MILWAUKEE -- Just like the World Series, Byung-Hyun Kim couldn't protect a lead with the baseball world watching.

	Byung-Hyun Kim has had problems getting outs in the World Series and All-Star Game.

Only this time it didn't matter, because no one won the All-Star Game.

Kim gave up Paul Konerko's go-ahead, two-run double in the seventh inning Tuesday night before the National League and AL played to a 7-7 tie when both teams ran out of pitchers.

``This is the All-Star Game, not the World Series,'' Diamondbacks catcher Damian Miller said. ``He gave up some runs, so what?''

While this game lacked the importance of Kim's Series meltdown against the New York Yankees, it was the first time he was back on the national stage since he was bent over in agony on the Yankee Stadium mound after blowing his second straight game.

This time, Kim came in with a 5-3 lead and a runner on first base. Randy Winn stole second against the slow-delivering Kim. Tony Batista made it a one-run game with a single to left field.

After Miguel Tejada lined a single to center field, Konerko hit a drive off the wall in left-center to give the AL a 6-5 lead.

``He left some pitches over the plate,'' Miller said. ``It's not the first time he gave up runs and it won't be the last.''

Kim had his head down as he walked back to the mound after backing up the plate. He recovered to retire A.J. Pierzynski to end the inning.

Kim walked slowly back to the dugout and had a half-smile on his face as he accepted pats on the back from his coaches and walked to the clubhouse.

``This is totally different,'' Kim said through an interpreter. ``My mind was really kind of empty. I had nothing to worry about.''

While Kim had to wait until Luis Gonzalez's Series-ending single to be bailed out following his failures in Games 4 and 5, the NL immediately rallied to get Kim off the hook.

Miller hit a key double in the inning that set up Lance Berkman's go-ahead, two-run single.

The AL tied the game in the eighth inning before the game ended after the 11th inning to a chorus of boos from the dissatisfied crowd.

Earlier this season, Kim said he still relives the two-out, game-tying home run he gave up to Tino Martinez in the ninth inning of Game 4; the game-winning homer he allowed to Derek Jeter moments later; and the game-tying, two-out ninth inning shot by Scott Brosius in Game 5.

``That was the hardest time I've ever faced in my life,'' he said at the time.

But unlike other players who gave up memorable postseason homers, Kim hasn't lost his ability to pitch.

With a baffling array of sidearm pitches that makes him one of the toughest pitchers in the league to hit, Kim is 3-1 with a 2.34 ERA and 22 saves this season. Kim has held hitters to just a .194 batting average this season.

For some reason, that dominance just hasn't carried over to the times everyone is watching.