No. 8: Lowell, Castillo and the game that ended in a tie

Year: 2002 at Miller Park, Milwaukee Result: NL 7, AL 7 (called after 11 innings) Notable: The 73rd All-Star Game is remembered as a black eye for baseball after Commissioner Bud Selig, presiding in his hometown stadium, had to halt play and declare a tie because both teams had run out of players. Mike Lowell, the Marlins’ third baseman, came off the bench to go 2-for-3 with a run scored.

How it happened: Lowell, who along with Marlins second baseman Luis Castillo, was playing in his first All-Star Game, was a spectator until the seventh inning. He led off the bottom of the inning as a pinch-hitter and singled to left on a 1-2 count off Seattle Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki. Lowell moved to third on a double by Damian Miller and scored on Lance Berkman’s two-run single that put the NL ahead 7-6. It didn’t hold up as the AL tied in in the top of the eighth and the game dragged into extra innings. Before the bottom of the 11th, Selig conferred with the managers and determined that would be the final inning. Standing on deck during the discussion were the two Marlins, Lowell and Castillo. Castillo, playing for the first time in front of his 8-month-old son, Luis Angelo, had entered the game in the eighth inning. He led off the 11th with a fly out to center field. That brought up Lowell, who kept alive hopes that the game would have a resolution by grounding another single through the hole at shortstop off Freddy Garcia. A wild pitch moved him into scoring position. But Garcia struck Vicente Padilla swinging and got Benito Santiago, who had been an original Marlin, looking at strike three. That was it, as the teams departed while some fans chanted “Bud sucks” and others tossed beer bottles and seat cushions onto the field. With no winner in the game, there was no Most Valuable Player award presented, which had been renamed for Ted Williams, who died the previous week. “It’s very regrettable and very sad,” Selig said. “At the end, frankly, I had no alternative, and there is absolutely no one to blame.” PREVIOUSLY IN THE COUNTDOWN: No. 10: Dontrelle Willis gets left out in Chicago No. 9: Hanley Ramirez’s strong All-Star start

JOHN ZICH/AFP Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, center, talks to umpires Jerry Davis, right, and Tim Tschida about calling the game in the 11th inning as Luis Castillo of the Florida Marlins stands on deck.