Gooden to Start for National League; Old-Timers Play to Tie in Cincinnati

Dwight Gooden of the New York Mets will start Tuesday’s All-Star game for the National League, Manager Whitey Herzog of the St. Louis Cardinals said Sunday.

American League Manager Tom Kelly of Minnesota said he would not announce his choice until today, but he is expected to be leaning to the Twins’ Frank Viola.

“I can tell you right now Gooden’s going to be it,” Herzog said after the Cardinals lost to the Giants, 2-1. “I’ll announce it in Cincinnati (today). It probably would have been (Chicago’s Greg) Maddux, but he pitched (Sunday).”

Gooden, 11-5 with a 3.04 earned-run average, was the loser of the 1986 All-Star game.

Bill Freehan singled in two runs off Bob Gibson in the bottom of the fourth inning to give the American League old-timers a 2-2 tie with the National League Sunday in the Cincinnati Reds’ annual All-Star game.

The game was played at Riverfront Stadium in 95-degree heat before the Reds’ game against the Philadelphia Phillies.

The old-timers were cautioned by doctors before the game to watch for signs of heat stress.