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44th All-Star Game: Last hurrah for Mays in NL win

National League 7, American League 1

July 24, 1973, Royals Stadium, Kansas City

Starting pitchers: Rick Wise, Cardinals; Catfish Hunter, A’s.

Managers: Sparky Anderson, Reds; Dick Williams, A’s.

MVP: Bobby Bonds, Giants.

Highlight: The AL took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but it was all NL from there. In the third, Cesar Cedeno and Hank Aaron had RBI singles to give the NL a 2-1 lead. Then they went to the long ball. Johnny Bench homered leading off the fourth, Bonds added a two-run homer in the fifth and Willie Davis closed out the scoring with a two-run homer in the sixth.