National League Sweeps Two‑Game All‑Star Set With 6–0 Victory
Four Home Runs Provide All the Scoring; Six Pitchers Combine for Shutout
NEW YORK, July 13 — The National League completed a decisive sweep of the two‑game All‑Star series Wednesday afternoon at Yankee Stadium, overpowering the American League, 6–0, behind four home runs and airtight pitching. A crowd of 38,382 watched the National Leaguers dominate from the opening inning, repeating the power display that carried them to a 5–3 win in Kansas City two days earlier.
All six National League runs came on home runs — drives by Eddie Mathews, Willie Mays, Stan Musial, and Ken Boyer. The pitching staff, using six men, allowed only eight hits and never more than two in any inning.
Early Power Sets Tone
Whitey Ford started for the American League but was in trouble immediately. Mays opened the game with a sharp single to left, and Bob Skinner followed with another through the box. Mays stole third, though the inning ended without a run.
The second inning brought the first blow when Joe Adcock singled and Mathews drove a 3–2 pitch into the lower right‑field seats. In the third, Mays lofted a long drive into the left‑field stands, giving the National League a 3–0 lead.
Ford departed after three innings, having allowed three runs on five hits.
National League Pitching Dominates
Vern Law opened for the National League and allowed only one hit in two innings. Johnny Podres worked the next two frames, escaping a bases‑loaded jam in the third when Roger Maris popped out. Stan Williams followed with two scoreless innings, retiring the side in order in the sixth after walking Maris.
Larry Jackson pitched the seventh and yielded a pinch‑hit single to Ted Williams, who received a warm ovation in his 18th All‑Star appearance. Bill Henry worked the eighth, stopping a threat after Mickey Mantle singled and Sherm Lollar doubled. Lindy McDaniel closed the ninth with two groundouts and a final roller to first.
Musial’s Moment
The loudest cheer of the afternoon came in the seventh when Musial, pinch‑hitting, drove a pitch from Gerry Staley into the upper right‑field deck. It was Musial’s sixth All‑Star home run, extending his record in the midsummer series.
Boyer added the final runs in the ninth with a drive into the lower left‑field stands after Norm Larker walked.
American League Struggles
The American League managed eight hits but failed repeatedly with men on base. Maris stranded seven runners, and the Yankees’ contingent — Maris, Mantle, Skowron, and Berra — collected only two hits in 11 at‑bats. The Americans left 12 men on base overall.
Ron Hansen of Baltimore was the only American Leaguer with two hits.
Notes
- The shutout was the third in All‑Star history.
- Musial’s career All‑Star totals now stand at 19 hits in 57 at‑bats.
- Mays collected three hits, giving him six in the two games.
- The American League still leads the overall series, 16–13.
Courtesy of The New York Daily News July 14, 1960 via Newspapers.com