1999 Major League Baseball All Star Game

Date
Tue 13th July 1999 (UTC)
Tue 13th July 1999 (Local)

Timestamp
1999-07-13T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (20:00:00 Local)

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League
Baseball All-Star Games

Season
1999

Round
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Status
Match Finished

Location
Fenway Park
(34,187 Attendance)

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he 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 70th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 13, 1999, at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the home of the Boston Red Sox of the American League.

In two innings, AL starting pitcher Pedro Martínez struck out the first four batters of the National League, becoming the first pitcher in history to begin the All-Star Game striking out the side. In all he struck out five of the six batters he faced, earning him Game MVP honors, becoming the second player in All-Star Game history to be named MVP as a member of the host team. The game resulted in a win for the American League by the final score of 4-1.