11th annual All-Star Game
American League 5, National League 3
A game-by-game countdown to the 87th All-Star Game, July 12 at Petco Park, from the first All-Star Game in Chicago to the 2015 contest in Cincinnati.
July 13, 1943, Shibe Park, Philadelphia
Starting pitchers: Mort Cooper, Cardinals; Dutch Leonard, Senators.
Managers: Billy Southworth, Cardinals; Joe McCarthy, Yankees.
Highlight: NL starter Mort Cooper of St. Louis was hit hard in his 2 1/3 innings, allowing four of the AL’s five runs. The big blow was by Boston’s Bobby Doerr, who hit a three-run homer in the second inning.