“It just brings that sense of comfort to the team and gives you a jump-start for the whole Series”, Hosmer said after homering, driving in two runs and earning the MVP Award in the American League’s 4-2 win over the Nationals.
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He was quick to talk about what the victory meant for his team too.
“So he can stop stealing all my cars”, Eric Hosmer said during the postgame news conference.
A Canadian singing quartet changed a lyric in its national anthem and held up a sign proclaiming “All Lives Matter” during its pregame performance at the 87th All-Star Game on Tuesday.
Second-inning blasts from teammates Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez gave the AL the lead for good in a 4-2 win.
It was just Kansas City’s night. Here’s the game’s demographic breakdown, which shows that younger viewers would rather do just about anything else besides watch a midsummer exhibition baseball game on television. Trout has hit for the first-inning cycle – he singled in his first at-bat in 2012, doubled in 2013, tripled in 2014 and slugged a homer past year.
Now, this far it sounds like Hosmer and Perez could have had an interesting debate for individual honors.
Marcell Ozuna’s RBI single in the fourth against Aaron Sanchez cut the NL’s deficit to 4-2, but that score would never change. National League teams, the Giants twice and the Cardinals once, won all three of those World Series.
Perhaps most notable was David Ortiz’s farewell.
“I wanted to hit a home run during that at-bat”, the Dominican designated hitter joked about his second plate appearance.
Cole Hamels continued the host city story in the top of the third when the San Diego native struck out Bryant with the tying runs at second and third with two outs.
If you paid close attention to Kris Bryant during the 2016 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night, something may have caught your attention.
“I think that if we had started the series in St. Louis”, he said, “maybe we would have lost in five”. It’s not like it used to be. As a fan of baseball, I looked at Salvy’s hit as a game changer. That tells me that this game is in unbelievable hands – great future.
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The Royals envisioned Hosmer being an integral part of a championship when they selected him third overall in the 2008 amateur draft following his senior year of high school in Plantation, Fla.
