American League Wins All-Star Game

A T L A N T A, July 11 -- The Midsummer Classic looked a lot like the FallClassic.

In a duel they usually save for October, Derek Jeter and ChipperJones provided the pop tonight in an All-Star Game missingmost of baseball’s marquee names.

And once again, Jeter’s team won—American League 6, NationalLeague 3.

The Yankees shortstop and the Atlanta third baseman both went aperfect 3-for-3. But just like their meetings in the 1996 and 1999World Series, it was Jeter on top.

“That really is a shocker. Derek Jeter stealing all theheadlines,” Jones deadpanned. “It’s good to see no one else inthe National League can get him out, either.”

Torre: 10-1 vs. Cox in Atlanta

Same result for the managers, too, as Joe Torre won again in hismatchup against Bobby Cox. Torre is now 10-1 overall in gamesversus Cox in Atlanta.

On a humid night that needed some juice—and maybe a juicedball with the likes of Mark McGwire, Ken Griffey Jr. and MikePiazza sidelined—the AL won its fourth in a row and for the 10thtime in 13 games.

Jeter became the first Yankees player ever to win the All-StarMVP award. After the game, his bat was already headed to the Hallof Fame.

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“We played some very important big games here against theBraves, obviously in the postseason, regular season, now this gamehere,” he said.

“Our team has been successful here. Maybe we seem to focus abit more.”

Jeter hit .353 against the Braves in last year’s World Series.Last month, he tied his career high with four hits in a game atTurner Field.

Baldwin Gets the Victory

James Baldwin was the winning pitcher and Al Leiter took the loss as theAL cut its overall deficit to 40-30-1. The AL broke open the gamewith three runs in the ninth, highlighted by Matt Lawton’s single.

Jeter, starting because good friend Alex Rodriguez was injured,doubled off Randy Johnson in the first inning, then singled andscored against Kevin Brown in third. His two-run single in thefourth put the AL ahead 3-1 and came against Leiter in a reprise oflast weekend’s Subway Series.