SEATTLE (AP) 鈥 Shining brightly in the Emerald City, the 春色直播 League snapped a losing streak that lasted more than a decade.
An unheralded catcher from Colorado delivered the big blow.
Elias 顿铆补锄 off F茅lix Bautista in the eighth inning, and the NL snapped a nine-game losing streak in the All-Star Game with a 3-2 win over the American League on Tuesday night.
The NL won for the first time since an 8-0 victory in 2012 in Kansas City, and 顿铆补锄 became the first Rockies player to win the All-Star MVP award.
鈥淚t feels incredible. When we all got here, we all talked about how we were going to bring home the win," said 顿铆补锄, who was non-tendered by the Pirates at the end of 2019. 鈥淚 just didn鈥檛 realize it was going to be me to bring home the win.鈥
顿铆补锄 from Baltimore's hard-throwing closer deep to left to put the NL in front. 顿铆补锄 was the lone representative for Colorado in his first All-Star Game appearance.
鈥淚t does matter. We wanted to win, the American League we wanted to win,鈥 Bautista said through an interpreter. 鈥淏ut overall I think that it鈥檚 an experience I鈥檒l never forget and just wish that would have been a little bit different.鈥
顿铆补锄 has nine homers this season, but hadn鈥檛 hit a long ball since June 23 against the Los Angeles Angels.
鈥淎s soon as he walked in the clubhouse and I met him, he said, 鈥業鈥檒l do anything you want. If I play, I play. If I don鈥檛, I don鈥檛. I鈥檓 just so happy to be here,'鈥 NL manager Rob Thomson said. 鈥淪o for him to do that, it鈥檚 fantastic.鈥
For most of the night, the All-Star Game was a pitchers鈥 duel highlighted by a couple big hits and some excellent defense.
It got nervous for the NL on the mound in the ninth.
鈥淚 threw way more pitches than I wanted to on an off day,鈥 Kimbrel joked.
Wander Franco led off with a fly ball to the warning track, and Kimbrel issued two-out walks to Kyle Tucker and Seattle star Julio Rodr铆guez.
The 22-year-old Rodr铆guez was in position to close it out in front of his home crowd.
鈥淚 was definitely trying to win it. But it was a situation where I had to pass the baton,鈥 he said.
Kimbrel recovered to strike out Jos茅 Ram铆rez to end it. Kimbrel also pitched in the previous NL win, recording two outs in 2012.
鈥淭he ninth inning in the dugout was just a lot of fun to experience,鈥 said San Diego's Josh Hader, who pitched the eighth for the NL.
Yandy 顿铆补锄 hit a solo homer in the second and Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette鈥檚 sacrifice fly in the sixth gave the AL a 2-1 lead.
J.D. Martinez doubled and scored on Luis Arraez鈥檚 single in the fourth against Seattle鈥檚 George Kirby, tying it at 1. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. appeared to tie the game again in the seventh when his shot down the left-field line was originally ruled a homer but was overturned as a foul ball on replay.
Blue Jays second baseman Whit Merrifield picked up a hit, going 1-for-2 at the plate.
The All-Star Game returned to Seattle for the first time since 2001 when the Mariners were in the middle of their magical 116-win regular season, Cal Ripken Jr. said goodbye to the All-Star stage and .
Gerrit Cole became the first New York Yankees pitcher to start the All-Star Game since Roger Clemens in that 2001 game. He needed a pair of spectacular leaping catches from Adolis Garc铆a and near the wall to escape the first inning unscathed.
. Only nine balls were hit over 100 mph. There were 20 combined strikeouts, including Camilo Doval silencing the home crowd with a strikeout of Rodr铆guez when four of the five pitches topped 100 mph.
鈥淵ou can tell, our guys, we wanted to win. They wanted to win," AL manager Dusty Baker said. 鈥淭here was a lot of pride out there and a lot of competitiveness out there. You could tell by the energy on both sides and the energy in the ballpark.鈥
OHTANI CHANT
The All-Star Game was missing some big names with Mike Trout and Aaron Judge out with injuries, but it still had .
The Angels star drew the biggest cheers outside of Seattle鈥檚 three representatives during introductions, and he was serenaded with chants of 鈥淐ome to Seattle鈥 when he was at the plate. The crowd apparently was well aware of his pending free agency this offseason.
INJURIES
Toronto reliever left in the seventh after throwing the pitch that Gurriel hit foul and was originally ruled fair. He threw five pitches before leaving the game with tightness in his back.
Chicago White Sox slugger did not play after feeling tightness in his right calf during the Home Run Derby. The White Sox said Robert underwent an MRI in Seattle and is listed as day to day.
SIX PACK
The Rangers made All-Star history when Nathan Eovaldi took the mound in the second. That marked the third time in an All-Star Game when there were six players from the same team on the field at the same time. It also occurred with the 1939 Yankees and 1951 Dodgers.
The Baseball Hall of Fame said a ball signed by all six players in the game would be headed to Cooperstown.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 got to be one of the cooler moments in sports when you鈥檝e got half the team on the field is your team, especially under these circumstances,鈥 catcher Jonah Heim said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 really special and I was glad I got to share it with these guys today.鈥
SKIPPED OVER
The Tampa Bay duo of Shane McClanahan and Wander Franco were inadvertently skipped over during pregame introductions. The pair jogged in on their own and left it to the Rays鈥 social media staff .
MARINERS HONORED
Six of the eight members of Seattle鈥檚 All-Star contingent from the 2001 game were recognized pregame. John Olerud, Bret Boone, Freddy Garcia, Jeff Nelson, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Edgar Martinez and manager Lou Piniella were honored. Ichiro Suzuki and Mike Cameron were also on the All-Star team that season.
Baseball Hall of Famers Martinez and Ken Griffey Jr. threw out the ceremonial first pitches to former teammates Dan Wilson and Jay Buhner.
UP NEXT
The post-All-Star break portion of the schedule starts Friday with every team in the league scheduled to be in action. San Diego at Philadelphia is the first game scheduled for Friday. The second half begins with Atlanta having the best record in baseball at 60-29 and an 8 1/2-game lead in the NL East. Tampa Bay has the best record in the American League at 58-35, two games better than Baltimore.
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