
The hometown crowd is well aware of his pending free agency this offseason. He drew the biggest cheers outside of Seattle’s three representatives during introductions, and he was serenaded with chants of “Come to Seattle” when he was at the plate. The Angels star had an uneventful night with a strikeout and walk as the designated hitter. The All-Star Game was missing some big names with Mike Trout and Aaron Judge out with injuries, but it still had Shohei Ohtani. There were 20 combined strikeouts, including Camilo Doval silencing the home crowd with a strikeout of Rodríguez in the seventh inning where four of the five pitches topped 100 mph. He needed a pair of spectacular leaping catches from Adolis García and Randy Arozarena near the wall to escape the first inning unscathed. Gerrit Cole became the first New York Yankees pitcher to start the All-Star Game since Roger Clemens in that 2001 game. said goodbye to the All-Star stage and Tommy Lasorda took a tumble.

The All-Star Game returned to the Emerald City for the first time since 2001 when the Mariners were in the middle of their magical 116-win regular season, Cal Ripken Jr. appeared to tie the game again in the seventh when his shot down the left-field line was originally ruled a homer but was overturned as a foul ball on replay. Martinez doubled and scored on Luis Arraez’s single in the fourth against Seattle’s George Kirby, tying it at 1. Yandy Díaz hit a solo homer in the second inning and Bo Bichette’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning gave the AL a 2-1 lead. Kimbrel also pitched in the previous NL win, recording two outs in 2012. Kimbrel recovered to strike out José Ramírez to end it. Wander Franco flied out to the warning track leading off against Philadelphia closer Craig Kimbrel, who issued two-out walks to Kyle Tucker and Seattle star Julio Rodríguez. “Being in the ASG for me is amazing.”įor most of the night, the All-Star Game was a pitchers’ duel highlighted by a couple big hits and some excellent defense. “This means a lot to me, to my family,” he said. He has nine homers this season, but hadn’t hit a long ball since June 23 against the Los Angeles Angels.

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Toronto closer Jordan Romano leaves All-Star Game with back tightness Díaz was the lone representative for Colorado in his first All-Star Game appearance. Díaz, who was non-tendered by the Pirates at the end of 2019, drove a 2-2 pitch from Baltimore’s hard-throwing closer deep to left to put the NL in front.
