2004 AAA All-Star Game
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International League 4 vs. Pacific Coast League 3
- Duration: 10 Innings
- Host: Pawtucket Red Sox
- Site: McCoy Stadium, At Pawtucket, RI
- Date: July 14, 2004
- Attendance: 11,192
- "Stars of the Game" Winners: Midre Cummings (Durham, IL); Danny Haren (Memphis, PCL)
- Dodge MVP: Andy Phillips (Columbus, IL)
Game Recap
Columbus' Andy Phillips hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning, sending the International League to a dramatic 4-3 win over the PCL Stars in the 2004 All-Star Game at Pawtucket's McCoy Stadium. In a rare sight in New England, Phillips, a New York Yankees' farmhand, had the pro-Red Sox faithful on their feet as he blasted a dramatic home run to center field, preventing the first All-Star tie. The PCL club jumped out to an early lead in the first inning as Trenidad Hubbard (Iowa) and Larry Sutton (Albuquerque) scored on consecutive singles by Omaha's Calvin Pickering and Memphis' John Gall. The IL Stars were hitless through the first three frames but evened the score in the bottom of the fourth as Toledo's Joe Vitiello drove in Rochester's Justin Morneau with a homer to left. The teams remained tied until the eighth inning when Durham's Midre Cummings' solo homer gave the IL the lead. Cummings had made the defense play of the game a half inning earlier - robbing Colorado Springs' Erick Almonte of a home run with a spectacular catch. Pickering singled to lead off the ninth and came around to score on a passed ball (following a walk to Salt Lake's Adam Riggs and a single by Oklahoma's Peter Zoccolillo), tying the game at 3-3. The IL couldn't answer in the bottom of the ninth, sending a Triple-A All-Star Game to extra frames for the first time, and setting up Phillips' heroics. The Clippers' Phillips was named the Dodge Most Valuable Player while Cummings earned IL "Star of the Game" honors. Memphis pitcher Dan Haren, who held the IL hitless through the first two innings, was named PCL "Star of the Game".
