On July 12, 1949TheĀ National LeagueĀ commits fiveĀ errors, allowing theĀ American LeagueĀ to record an 11 ā 7 triumph in theĀ All-Star GameĀ atĀ Ebbets Field. The contest marks the first appearance of black players in anĀ All-Star Game:Ā Jackie Robinson,Ā Roy CampanellaĀ andĀ Don NewcombeĀ in the NL lineup, andĀ Larry DobyĀ among the AL stars.
Robinson congratulates Stan Musial after his homerun in the 1949 All Star Game at Ebbets Field.
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Recap ā The starting pitchers were Mel Parnell of the Boston Red Sox for the AL, and Warren Spahn of the Boston Braves for the NL.
The AL opened a high scoring game in the top of the 1st inning; with a man on first (who reached on an error) and two outs, a sequence of single-walk-single-error-single pushed across 4 runs. The NL got 2 runs back in the bottom of the inning, with a double from Jackie Robinson followed by a home run by Stan Musial. In the bottom of the 2nd, the NL cut the ALās lead to 4ā3; with bases loaded and no outs, Don Newcombe hit a lineout to left field that Willard Marshall scored on, but the NL was unable to score more as the next batter grounded into a double play. The NL then pulled ahead 5ā4 by scoring twice in the bottom of the third, on two walks and three singles during the inning.
The AL pulled back ahead 6ā5 in the top of the 4th inning; with men on second and third with two out, Eddie Joost hit a single to score both runners. The ALās lead was extended to 8ā5 in the top of the 6th inning; with runners on first and third with one out, Joe DiMaggio drove in both men with a double. Ralph Kiner of the NL hit a two run home run in the bottom of the 6th inning, which cut the AL lead to 8ā7. The AL extended their lead in the top of the 7th inning; with a man on second and two out, a sequence of single-single-double scored three runs. That brought the AL lead to 11ā7, and completed the scoring for the game.
The game wasnāt crisp defensively, as there were six errors, five of them by the NL. All four of the ALās runs in the first inning were unearned.
Detroit Tigers pitcher Virgil Trucks got the win, and Vic Raschi of the New York Yankees earned a save, while the Brooklyn Dodgersā Don Newcombe took the loss.
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