great ceremony, prior to this game, and the ceremony for the all-stars among us and hall-of-famers, a moment for stan "the man." the job of helping to facilitate getting president barack obama into this stadium. great job by the local police force, and secret service. job well done. in what has been a great night. that's down and in. full count now on gonzalez. ryan howard is lurking. it's orlando hudson on deck, and after hudson, the pitcher's spot. howard will bat before the end of this night. >> tim: a home run to tie it is on gonzalez's mind right now. >> joe: instead, he takes a two-out walk. so that breaks the streak of 18 straight. and will bring in orlando hudson who was easily the best late

addition to any roster. made coming into 2009. ed ed, caletti, the junior, made a good decision. he's proven he's over the wrist injuries that bothered him in his careers. >> tim: he proved that sunday by homering from both sides of the plate. once from the left, once from the right in milwaukee. >> joe: the big bat of ryan howard on deck. in the eighth, 4-3, a.l. and a ground ball up the middle. that ball is off the glove of bart length. gonzalez will go to third and there's the tying run with two out. >> tim: how about this match-up coming up? st. louis ' own ryan howard coms off the end of the glove of

bartlett. jason could not pocket it. >> joe: a base hit and now the st. louis native, ryan howard, who has been a wonderful pinch-hitter. in his career. for the phillies, look at those numbers. 11 for 28, five home runs, 12 rbis, charlie manuel, his manager, told us before the game. he's been a good pinch-hitter. i've got to find the right spot and it is right here and right now. >> tim: that's right. >> joe: they are dead straightaway in the infield and outfield for ryan howard. now time is called as that will change. bartlett, switches to the other side of the second base bag. brandon sing left by himself on the left side. for the a.l.

francisco rodriguez is getting loose, just in case. howard has wonderful numbers inside this ballpark, as well. big rip. 63 games at busch stadium. a .381 average in 17 games with seven home runs. 29 rbis. >> tim: brian howard a good low ball hitter. prefers the ball out over the plate. that's why nathan, tied him up at that first football. >> joe: tying run at third. go-ahead run at first. two out, eighth inning.

heat that was up and it's 0-2. >> tim: two straight footballs above the letters. i think ryan may see that pitch again. and that's backing out of play. so you've got nathan on the mound. you've got ryan fuentes, the left-hander, closer from the angels getting loose. really, this would be a better spot for fuentes, if he wanted to use him lefty on lefty. he, being joe maddon.

instead, howard get to face the hard-throwing joe nathan. >> tim: away. >> joe: there goes hudson. the pitch is up and away, and now, that's no insignificant stolen base, a base hit. would likely give the national league their one-run lead again. >> tim: and it opens up first base to where you can just throw howard balls and see if he goes after that high fastball. >> joe: if they walk him, they don't care. back inside. 2-2.

howard steps out. very good speed. with a runner on at second base. orlando hudson. carries with him the go-ahead run. and a swing and a miss, struck him out. ryan howard, goes down on a pitch down and in, what a good block by victor martinez to keep it at the plate. and keep adrian gonzalez at third. 4-3

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>> joe: we move into the ninth inning. r brian mccann takes over behind the plate. francisco rodriguez, the closer

from the mets having a very good first half, trying to hold things together for that mets' team, especially out of the bull pen where he resides. deals and breaks the bat of brandon inge, out at first in the play by tejada. a little double clutch. out number one. and now it's time for the mercedes-benz e-class assist of the game and it was carl crawford assisting the man on the mound by keeping the game tied and robbing brad hawpe of a go-ahead home run, leading offer the bottom of the seventh. bailing out jonathan papelbon who appreciated the over r effort. one out, here is carl crawford, the man we just highlighted. he is 1-2.

third all-star game. four-time a.l. stolen base leader and a good fastball from k-rod. one ball, one strike. crawford, one of only four american league players since 1954 with 40 steals and 100 hits in the all-star break. rodriguez fooled him. strike two. in the bottom the ninth inning, the national league will send upton, hawpe and tejada, if anybody gets on werth, against mariano rivera. who has three saves in his all-star game past, and has not allowed a run in seven innings pitched. a strikeout of crawford, two out in the top of the ninth. >> tim: change-up really

perfected by k-rod last year for the los angeles angels of anaheim, when he saved 62 games. >> joe: here's morneau. justin is 0-1, lined out to third, his first time up. and a shot into left center field. back is werth, and makes the catch. stretching out in left center field. >> tim: wow. >> joe: he can play all three outfield spots. he's playing center in the all-star game. what a catch. let's go to the bottom of the ninth. you. you want friendly, but not pretentious. classic, never trendy. you want a real american beauty. (woman) are you talking about the budweiser? or me?

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and get in on the action. learn more at volunteersofamerica.org/ actionteam. >> joe: mariano rivera will take over and try and save it for the american league. he's been in seven all-star games, he's pinked seven scoreless innings, hasn't walked anybody. has three saves and tied with dennis eckersly for the most all-time in all-star game history. his kid's on the right. the pride of panama. 39 years old in his tenth all-star game. he's selected to ten teams. takes over. he's number two in the all-time saves list to trevor hoffman, but number one by a mile in post season saves with 34, e.r.a. of

0.77 and four rings. first up, justin upton. 4-3, a.l. strike one for mariano rivera. >> tim: mariano, that is his staple. catch this, in post season play, he's given up only ten runs and 117.3 innings with that. >> joe: that's just outside that great late movement that mariano rivera has featured. since he burst on to the scene setting up john wetland in the championship year of 1996. 1-1 pitch is high. 2-1. well, the national league has certainly been through heartbreak. all those years joe torre was able to hand the ball to mariano rivera for the yankees.

now in the other dugout and 2-1 is chopped short. laying back on it is bartlett and he gets the out. good play, one away. this game-changing play is brought to you by holiday inn. signs of change are everywhere. with curtis granderson showing what he can do. representing the first-place detroit tigers. a triple into left center field and he scored what is now the go-ahead run on a sac fly by young at am jones. bottom of the ninth inning, brad hawpe. .320 average. 14 home runs, 59 rbis. takes a strike. he's the one who hit the ball that was taken from over the wall by carl crawford back in the seventh. the 0-1. one ball, one strike.

the american league has won by one run, each of the last three all-star games, and that is a left-handed hitter being tied into a knot. 1-2. >> tim: i was thinking the same thing, joe, if there's anything that personifies mariano rivera was that last pitch to left-handed batters. the inability to hold up when you go too far. if you do make contact, you break your bat. >> joe: hawpe set up, in 1-2. there's that pitch out of the way of it. two balls, two strikes. >> tim: that pitch is relentless. >> joe: now a 2-2.

a broken bat, another one for the pile. fouled off to the left. brad hawpe in his first all-star game. .280 hitter into this season. very good defensive outfielder on the 2000 college world series with lsu, has the most rbis in the big leagues by right fielder over the last two and a half years. he's popped 14 home runs this season. 2-2 pitch. got him on the outside corner, two away. >> tim: that's the thing about rivera. inside, inside, inside. five times, now he paints away. how do you come up with that? >> joe: a perfect pitch. >> tim: yeah, he makes a lot of them. >> joe: now tejada. former all-star game mvp.

playing in his sixth all-star game. mvp in '05. a.l.mvp in '02. hit the ball deep, but caught in right. his first time up. ball one. jayson werth on deck, tejada trying to extend this all-star game. one ball, one strike.

bases empty, and a little fly ball into right field. could end it. shallow right, and the catch is made by zobrist in the american league has won again. a final of 4-3 here in st. louis. and now the national league has not won over the last 13 all-star games. and it's rivera with a record-setting fourth all-star game save. >> tim: joe maddon telling us before the game that seventh, eighth and ninth inning, it will be papelbon, nathan and rivera. that's how it played out. >> joe: we also talked about how it will be pitching and defense coming into this game. we saw a lot of both. the catch by draufrd fr crawford in left. the pitching up and down. really each side. and that dramatic eighth inning battle between joe nathan and ryan howard who was the pitching of joe nathan, that won that battle, as he struck out howard on a pitch down and in.

>> tim: only two base runners for the national league over the last seven innings. man, what a job. >> joe: so a game that lasted just 2:31, the winner is papelbon, who got a couple of loud outs, pitched a scoreless inning, the loser is heath bell. the save, the record-setting fourth in all-star game history for mariano rivera. we've seen a lot of those looks after games from number 42 of the new york yankees. 4-3 is the final. a.l. wins again. hmmm... well... naaa... yeah!

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>> joe: and welcome to the taco bell all-star postgame show here on fox. final score in what is the shortest game in time, 2:31, shortest since 1988. final, 4-3, american league wins again and we go down to the

field fort mvp award to chris rose. >> chris: all right, joe, thank you very much. it is time to present the ted williams all-star game mvp trophy presented by chevrolet. for that i turn the honors over to the commissioner of baseball mr. bud selig. >> thank you very much. carl it's my pleasure to present the ted williams 2009 most valuable player award you to. you made a game-saving catch, an absolutely remarkable play, but a play you make with great consistency. also threw 1, 2, 3. congratulations, carl on this richly deserved award. >> thanks a lot. you know, you guys really caught me by surprise tonight. i'm really excited about it. i'm just glad we won tonight. >> chris: you know you play so many different facets of baseball. in the batter's box, and today with your glove. obviously that was a game-saving

catch. >> that's part of my game playing defense. you can bring it out to the field every day. you want to contribute any way you can. >> chris: previous two all-star game appearances you're flying solo representing tampa bay. what does it mean to have four teammates, whole coaching staff and manager in the tugout for this? >> it means a lot. mains me more comfortable. you go back to tampa, it's good for the organization, made me feel good about it. i'm just happy i was able to share this with my teammates. >> chris: i got to imagine it's pretty cool meeting the president of the united states of america on top of everything? >> yes, that was cool. i was able to get an autograph from president obama. it was nice to meet the president. >> chris: congratulations. all-star game mvp precip yant. joe buck, back on up you to. >> joe: thank you, chris, and congratulations to carl crawford. we'll come back with more interviews and more to wrap up

our night. a good one, well-pitched ball game. 4-3 a.l. wins it as we continue after this.

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