1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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| Date | July 12, 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Riverfront Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Cincinnati, Ohio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Terry Steinbach (OAK) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 55,837 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | Vice President George H. W. Bush | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Al Michaels, Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Brent Musburger, Jerry Coleman and Johnny Bench | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1988 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 59th playing of the "Midsummer Classic" between
Cincinnati, Ohio, the home of the NL's Cincinnati Reds
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The game resulted in the AL defeating the NL 2-1. Terry Steinbach, a catcher for the AL's Oakland Athletics, won the All-Star game's most valuable player award. Steinbach was credited with both of the AL's two runs in the game. Frank Viola of the Minnesota Twins was the winning pitcher.
This was Cincinnati's fourth time hosting, tying the Reds with the
Great American Ballpark
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All-Star rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the
National Baseball Hall of Fame
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All-Star Game
Coaching staff
| Description | AL | NL |
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| Managers | Tom Kelly | Whitey Herzog |
| Coaches | Tom Trebelhorn | Roger Craig |
| Coaches | Bobby Valentine | Buck Rodgers |
| Honorary Captains | Bobby Doerr | Willie Stargell |
Umpires
| Home Plate | Frank Pulli (NL) |
| First Base | Larry Barnett (AL) |
| Second Base | Terry Tata (NL) |
| Third Base | Dale Ford (AL) |
| Left field | Randy Marsh (NL) |
| Right field | Dan Morrison (AL) |
Starting lineups
| American League | National League | ||||||
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| Order | Player | Team | Position | Order | Player | Team | Position |
| 1 | Rickey Henderson | Yankees | CF | 1 | Vince Coleman | Cardinals | LF |
| 2 | Paul Molitor | Brewers | 2B |
2 | Ryne Sandberg | Cubs | 2B
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| 3 | Wade Boggs | Red Sox | 3B | 3 | Andre Dawson | Cubs | CF |
| 4 | José Canseco |
Athletics | LF | 4 | Darryl Strawberry | Mets | RF |
| 5 | Dave Winfield | Yankees | RF | 5 | Bobby Bonilla | Pirates | 3B |
| 6 | Cal Ripken Jr. | Orioles | SS | 6 | Will Clark | Giants | 1B |
| 7 | Mark McGwire | Athletics | 1B | 7 | Gary Carter | Mets | C |
| 8 | Terry Steinbach | Athletics | C | 8 | Ozzie Smith | Cardinals | SS |
| 9 | Frank Viola | Twins | P | 9 | Dwight Gooden | Mets | P |
Game summary
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| American League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Frank Viola (1-0) LP: Dwight Gooden (0-1) Sv: Dennis Eckersley (1) Home runs: AL: Terry Steinbach (1) NL: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||