For the third time in its seven game history, the All-Star game finished with a 4-1 score. The American League has now won two of those three games.
The AL struck early. After Rod Carew and Sal Bando grounded out, Carl Yastrzemski and Dick Allen lashed back-to-back doubles to give the AL a lead it never relinquished. The AL threatened again in the second. Johnny Briggs led off with a walk but was erased when Thurmon Munson hit into a double play. Larry Bowa then got the AL’s third double of the game. Going for the early kill, Hal McRae pinched hit for starter Luis Tiant and drew a walk. Don Gullett got Carew to ground out again to escape the inning. The NL got their first threat going in the 3rd when they sandwiched two singles between Bart Johnson striking out the side.
The AL broke it open (such as could be in a 4-1 game) with a 2 out rally in the fourth. Munson and Bowa singled and then pinch hitter Gene Tenace walked to load the bases. Rod Carew was not about to strand more runners as he laced a Jim Perry pitch into right field for a 2 run single and a 3-0 lead. Andy Messersmith came on to get Sal Bando and prevent further damage. The NL would get a man in scoring position in the fifth when Joe Morgan singled and Bill Russell walked, but Bill Buckner flew out to end the threat.
The NL finally get on the board in the sixth, thanks to hometown players. Richie Hebner led off with a single and scored on a Willie Stargell double. The next 3 batters made outs to end the NL inning. After the AL went down 1-2-3, the NL quickly threatened again. Elliott Maddox led off with a double and moved to third on a flyout but was stranded as Russell popped out and Buckner grounded out. The NL threatened yet again in the 8th. Hebner led off with another single and Lou Brock walked. Cesar Geronimo sacrificed them up a base but Dave Rader struck out. Tom House was brough on to hit and flied out to end the inning.
Don Wilson came on in the ninth as the third Cincinnati pitcher used and he became the third Reds pitcher to surrender runs in the game. With 2 out and nobody on, Bob Watson singled and scored on a Bobby Grich double. Tom Seaver then came on to get George Brett to pop out to end the inning. The NL went down quietly in the ninth, with Ken Forsch and Mike Marshall getting 3 flyball outs. Kansas City ss Larry Bowa was named the games MVP for his 2-2 performance.
The NL leads the overall series 4-3 and the home team has a 4-3 advantage as well.
BOXSCORE: 1974 American League All-Stars At 1974 National League Al 4/23/1974 AL All-Stars AB R H RBI AVG NL All-Stars AB R H RBI AVG R.Carew 2B 3 0 1 2 .333 J.Morgan 2B 3 0 1 0 .333 O-B.Grich PH,2B 2 0 1 1 .500 J-D.Cash 2B 2 0 0 0 .000 S.Bando 3B 3 0 0 0 .000 R.Smith RF 2 0 1 0 .500 P-G.Brett PH,3B 2 0 0 0 .000 A.Messersmith P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Yastrzemski LF 4 1 1 0 .250 B.Blyleven P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Allen 1B 3 0 1 1 .333 I-B.Russell PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .000 C.Hunter P 0 0 0 0 ---- S.Garvey 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Fingers P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-B.Buckner 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 R-D.Baylor PH 1 0 0 0 .000 M.Schmidt 3B 2 0 0 0 .000 S.Lyle P 0 0 0 0 ---- M-R.Hebner PH,3B 2 1 2 01.000 K.Forsch P 0 0 0 0 ---- W.Stargell LF 3 0 1 1 .333 M.Marshall P 0 0 0 0 ---- Q-L.Brock LF 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Jackson RF 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Wynn CF 1 0 1 01.000 H-G.Gross PH,RF 2 0 1 0 .500 G-C.Geronimo PH,CF 2 0 1 0 .500 J.Briggs CF 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Bench C 2 0 0 0 .000 D-B.McBride PH,CF 3 0 0 0 .000 N-D.Rader PH,C 2 0 0 0 .000 T.Munson C 4 1 1 0 .250 D.Concepcion SS 2 0 0 0 .000 L.Bowa SS 2 1 2 01.000 K.Brett P 1 0 0 0 .000 K-D.Kessinger PH,SS 2 0 0 0 .000 R.Folkers P 0 0 0 0 ---- L.Tiant P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Murray P 0 0 0 0 ---- A-H.McRae PH 0 0 0 0 ---- S-T.House PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Wilson P 0 0 0 0 ---- E-G.Tenace PH 0 0 0 0 ---- T.Seaver P 0 0 0 0 ---- F.Jenkins P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Gullett P 0 0 0 0 ---- V.Blue P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Perry P 0 0 0 0 ---- L-B.Watson 1B 2 1 1 0 .500 B-R.Garr PH 1 0 1 01.000 J.Perry P 0 0 0 0 ---- F-E.Maddox RF 3 0 1 0 .333 -- -- -- --- -- -- -- --- Totals 35 4 9 4 Totals 35 1 9 1 A-Pinch Hit For Tiant In 2nd Inning B-Pinch Hit For Perry In 3rd Inning C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Garvey In 4th Inning D-Pinch Hit For Briggs In 4th Inning E-Pinch Hit For Johnson In 4th Inning F-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Perry In 4th Inning G-Pinch Hit For Wynn In 4th Inning H-Pinch Hit For Jackson In 5th Inning I-Pinch Hit For Blyleven In 5th Inning J-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Morgan In 6th Inning K-Pinch Hit For Bowa In 6th Inning L-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Blue In 6th Inning M-Pinch Hit For Schmidt In 6th Inning N-Pinch Hit For Bench In 6th Inning O-Pinch Hit For Carew In 7th Inning P-Pinch Hit For Bando In 7th Inning Q-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Stargell In 8th Inning R-Pinch Hit For Fingers In 8th Inning S-Pinch Hit For Murray In 8th Inning AL All-Stars....... 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 0 NL All-Stars....... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 9 0 AL All-Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET L.Tiant 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.00 A1 A3 B.Johnson WIN(1-0) 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 30 0.00 A4 B3 F.Jenkins HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 15 0.00 B4 B7 V.Blue HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 0.00 B8 C3 C.Hunter HOLD(1st) 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 17 9.00 C4 C8 R.Fingers HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 C9 D3 S.Lyle HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 23 0.00 D4 D8 K.Forsch 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 D9 E1 M.Marshall 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 E2 Totals 9 9 1 1 2 6 0 NL All-Stars IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET D.Gullett LOSS(0-1) 2 3 1 1 2 1 0 40 4.50 A1 B1 G.Perry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.00 B2 B4 J.Perry 0 2/3 3 2 2 1 0 0 26 27.00 B5 C1 A.Messersmit 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 C2 C2 B.Blyleven 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 0.00 C3 C5 K.Brett 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 C6 C8 R.Folkers 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0.00 C9 D2 D.Murray 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 10 0.00 D3 D6 D.Wilson 0 2/3 2 1 1 0 1 0 12 13.50 D7 E1 T.Seaver 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 E2 Totals 9 9 4 4 3 6 0 ATTENDANCE- 44,356 DATE- Tuesday, April 23rd 1974 TIME- Night T- 2:55 LEFT ON BASE- AL All-Stars: 7 NL All-Stars:10 DOUBLE PLAYS- AL All-Stars: 0 NL All-Stars: 1 DOUBLES- B.Grich(1st), C.Yastrzemski(1st), D.Allen(1st), L.Bowa(1st), W.Stargell(1st), E.Maddox(1st) SACRIFICE HITS- C.Geronimo WALKS- J.Briggs, H.McRae, G.Tenace, B.Russell, L.Brock STRIKE OUTS- G.Brett, D.Baylor, R.Jackson, G.Gross, T.Munson, B.Watson, J.Morgan, S.Garvey, J.Bench, D.Rader, D.Concepcion, K.Brett GIDP- T.Munson The American League team defeated the National League ballclub by a score of 4 to 1 at THREE RIVERS STADIUM. Bart Johnson(1-0) got the win with a steady relief outing. He surrendered 3 hits and no walks in 2 innings. American League and National League each finished the night with 9 hits. Don Gullett(0-1) absorbed the loss. He gave up 1 run and 3 hits in 2 innings. SCORESHEET: 1974 American League All-Stars at 1974 National League All-Stars R.Carew-A1 A1:G/63 B1:G/53 C1:Si>3# D1:G/53 E1:Do>1# B.Grich-D1 2# 12 S.Bando-A1 A2:G/63 *3*:F/8 C2:G/53 D2:K E2:P/5 G.Brett-D2 C.Yastrz-A1 A3:Do B3:P/5 *5*:L/4 *8*:L/4 D.Allen-A1 A4:Do>2# B4:G/43 C4:F/7 D4:K C.Hunter-C9 R.Finger-D3+ R.Jackso-A1 A5:K *4*:L/5 C5:K D5:Si G.Gross-C5 J.Briggs-A1 *2*:W>b1 B6:L/5 *6*:F/8 D6:G/53 B.McBrid-B6 T.Munson-A1 A7:G-DP/5 B7:Si C7:FO/2 *9*:K 43>1o L.Bowa-A1 A8:Do B8:Si>12 C8:L/4 D8:P/6 D.Kessin-C8 L.Tiant-A1 A9:W>b1 B9:W>23 1 *7*:K D9:Si H.McRae-A9 2 b1 B.Johnso-B2+ J.Morgan-A1 A1:G/53 B1:K C1:Si D1:F/8>23 E1:F/7 D.Cash-C4 R.Smith-A1 A2:G/3 B2:Si>13 C2:W>12 b D2:P/5 E2:F/7 A.Messer-B4 1 B.Blylev-B8+ S.Garvey-A1 A3:G/63 B3:K C3:F/9 D3:G/43 B.Buckne-B4 M.Schmid-A1 *2*:L/6 *4*:F/9 *6*:Si *8*:Si R.Hebner-C4 W.Starge-A1 A5:F/9 B5:L/4 C5:Do>1# D5:W>12 b L.Brock-D4 1 J.Wynn-A1 A6:Si B6:Si C6:F/9 D6:Sac/34 C.Geroni-B6 >23 12 J.Bench-A1 A7:G/63 B7:K C7:G/3>23 D7:K D.Rader-C7 D.Concep-A1 *3*:K *5*:FO/2 C8:K D8:F/8 K.Brett-C4 R.Folker-C9+ D.Gullet-A1 A9:Si B9:G/63 *7*:Do *9*:F/8 G.Perry-A8 R.Garr-A9+