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| Date | July 9, 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Houston Astrodome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Houston,Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,321 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Curt Gowdy,Pee Wee Reese andSandy Koufax | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | NBC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jim Simpson,Tony Kubek andGene Elston | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1968 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 39th playing of the midsummer classic between theall-stars of theAmerican League (AL) andNational League (NL), the two leagues comprisingMajor League Baseball.
The game was held on July 9, 1968, at theAstrodome inHouston,Texas the home of theHouston Astros of the National League, making this the first All-Star Game to be played indoors. The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 1–0. It is the only All-Star Game played without a run batted in (RBI).
This was the firstnight All-Star Game since 1944. Apart from the1969 game (which was originally scheduled to be played at night but was postponed to the following afternoon due to rain), all subsequent All-Star Games have been played at night.
The next indoor All-Star Game waseleven years later, at theKingdome inSeattle.
The American League was limited to three hits, unable to get a rally going againstDon Drysdale,Juan Marichal,Steve Carlton andTom Seaver, all future Hall of Famers.
A first-inning run scored byWillie Mays on a single, an errant pickoff attempt, a wild pitch byLuis Tiant and a double-play ball gave the winning National league the only run they would need.
Don Wert's eighth-inning double momentarily gave the AL a threat to tie the game, but Seaver struck out the side. In the ninth, with two out,Jerry Koosman was brought in from the bullpen to faceCarl Yastrzemski, whose strikeout ended the game.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| American League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Don Drysdale (1-0) LP:Luis Tiant (0-1) Sv:Jerry Koosman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||