They became just the second pair of team-mates to hit two home runs in the same inning since Steve Garvey and Jim Wynn of the Los Angeles Dodgers did it in 1975.
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Collins told Familia before the game that he would close if the National League had the lead. The 87th All-Star Game ended the same way the 84th, 85th, and 86th did before it – with an American League victory. Meanwhile, the Royals, who controversially dominated the all-star voting in 2015, took over the game in 2016, too.
National Basketball Association owners made no decision Tuesday after a lengthy debate about moving next year’s All-Star Game from Charlotte because of North Carolina’s law limiting protection for LGBT people.
That seemed a long way off on a San Diego night that made visitors want to linger.
The Kansas City Royals know what home-field advantage in the World Series is all about.
Cueto’s poor outing could potentially have ramifications for the Giants in the postseason as the AL pennant victor will have home-field advantage in the World Series by virtue of winning Tuesday night. At least we’d get to use Tomas as a DH in the second half.
Boston designated hitter David Ortiz, who has said he will retire, drew a one-out walk and received an ovation from the crowd and hugs from the AL team bench when he came out for pinch-runner Edwin Encarnacion of the Toronto Blue Jays.
After staking his NL club to an early lead with the first-inning bomb, Bryant was powerless to stop the American League from returning serve – and leaving a mark in the history books while doing it. His parents attended the 1992 All-Star Game, but eight-year-old Cole stayed home. The Royals won in five games for their first title since 1985. “I just wanted to soak up the whole experience, and it’s everything and more you could ever ask for”.
With one out in his second inning, National League starter Johnny Cueto, a former member of the Royals, tried to quick-pitch Eric Hosmer.
“I was supposed to hit a home run in my second at-bat”. After getting up 3-1 in the count, Cano fouled off a hittable pitch before seeing ball four on the next pitch.
Fernandez admitted, “I couldn’t believe that I was actually pitching to him”. “Then we will all go home tomorrow and on Friday we will be screaming at each other again”.
The All-Star Game returned to San Diego for the first time since 1992 at Jack Murphy Stadium.
Eduardo Nunez, the Twins’ lone representative on the AL team, had not played as of the bottom of the eighth inning. The NL left ten runners on base. “All lives matter to the great”, and one held up a sign reading “All Lives Matter”. In the middle of the horde was Ortiz, the venerable face of the Red Sox, preparing to take his spot in the cage during batting practice. Ortiz was lifted from the game for a pinch runner shortly thereafter, and was met by most of his AL teammates on the field.
If the Washington Nationals represent the National League in the 2016 World Series, even if they were to have the best record in the game, they would not enjoy home-field advantage.
Bryant was part of an all-Cubs infield – the first starting infield quartet from a single team since the 1963 St. Louis Cardinals. “A lot of pitchers are coming into the game trying to light up the radar gun a bit”.
Hosmer, who finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs, was named the Most Valuable Player. Cueto was hard to miss in the center of the field, wearing lime green and orange spikes. “Today, I didn’t get up feeling well”. He threw 32 pitches, and was taken out after allowing his fifth hit, the last by Mookie Betts in the second inning.
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Eric Hosmer is MLB All-Star Game royalty. In the fourth inning, Marlins outfielder Marcell Ozuna pulled the NL within two runs with a RBI single of his own.
