Sammy Sosa hit a broken-bat RBI single off Mulder in the first. By then, the teams had combined for more runs than in the other two All-Star games played in Houston, both at the Astrodome -- Willie Mays scored in a 1-0 win for the NL in 1968, then Clemens pitched the AL to a 3-2 victory in 1986.
This was Clemens' ninth appearance in the All-Star game, a record for pitchers. But instead of the fastballing 23-year-old who threw three hitless innings in 1986, he was lost from the time Suzuki doubled on the third pitch of the night.
Jack McKeon, at 73 the oldest manager in All-Star history, got his last glimmer of hope in the fourth when the NL rallied for three runs.
Edgar Renteria hit an RBI double and St. Louis teammate Luis Pujols hit a two-run double off C.C. Sabathia to make it 7-4.
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