The American League won MLB’s All-Star game for the eighth year in a row last night (July 13th), beating the National League 5-2 at Coors Field in Denver.
The L.A. Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, who started the game for the AL and pitched a perfect inning, got the win, and also became the first two-way All-Star, batting leadoff as the designated hitter, but went 0 for 2.
The Toronto Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who hit a towering 468-foot home run in the third inning, won the MVP, becoming at age 22 the youngest MVP in All-Star history. The AL has now won 20 of the last 23 All-Star Games with one tie. The Pirates had two players in the game with Bryan Reynolds and Adam Frazier. Frazier had one hit in the game