The American League is back on top.
After the National League ended a nine-year drought in the All-Star Game last year with a 3-2 win, the AL started a new streak, beating the NL, 5-3, on Tuesday night.
The NL struck first thanks to a Shohei Ohtani three-run home run, but the AL scored five unanswered runs to win the Midsummer Classic at Globe Life Field, the home of the Texas Rangers.
MLB All-Star Game MVP 2024
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran, responsible for the game-winning home run for the AL, won the Most Valuable Player award.
Best Highlights of 2024 MLB All-Star Game
It didn’t take long for the superstars to make an impact on Tuesday night.
In the bottom of the first inning, Pittsburgh Pirates rookie sensation Paul Skenes took the mound and put on a show.
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After retiring Steven Kwan and Gunnar Henderson, he walked Juan Soto, setting up the at-bat everyone wanted to see against Aaron Judge.
Skenes won the battle, getting Judge to ground out on one pitch and completing his one and only scoreless inning.
The next big highlight came in the bottom of the second inning, when Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner made the play of the night while mic’d up.
Turner made an incredible diving stop on a grounder up the middle, getting the force out at second base. His Phillies teammates Bryce Harper and Alec Bohm — also mic’d up at the same time — absolutely loved it.
In the top of the third inning, the NL got the scoring started. After back-to-back singles by NL West rivals Jurickson Profar and Ketel Marte, it was the superstar of the NL West, Shohei Ohtani, who had the biggest swing of the night for the NL.
Ohtani majestically crushed a three-run home run to deep right field, giving the NL a 3-0 lead. It was Ohtani’s first career All-Star Game home run — and the first home run by a Dodger in the Midsummer Classic since Mike Piazza in 1996.
The AL wasted no time coming back, though, as in the bottom of the third, Soto doubled in two to make it 3-2. Then, David Fry of the Cleveland Guardians scored Soto on a game-tying single.
In the top of the fifth inning, more history was made, as Oakland Athletics flamethrower Mason Miller threw the hardest pitch ever recorded in All-Star Game history in the pitch-tracking era at 103.6 mph.
Miller also struck out Ohtani, the lone time he was retired in his three plate appearances.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Jarren Duran of the Boston Red Sox had the AL’s biggest swing of the night, a two-run blast that gave them a 5-3 lead.
That ended up being the final scoring of the night, as the bullpens of each team shut things down.
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