Marlins Park
The AL squad shoots for five in a row, and a win will tie up the all-time series.
Starting lineup:
American League
C Salvador Perez, Kansas City Royals: 18 HR, 57 RBI
1B Justin Smoak, Toronto Blue Jays: 23 HR, 56 RBI
2B Jose Altuve, Houston Astros: 25 doubles, two triples, 13 home runs
3B Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Indians: 16 HR, 46 RBI
SS Carlos Correa, Houston Astros: 20 HR, 65 RBI
OF Aaron Judge, New York Yankees: 1.139 OPS, 30 HR, 66 RBI
OF Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox: 16 HR, 15 SB, 53 RBI
OF George Springer, Houston Astros: 27 HR, 61 RBI
DH Corey Dickerson, Tampa Bay Rays: .903 OPS, 17 HR
National League
C Buster Posey, San Francisco Giants: .325 BA, 10 HR, 35 RBI
1B Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals: .969 OPS, 19 HR, 63 RBI
2B Daniel Murphy, Washington Nationals: .342 BA, 64 RBI
3B Nolan Arenado, Colorado Rockies: .905, 17 HR, 70 RBI
SS Zack Cozart, Cincinnati Reds: .316 BA, 35 RBI
OF Bryce Harper, Washington Nationals: 1.021 OPS, 20 HR, 65 RBI
OF Charlie Blackmon, Colorado Rockies: .319 BA, 20 HR, 61 RBI
OF Marcell Ozuna, Miami Marlins: 23 HR, 69 RBI
And to keep things half-bakef, I'll be at a movie.
Joe buck just said he can't wait to talk about judge more. Greeeeeeaaat
Radio behind Gameday by about two minutes. I get to spoil myself and then listen to it eventually.
Neshek sighting!
Scherzer apparently winded after his 15 pitch inning of work.
That's odd, they didn't announce Molitor as the NL manager.
Sano knocked the crap outta that one.
Kintzler's Intzler.
Santana is in the game.
And gives up a solo home run to tie the game.
First round Home Run Derby loser Moustakas replaces Home Run Derby Finalist Sanó, meaning all of the Twins have appeared and are done.
The announcer fawning over the proposal of MLB starting extra innings with guys automatically on base is so lame. He twice said "it creates more strategy," which is dumb because there's the same amount of strategy; it's just different. His assessment that it's interesting because "both teams are in the same situation" is even worse. Every inning in MLB history has started with the same number of men on base, so they're always in the same situation.
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I would rather have games end in a tie than have them decided in an artificial and hokey way. But what I'd really rather have is for extra innings to be played the way they've been played for over a hundred years. This is a solution in search of a problem.
And many games used to end in ties.
definitely want the AL to win this one, but a SAWK taking the loss would ever so slightly lessen the blow
oh great -- so now he's in line for the win
I think this is the first All-Star Game where all of the winning team's runs were driven in by ballplayers born in San Pedro de Macoris, DR.
Lots of Twins connections. Sano drove in the first run. Santana gave up the tying run. Sano's mentor/buddy Cano drove in the winning run.
I did not know Neshek was having an All-Star-type season. Cool