The American League has won the 89th MLB All-Star Game in Washington/D.C. 8:6. After a spectacular pitcher duel over large parts of the game, the offensives took over late and fought a remarkable exchange of blows, which only found a winner in the tenth inning.
Max Scherzer from the local Washington Nationals opened the All-Star Game in Nationals Park brilliantly with three strikeouts. He then pitched a second inning and paid dearly for it: Aaron Judge from the New York Yankees brought the American League into the bull’s eye with a home run. Shortly afterwards, superstar Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels raised to 2-1 before Willson Contreras of the Chicago Cubs also scored a 2-1 home run.
Afterwards, both bullpens dominated almost at will. It then took until the seventh inning before Trevor Story (Colorado Rockies) made up for it with another 2-2 solo shot in the seventh inning. The American League then shook briefly and took the lead again with a 3-run shot by Jean Segura. Christian Yelich immediately shortened with a solo shot to 3:5, before Scooter Gennett evened out in the ninth inning per 2-Run-Homer.
As the teams gradually ran out of pitcher, the shock was great: It went in Extra Innings. But the two Houston Astros, Alex Bregman and George Springer, quickly beat back-to-back Homuns and put the AL back on the winning track once again. Joey Votto closes the game – of course also by home run.
The All-Star Game is traditionally a prime example of the so-called “bullpening”, i.e. the consistent and aggressive use of numerous pitcher in a game. And in the All-Star Game the best of the best compete, which makes it so difficult for batters today, because almost everyone throws really hard. In this respect, it was only a question of who ultimately makes more mistakes.
It was very rare in this game for a team to set up a coherent offense. But in the eighth inning the time had come: Against Brewers pitcher Josh Hader Chin-Soo Choo and George Springer Singles made it to the record before Segura came out. And he finally hammered a 3-run homun over the wall in Left Field. Previously, First Baseman Joey Votto had dropped a foul pop from Segura, which earned him an error. In the tenth inning the final decision was made by a big inning (3 runs).
George Springer was substituted late and played a major role in the two late AL rallies. He managed the single through which Segura found two men on base. Springer scored his first run through his home run, followed by a 7-5 home run in the tenth inning, and was the only player in the game to score two runs. MVP of the All-Star Games became team mate Alex Bregman, who had beaten the first homer in the tenth inning.
The evening before, Bryce Harper secured the title in the Homerun Derby after a brilliant performance, to the delight of the fans in D.C.. In the All-Star Game, however, Harper was denied the star moment. He came to the record twice and took two strikeouts. Not a good performance by the local hero.
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