Ambushed by his former Kansas City teammates, Cueto was rocked in his brief appearance as the American League defeated the National League 4-2 on Tuesday at Petco Park.
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“Hopefully this is something we can all rally upon for the second half and find a way to use that home-field advantage”, Hosmer said, according to the Associated Press’ Ronald Blum. Boston outfielder Mookie Betts singled and Royals catcher Eddie Perez hit a 373-foot blast into the left field stands peppered the night before by Home Run Derby champion Giancarlo Stanton.
Since the game began to “matter” in 2003, the AL has won 11 times (including Tuesday’s triumph), while the National League has taken home three victories.
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. The NL has outscored the AL overall, 360-359. “It’s extremely humbling. Honestly I was just so happy to be a part of all this and to be part of the team and make the All-Star Game for the first time”. I never thought about becoming the MVP. You don’t know how the pitchers are going to approach it. You don’t know how the whole game is going to be approached.
This was, in all likelihood, David Ortiz’s last All-Star game. Rizzo also made a good defensive play preventing a run in the second inning.
The NFL Pro Bowl Game was the most-watched of all of the All-Star Games this year with 8.0 million viewers on ESPN while NBA All-Star Game on TNT in February averaged 7.6 million viewers while the NHL All-Star Game pulled 1.6 million viewers on NBCSN.
Cleveland Indians hurler Corey Kluber, the second of 10 pitchers AL manager Ned Yost sent to the mound, was credited with the win after pitching a flawless second inning.
I’m sure they have been honest about not wanting to bring Kyle Schwarber back until the spring, but there now may be the possibility of temptation before then if his rehab goes well. “My boy (Marlins flame thrower Jose Fernandez) threw me a changeup instead”. You got it all wrong.
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“I think a lot of us were looking first pitch”, said Bryant, who played college ball for the University of San Diego. That tells me that this game is in unbelievable hands – great future.
