings, helped
by home runs by Joe Morgan and Greg Luzinski off of starter Jim Palmer,
who ended up giving up five runs over two innings.
Going into
the sixth inning the N.L. held a 5-0 lead before the A.L. scored three
unanswered runs over the next two innings off of Tom Seaver.
But
in the eighth the N.L. came back with two more runs, setting the stage
for a ninth inning that saw the A.L. collect two more runs off of Rich
Gossage, thanks to a George Scott home run.
But sadly for the Junior Circuit that's all they'd manage, with Gossage shutting them down the rest of the way for that 7-5 win.
N.L.
starter Don Sutton was named MVP thanks to his three innings of
scoreless ball, walking only one and allowing one hit while striking out
four.
Little did the A.L. know they would STILL have to wait
another six years before winning an All-Star game, crushing a young ME
every year, being an A.L. fan.
