“MLB ratings are up across all regional sports networks, FS1 just posted its best regular season viewership ever, and now the All-Star Game has given Fox its best night of primetime this summer”, he continued.
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Bryant got a warm homecoming in San Diego, where the Las Vegas native spent three years slugging for the University of San Diego Toreros before the Cubs made him the No. 2 pick in the 2013 draft.
It was the AL’s third consecutive victory in the midsummer classic, and whichever team wins the junior circuit’s pennant this October will play games 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the World Series at home.
“I wanted to get them out, but they beat me, ” San Francisco Giants starter Johnny Cueto said. Their best opportunity to stage a rally came in the top of the 8th inning when, with the bases loaded and down 4-2, St. Louis’ outstanding rookie Aledmys Diaz, faced Houston reliever Will Harris with the bases loaded and two outs.
Hosmer added an RBI single in the third and was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. “I just left two pitches up, and that was the story”.
Terry Collins managed the NL all-stars and Ned Yost managed the AL all-stars.
With one out, Hosmer dropped a 389-foot drive into the left field stands to tie the score at 1.
Even though last night’s game was pretty decent, had lineups filled with Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox, and had some good moments, it just didn’t reasonate with the viewing public. So World Series home-field advantage belongs to the American League champions this year. The team opens the tournament in Brazil against New Zealand on August 3 at Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte.
Cueto took the loss after allowing five hits and three runs – all of them earned – in 1 2/3 innings. The only other team to do so was the 1963 Cardinals.
American League’s Eric Hosmer, of the Kansas City Royals, celebrates his solo home run against the National League during the second inning of the MLB baseball All-Star Game, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in San Diego.
But how have the leagues fared when actually receiving home field advantage in the World Series?
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David Ortiz is set to get booed at Yankee Stadium, Chris Sale is ready to resume striking out Kris Bryant and the Kansas City Royals are facing a rugged road back to the playoffs. “Seeing their mindsets, seeing the way they handle the stage, it makes me think, ‘How could they not?'”
