Dominican Pedro Mart?nez dedicated his win of the 70 th Major League All-Star Game to fans in the Dominican Republic. Mart?nez of the Boston Red Sox gave an impressive demonstration of why he is the Major League’s leading contender for the Cy Young award. Pedro Martinez struck out the first four batters he faced, as he lead the American League to win its third All-Star Game in a row (4 runs to 1 run) and seventh in a decade. He struck out 5 of six batters to whom he pitched in the first two innings. Martinez struck out Mark McGwire after sending Barry Larkin, Larry Walker and fellow Dominican Sammy Sosa back to the dugout in the first inning.Four different players drove in home runs for the AL in support of Martinez, who picked up the win and the MVP. Mart?nez is the dominating pitcher in the Major Leagues with 15-3 with a 2.10 earned-run average, 184 strikeouts and 24 walks prior to the All-Star Game. He has a shot at winning 30 games. For more information on the All-Star Game, see www.majorleaguebaseball.comDuring the game, today Minister of Sports Juan Marichal was honored together with Roger Clemens, Rollie Fingers, Bob Gibson and Robin Roberts. Throughout the 60s, Marichal pitched in eight All-Star Games, an ended with a 0.50 earned-run average, the best of any pitcher in the event.
