Hosmer’s opposite field shot to left off Johnny Cueto – along with Royals teammate Salvador Perez’s homer later in the second inning – lifted the AL to a 4-2 victory over the NL in the 87th All-Star Game at Petco Park.
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When American League All-Star manager Ned Yost turned to Miguel Cabrera and asked him to pinch-hit for Kansas City Royals first baseman Eric Hosmer in sixth inning Tuesday, the Detroit Tigers star politely declined.
Kris Bryant got the scoring going in the first inning, blasting a solo home run to left field off of crosstown rival Chris Sale. Hosmer joined Bo Jackson and George Brett as the only Royal to have two hits and two RBIs in the same game.
Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber earned the win after tossing a shutout second inning with one strikeout.
The annual exhibition contest between the American League and the National League drew just a 2.0 rating in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic. “Then we will all go home tomorrow and on Friday we will be screaming at each other again”.
The NBA All-Star Game lasts an entire weekend, with the players getting a full week off before returning to their gruesome schedule.
Not to bad for a first time All-Star player.
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The most buzzworthy moment of the night actually happened well before the game, when Juno-based group The Tenors performed “O Canada” and one of the members made a decision to alter the song’s lyrics to say “All Lives Matter”, which has emerged as a counter-hashtag to “Black Lives Matter”. No visiting team has won the first two games since the 1999 New York Yankees, who swept Atlanta. The NL has only scored eight runs during those four games. Major League Baseball, for better or worse, now belongs to the kids, and the sport’s powers that be will have to set aside the sepia tones, let their thrilling play stand on its own, and hope that it’s enough to get people to watch even if the old familiar faces are all gone. At 40, Ortiz is leading the majors with a. 682 slugging percentage and is second with 72 RBI. “I just wanted to soak up the whole experience, and it’s everything and more you could ever ask for”. Marcell Ozuna singled sharply to center to score Buster Posey from second.
