2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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| Date | July 15, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | U.S. Cellular Field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Garret Anderson (ANA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 47,609 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Unknown | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2003 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 74th midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 15, 2003 at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois, the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 7-6, thus awarding an AL team home-field advantage in the 2003 World Series.
Rosters
- -x - Injured and could not play
- -xx - Selected to start, unable to play due to injury
- -y - Injury replacement
- -z - Selected by the fans as the final player on roster
Game
Coaching staffs
| American League | ||
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| Coach | Position | Team |
| Mike Scoscia | Manager | Anaheim Angels |
| Jerry Manuel | Chicago White Sox manager | |
| Ron Gardenhire | Minnesota Twins manager | |
| Joe Maddon | Bench coach | Anaheim Angels |
| Bud Black | Pitching coach | |
| Mickey Hatcher | Hitting coach | |
| Orlando Mercado | Bullpen coach | |
| Alfredo Griffin | First base coach | |
| Ron Roenicke | Third base coach | |
| National League | ||
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| Coach | Position | Team |
| Dusty Baker | Manager | Chicago Cubs |
| Lloyd McClendon | Pittsburgh Pirates manager | |
| Tony La Russa | St. Louis Cardinals manager | |
| Dick Pole | Bench coach | Chicago Cubs |
| Larry Rothschild | Pitching coach | |
| Gary Matthews | Hitting coach | |
| Juan Lopez | Bullpen coach | |
| Gene Clines | First base coach | |
| Wendell Kim | Third base coach | |
Umpires
| Home Plate | Tim McClelland |
| First Base | Larry Young |
| Second Base | Gary Darling |
| Third Base | Gary Cederstrom |
| Left Field | Mark Carlson |
| Right Field | Bill Welke |
Starting lineups
| National League | American League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Edgar Rentería | Cardinals | SS | 1 | Ichiro Suzuki | Mariners | RF |
| 2 | Jim Edmonds | Cardinals | CF | 2 | Alfonso Soriano | Yankees | 2B |
| 3 | Albert Pujols | Cardinals | LF | 3 | Carlos Delgado | Blue Jays | 1B |
| 4 | Barry Bonds | Giants | DH | 4 | Alex Rodriguez | Rangers | SS |
| 5 | Gary Sheffield | Braves | RF | 5 | Garret Anderson | Angels | LF |
| 6 | Todd Helton | Rockies | 1B | 6 | Edgar Martínez | Mariners | DH |
| 7 | Scott Rolen | Cardinals | 3B | 7 | Hideki Matsui | Yankees | CF |
| 8 | Javy López | Braves | C | 8 | Troy Glaus | Angels | 3B |
| 9 | José Vidro | Expos | 2B | 9 | Jorge Posada | Yankees | C |
| Jason Schmidt | Giants | P | Esteban Loaiza | White Sox | P | ||
Game summary
Starters Esteban Loaiza and Jason Schmidt were sharp early on, each throwing a scoreless couple of innings to start the game. In the third, Roger Clemens relieved Loaiza and threw a scoreless inning himself. Randy Wolf could not do the same, allowing Carlos Delgado to single home Ichiro Suzuki with the game's first run, and a 1-0 lead for the AL.
The lead would stand until the fifth inning, when Todd Helton gave the NL the lead with a two-run homer off Shigetoshi Hasegawa. The National League would go on to score three more runs that inning, on the strength of a two-run double from Andruw Jones and an RBI single from Albert Pujols, giving the NL a 5-1 lead.
In the sixth, Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer off Woody Williams to bring the AL back within two. Andruw Jones would get one of those runs back the next inning by hitting a solo shot off Mark Mulder. Jason Giambi got the run right back with a solo shot off Billy Wagner in the seventh.
In the eighth came Eric Gagné, who did not blow any saves in the 2003 regular season. The All-Star Game would prove to be the one blemish on his record for the year. Staked to a 6-4 lead, Gagne gave up a one-out double to Garret Anderson, who was replaced by pinch-runner Melvin Mora. Vernon Wells singled Mora home to make it a one-run game. Then Hank Blalock hit a dramatic, two-out go-ahead home run to put the AL up 7-6.
Keith Foulke came in the ninth to try and earn the save. Foulke closed the door and set the side down 1-2-3. Garret Anderson, who batted 3-4 with a double, home run and 2 RBI, was awarded the game's MVP honors, a night after winning the 2003 Home Run Derby.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| American League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Brendan Donnelly (1-0) LP: Eric Gagné (0-1) Sv: Keith Foulke (1) Home runs: NL: Todd Helton (1), Andruw Jones (1) AL: Garret Anderson (1), Jason Giambi (1), Hank Blalock (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home Run Derby
| U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago -- A.L. 47, N.L. 39 | |||||
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| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 1 | Jason Giambi | 11 | |||||||
| 4 | Albert Pujols | 14 | |||||||
| 4 | Albert Pujols | 8 | |||||||
| 2 | Garret Anderson | 9 | |||||||
| 2 | Garret Anderson | 6 | |||||||
| 3 | Jim Edmonds | 4 | |||||||
Notes
- For the first time since 1978 (Reds: Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and George Foster) an all-star team had the first three hitters from the same regular season team (Cardinals: Renteria, Edmonds, and Pujols).
- From 1997-July 1998, Jason Schmidt and Esteban Loaiza were teammates in Pittsburgh.
- The honorary captains for the game were Hall of Famers Gary Carter (N.L.) and Luis Aparicio (A.L.).
- This was Eric Gagné's only blown save of 2003, as he went a perfect 55 for 55 in save opportunities in the regular season.
- This was the first All-Star Game in which one of the managers was not the manager of the team he had taken to the World Series the year before. NL manager Dusty Baker had led the San Francisco Giants to the NL pennant in 2002, but during the offseason had left the Giants to become manager of the Chicago Cubs. Baker, and not his San Francisco replacement, Felipe Alou, still managed the team.