NATIONAL LEAGUE 9, AMERICAN LEAGUE 3 IN WASHINGTON, D. C.

Date:  Wednesday, July 23.

Twins:  Rod Carew was 0-for-3.  Johnny Roseboro was 0-for-1.  Harmon Killebrew was 0-for-1.  Tony Oliva was named to the team but did not play due to injury.

AL:  Bill Freehan was 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBIs.  Frank Howard was 1-for-1 with a home run and a walk.  Sam McDowell struck out four in two perfect innings.  Dave McNally pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk and struck out one.  Ray Culp struck out two in a scoreless inning,..

NL:  Johnny Bench was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk, scoring twice.  Willie McCovey was 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs.  Cleon Jones was 2-for-4.  Bill Singer pitched two perfect innings.  Jerry Koosman pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Phil Niekro struck out two in a scoreless inning.

The game:  All the runs were scored early.  In the first, Matty Alou singled, went to second on a ground out, took third on a wild pitch, and scored on a sacrifice fly.  Bench hit a two-run homer in the second, making it 3-0.  The AL get on the board in the bottom of the second when Howard homered.

The NL scored five in the third to put the game out of reach.  McCovey hit a two-run homer, Felix Millan hit a two-run double, and Steve Carlton had an RBI double.  Freehan homered in the bottom of the third, but McCovey homered again in the fourth, making the score 9-2.  The AL got one in the bottom of the fourth on Freehan's RBI single.

And it stayed 9-3 the rest of the way.  Only once did anyone even get into scoring position, when Rico Petrocelli doubled leading off the seventh.  He remained at second base.

WP:  Carlton.  LP:  Mel Stottlemyre.  S:  Niekro.

Notes:  This game was originally scheduled for Tuesday night, but was rained out.

Stottlemyre pitched two innings and allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and no walks, striking out one.  Blue Moon Odom was responsible for the big third inning, allowing five runs (four earned) on five hits and no walks in two-thirds of an inning.  Carlton, the NL starter, allowed two runs on two hits and a walk, striking out two, in three innings.

The NL used six pitchers, with three of them pitching more than one inning.  The AL used seven pitchers, also with three of them pitching more than one inning.

All of the NL starters (except the pitcher) had three plate appearances, and all but one (Don Kessinger) had four or more.  Five of the AL starters had at least three plate appearances, with the exceptions being Frank Robinson, Frank Howard, and Bill Freehan, who each had two.

Each team had one man who played the entire game.  For the NL it was Matty Alou and for the AL it was Boog Powell.

The managers were Mayo Smith (AL) and Red Schoendienst (NL).