2007 All-Star Game

The Coast Guard inspects boats outside the stadium before the 2007 All-Star Game

The 2007 All-Star Game was played on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA. The American League won the seventy-eighth midsummer classic by a score of 5 to 4. The game was played in front of 43,965 fans. The unanimous MVP was Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners. Going into the game, the National League had not won the Midsummer Classic in the last eleven meetings. It was the second-longest winning run in All-Star history, second to the NL's streak from 1972-1982.

Ichiro Suzuki hit the first inside-the-park home run in All-Star Game history. The NL almost won for the second straight year - they scored two runs on an Alfonso Soriano homer against J.J. Putz and loaded the bases on three walks in the 9th, but failed to score the tying run when Aaron Rowand was retired by Francisco Rodriguez.

Suzuki was the clear star of the show, going 3 for 3 with the homer, one run and two RBI. Victor Martinez cracked a two-run homer for the AL in his lone at-bat, while Josh Beckett worked two scoreless innings. For the NL, only Takashi Saitoh and Brad Penny did not allow a hit in their inning of work. SS Jose Reyes led the offense, going 3 for 4 with a double, a steal and a run as it was a great day for leadoff hitters.

Veteran LF Barry Bonds went 0 for 2 in front of the home fans. No balls were hit into the bay, though quite a few souvenir seekers were in boats waiting for them. Chris Young, Billy Wagner and Putz were the three hurlers who allowed over a run per inning in the game.

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The Teams[edit]

American League[edit]

The American League team was led by manager Jim Leyland and coaches Ron Gardenhire and Ron Washington.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Josh Beckett	Boston Red Sox	P
Carl Crawford	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	OF
Vladimir Guerrero	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	OF	Fans' Selection
Carlos Guillen	Detroit Tigers	SS
Dan Haren	Oakland Athletics	P
Torii Hunter	Minnesota Twins	OF
Bobby Jenks	Chicago White Sox	P		did not play
Derek Jeter	New York Yankees	SS	Fans' Selection
John Lackey	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	P		did not play
Mike Lowell	Boston Red Sox	3B
Victor Martinez	Cleveland Indians	C
Gil Meche	Kansas City Royals	P		did not play
Justin Morneau	Minnesota Twins	1B
Hideki Okajima	Boston Red Sox	P	Final Man	did not play
Magglio Ordonez	Detroit Tigers	OF	Fans' Selection
David Ortiz	Boston Red Sox	1B	Fans' Selection
Jonathan Papelbon	Boston Red Sox	P
Placido Polanco	Detroit Tigers	2B	Fans' Selection
Jorge Posada	New York Yankees	C
J.J. Putz	Seattle Mariners	P
Manny Ramirez	Boston Red Sox	OF
Alexis Rios	Toronto Blue Jays	OF
Brian Roberts	Baltimore Orioles	2B
Alex Rodriguez	New York Yankees	3B	Fans' Selection
Francisco Rodriguez	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	P
Ivan Rodriguez	Detroit Tigers	C	Fans' Selection
C.C. Sabathia	Cleveland Indians	P
Johan Santana	Minnesota Twins	P
Grady Sizemore	Cleveland Indians	OF
Ichiro Suzuki	Seattle Mariners	OF	Fans' Selection
Justin Verlander	Detroit Tigers	P
Michael Young	Texas Rangers	SS		did not play

National League[edit]

The National League team was led by manager Tony LaRussa and coaches Bruce Bochy and Willie Randolph.

Player	Team	Position	Selection	Notes
Carlos Beltran	New York Mets	OF	Fans' Selection
Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	OF	Fans' Selection
Miguel Cabrera	Florida Marlins	3B
Francisco Cordero	Milwaukee Brewers	P
Prince Fielder	Milwaukee Brewers	1B	Fans' Selection
Brian Fuentes	Colorado Rockies	P		replaced due to injury
Ken Griffey, Jr.	Cincinnati Reds	OF	Fans' Selection
Cole Hamels	Philadelphia Phillies	P
J.J. Hardy	Milwaukee Brewers	SS
Trevor Hoffman	San Diego Padres	P
Matt Holliday	Colorado Rockies	OF
Orlando Hudson	Arizona Diamondbacks	2B
Carlos Lee	Houston Astros	OF
Derrek Lee	Chicago Cubs	1B
Russell Martin	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Fans' Selection
Brian McCann	Atlanta Braves	C
Roy Oswalt	Houston Astros	P		replaced Smoltz, did not play
Jake Peavy	San Diego Padres	P
Brad Penny	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Albert Pujols	St. Louis Cardinals	1B		did not play
Jose Reyes	New York Mets	SS	Fans' Selection
Aaron Rowand	Philadelphia Phillies	OF
Takashi Saito	Los Angeles Dodgers	P
Freddy Sanchez	Pittsburgh Pirates	2B
Ben Sheets	Milwaukee Brewers	P
John Smoltz	Atlanta Braves	P		replaced due to injury
Alfonso Soriano	Chicago Cubs	OF
Chase Utley	Philadelphia Phillies	2B	Fans' Selection
Jose Valverde	Arizona Diamondbacks	P		did not play
Billy Wagner	New York Mets	P
Brandon Webb	Arizona Diamondbacks	P		replaced Fuentes, did not play
David Wright	New York Mets	3B	Fans' Selection
Chris Young	San Diego Padres	P	Final Man
Dmitri Young	Washington Nationals	1B

The Game[edit]

Starting Lineups[edit]

American League			Batting Order	National League
Player	Position	Team	Batting Order	Player	Position	Team
Ichiro Suzuki	CF	Seattle Mariners	1	Jose Reyes	SS	New York Mets
Derek Jeter	SS	New York Yankees	2	Barry Bonds	LF	San Francisco Giants
David Ortiz	1B	Boston Red Sox	3	Carlos Beltran	CF	New York Mets
Alex Rodriguez	3B	New York Yankees	4	Ken Griffey	RF	Cincinnati Reds
Vladimir Guerrero	RF	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	5	David Wright	3B	New York Mets
Magglio Ordonez	LF	Detroit Tigers	6	Prince Fielder	1B	Milwaukee Brewers
Ivan Rodriguez	C	Detroit Tigers	7	Russell Martin	C	Los Angeles Dodgers
Placido Polanco	2B	Detroit Tigers	8	Chase Utley	2B	Philadelphia Phillies
Dan Haren	P	Oakland Athletics	9	Jake Peavy	P	San Diego Padres