NL POUNDS AL IN TRULY OFFENSIVE ALL-STAR GAME
 Foster Hits 2 HRs in Rout

PHILADELPHIA, July 13 (AP) - The National League scored seven times in the first two innings and went on to an easy 16-8 victory in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Veterans Stadium.  George Foster homered in each of the first two innings and drove in four runs and was named the game's Most Valuable Player.  Foster's Cincinnati teammate, Joe Morgan, had three hits, including a home run of his own, scored three times and drove in three and Bob Watson of the Houston Astros had three hits of his own.  The two teams combined for 24 runs on 33 hits in a contest utterly unrepresentative of the play in both leagues during the first half of the regular season where low-scoring, well-pitched games have been the norm.

American League starting pitcher Jim Palmer, who has won 15 regular season contests, didn't make it out of the second inning, surrendering Foster's two-run homer in the opening frame, which followed Morgan's single and stolen base.  In the second inning, NL starter Steve Carlton singled with two outs to begin a huge uprising that didn't end until after Palmer left the game.  Pete Rose followed Carlton's safety with a walk and then Morgan deposited a fastball into the bullpen in right field for a three-run home run and a 5-0 NL lead.  Rick Monday then grounded a single into right field and Foster unloaded for the second time, driving a pitch into the left field seats for a 7-0 advantage.  Palmer was replaced by Mark Fidrych who yielded a single to Bob Watson before finally ending the inning by inducing a ground ball to second off the bat of Manny Sanguillen.

Though the AL ultimately scored eight times, the game was never remotely close from this point.  The American League finally got on the board in the third when George Brett reached on a two-out infield single, moved to second when Bobby Grich drew a free pass and scored on Hal McRae's base hit to center field.

The National League made it 9-1 in the fourth off Ken Holtzman.  Morgan led off with a single and moved to second on Lou Brock's base hit.  Pinch hitter Greg Luzinski struck out but Watson reached on an infield single to load the bases.  Pepe Mangual then lined a single to left, scoring Morgan and Brock.

Three more NL runners crossed the plate in the fifth against Frank Tanana, though all three runs were unearned.  Bill Madlock led off with a single and moved to second when third baseman Don Money couldn't handle Ken Griffey's roller.  Pinch hitter Dave Cash flied to center for the first out but Brock lined a base hit to center, scoring Madlock and advancing Griffey to third.  Pinch hitter Dick Allen flied to left but Watson slashed a double into the left field corner, scoring two more runs and giving the NL a 12-1 lead.

The rest of the game was little more than a formality.  Ralph Garr singled home Mike Hargrove, who had doubled, in the top of the sixth and the AL picked up a pair of additional runs in the seventh on a single by Lyman Bostock and a ground out off the bat of Rod Carew but the NL got two back in the bottom of the seventh on Mike Schmidt's triple and Mangual's single.

Buddy Bell singled home a run in the top of the eighth for the AL and the NL received RBI singles in the bottom half of the inning from Cash and Brock. 

The AL refused to go quietly into that good night and tallied three more consolation runs in the ninth. Carew led off with a double off Tommy John and Fred Lynn rolled a single through the box, scoring Carew.  Carlton Fisk fanned but Thurman Munson crushed a long home run to left to make the score 16-8.  NL manager Sparky Anderson used his last available player when he replaced John with J.R. Richard and Richard mercifully ended the game easily, retiring Willie Randolph and Bell on infield grounders.

Because of the lopsided nature of the game, both managers--Anderson and AL skipper Darrell Johnson--were able to use all of their players without worrying about the outcome of the game.  Every position player for both sides got at least one plate appearance.
7/13/1976, AL76-NL76, Veterans Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 AL All-Stars      0  0  1  0  0  1  2  1  3     8 14  2    11  1
1976 NL All-Stars      2  5  0  2  3  0  2  2  x    16 19  1     9  0
 
AL All-Stars         AB  R  H BI   AVG    NL All-Stars         AB  R  H BI   AVG
Brett,G           3b  2  1  1  0  .500    Rose              3b  2  1  0  0  .000
 Money            ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Sutton           p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Bell,B           ph  3  1  2  1  .667     Griffey          rf  2  2  0  0  .000
Grich             2b  2  0  0  0  .000    Morgan,J          2b  3  3  3  3 1.000
 Tanana           p   0  0  0  0  .000     Cash             ph  2  1  1  1  .500
 Dent             ss  1  1  1  0 1.000    Monday            lf  2  1  1  0  .500
McRae             lf  2  0  1  1  .500     Brock            lf  4  2  3  2  .750
 Lezcano          ph  2  0  0  0  .000     John             p   0  0  0  0  .000
Jackson,Re        cf  2  0  1  0  .500     Richard,JR       p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Bostock          cf  3  0  1  1  .333    Foster,G          rf  2  2  2  4 1.000
 Hunter           p   0  0  0  0  .000     Luzinski         ph  1  0  0  0  .000
 LaRoche          p   0  0  0  0  .000     Jones, Ra        p   0  0  0  0  .000
Staub             rf  1  0  0  0  .000     Allen            ph  3  0  0  0  .000
 Hargrove         ph  1  1  1  0 1.000    Watson            1b  3  0  3  2 1.000
 Carew            ph  2  1  1  1  .500     Seaver           p   0  0  0  0  .000
Yastrzemski       1b  1  0  0  0  .000     Schmidt          3b  1  1  1  1 1.000
 Garr             ph  2  0  1  1  .500    Sanguillen        c   2  0  0  0  .000
 Lynn             cf  2  1  1  1  .500     Mangual,P        cf  3  0  2  3  .667
Wynegar           c   1  0  0  0  .000    Maddox,G          cf  2  0  0  0  .000
 Fisk             ph  4  0  0  0  .000     Simmons          c   1  0  0  0  .000
Burleson          ss  1  0  0  0  .000     Bench            ph  2  0  0  0  .000
 Harrah           ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Hernandez,E       ss  2  0  1  0  .500
 Torrez           p   0  0  0  0  .000     Concepcion       ph  1  0  0  0  .000
 Blue             p   0  0  0  0  .000     Chaney           ph  2  0  0  0  .000
 Munson           ph  2  2  2  2 1.000    Carlton           p   1  1  1  0 1.000
Palmer            p   0  0  0  0  .000     Office           ph  1  0  0  0  .000
 Fidrych          p   1  0  0  0  .000     Madlock          3b  1  1  0  0  .000
 Rice             ph  1  0  0  0  .000     Montefusco       p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Holtzman         p   0  0  0  0  .000     Candelaria       p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Randolph         2b  3  0  1  0  .333     Parker,D         ph  1  1  1  0 1.000
                     41  8 14  8                               44 16 19 16
 
AL All-Stars                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Palmer           L               1.2  6  7  7  2  0  54  36 37.80
Fidrych                          1.1  2  0  0  0  0  25  17  0.00
Holtzman                         1.0  4  2  2  0  1  19  11 18.00
Tanana                           1.0  2  3  0  1  0  25  15  0.00
Torrez                           1.0  0  0  0  0  0  15  10  0.00
Blue                             1.0  2  2  2  1  1  18  10 18.00
Hunter                           0.1  2  2  2  1  0  14   7 54.00
LaRoche                          0.2  1  0  0  0  0   8   6  0.00
                                 8.0 19 16 13  5  2 178 112 
 
NL All-Stars                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Carlton          W               3.0  3  1  1  1  1  49  28  3.00
Sutton           H               1.0  0  0  0  2  1  16   7  0.00
Jones, Ra        H               1.0  0  0  0  0  1   9   5  0.00
Seaver           H               1.0  2  1  1  0  2  20  14  9.00
Montefusco       H               1.0  3  2  2  1  2  29  19 18.00
Candelaria                       1.0  3  1  1  1  1  26  15  9.00
John                             0.1  3  3  3  0  1  14   9 81.00
Richard,JR                       0.2  0  0  0  0  0   4   3  0.00
                                 9.0 14  8  8  5  9 167 100 
 
AL : Hargrove batted for Staub in the 4th
     Garr batted for Yastrzemski in the 4th
     Fisk batted for Wynegar in the 4th
     Harrah batted for Burleson in the 4th
     Rice batted for Fidrych in the 4th
     Hargrove moved to 1b in the 4th
     Garr moved to rf in the 4th
     Fisk moved to c in the 4th
     Harrah moved to ss in the 4th
     Money batted for Brett,G in the 5th
     Lezcano batted for McRae in the 5th
     Money moved to 3b in the 5th
     Lezcano moved to lf in the 5th
     Bostock inserted at cf in the 5th
     Randolph inserted at 2b in the 5th
     Dent inserted at ss in the 6th
     Bostock moved to rf in the 6th
     Lynn inserted at cf in the 6th
     Bell,B batted for Money in the 7th
     Carew batted for Hargrove in the 7th
     Bell,B moved to 3b in the 7th
     Carew moved to 1b in the 7th
     Munson batted for Blue in the 8th
     Munson moved to rf in the 8th
NL : Office batted for Carlton in the 3rd
     Brock inserted at lf in the 4th
     Mangual,P inserted at cf in the 4th
     Simmons inserted at c in the 4th
     Madlock inserted at 3b in the 4th
     Luzinski batted for Foster,G in the 4th
     Concepcion batted for Hernandez,E in the 4th
     Griffey inserted at rf in the 5th
     Concepcion moved to ss in the 5th
     Cash batted for Morgan,J in the 5th
     Allen batted for Jones, Ra in the 5th
     Cash moved to 2b in the 6th
     Allen moved to 1b in the 6th
     Bench batted for Simmons in the 6th
     Chaney batted for Concepcion in the 6th
     Schmidt inserted at 3b in the 7th
     Bench moved to c in the 7th
     Chaney moved to ss in the 7th
     Parker,D batted for Candelaria in the 8th
     Griffey moved to lf in the 9th
     Parker,D moved to rf in the 9th
 
E-Money, Randolph, Mangual,P. 2B-Hargrove, Carew, Watson. 
3B-Schmidt. HR-Munson, Morgan,J, Foster,G 2. RBI-McRae, 
Garr, Bostock, Lynn, Bell,B, Carew, Munson 2, 
Morgan,J 3, Foster,G 4, Watson 2, Brock 2, Mangual,P 3, 
Cash, Schmidt. SB-Jackson,Re, Morgan,J. K-Yastrzemski, Garr, 
Fisk 3, Harrah, Lezcano, Randolph, Lynn, Luzinski, Allen. BB-Grich, Hargrove, 
Harrah, Lezcano, Dent, Rose, Watson, Madlock, Griffey, Cash. 
GWRBI: Foster,G
Temperature: 90, Sky: partly cloudy, Wind: left to right at 13 MPH.
Attendance: 56,051
Game Time: 3:22