AL wins in 15, Drew named MVP
New York. Yesterday at Yankee Stadium the best players from both the AL and the NL came together. Teams like the Yankees and Red sox forgot there rivvalry’s and came together. After the 45 minute opening ceromoney the game finnaly began. The first four innings were scorless. After the first four scorless innings the NL finnaly got on the board with a Matt Holliday solo homer. Then in the sixth , Berkman scraficed to center, brinnging Ramerez home from third. But in the seventh the AL came back with JD. Drew’s two-run homerun. In the eighth the NL took back the lead with Gonzalazes scrafice fly that brang ex-oriole now Astro, Miguel Tejada home. THe AL came back again in the bottom of the eighth with Sizemore’s run off of Longoria’s double. After a scoreless top of the ninth, Ryan Dempster came on and struck out three in a row. In the bottom of the tenth the AL got the bases loaded with 0 outs, after Uggla’s two strait errors. Got out three strait times to end the innings. The AL had another chance in the eleveth, but got out on an amazing play at home by catcher Russle Martin. In the top of the twevth the NL loaded the bsases with one out. After Soria struck out Uggla, the O’s George Sherril came on and struck out Gonzales to end the inning. In the twevth for the AL. There were runners at second and third, but the Rangers Ian Kinsler grounded out. In the 13th the AL had JD Drew on second with two away, but Carlos Quinton struck out. Both teams went 1-2-3 in the fourteenth. In the 15th NL got Wright on base with a walk, couldnt get him home. Bottom of the fifteenth, I thought this game would never end. But the AL was able to load the bases with one out, but un like last time they didnt get out. With one out in the bottom of the 15th Mike Young sacraficed flied, and brang home Mourneu for the win. This game was the longest game in All-star history. At the end JD drew was named MVP with his two-run homer that kept the AL alive. Also, Dan Uggla’s 3 error’s were the most ever error’s by one player in the All-star game. So, i was right, AL did win. But I didn’t expect the game to go to 15. This was the AL’s thirteenth strait All-star game win.
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