All-Star Game: Schwarber’s 3 homers break tie in first-ever derby decider
ATLANTA Kyle Schwarber went for in the first All-Star Event home run swing-off to put the National League ahead - following a - tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night In baseball s equivalent of soccer s penalty-kicks shootout the match was decided by having three batters from each league take three swings each off coaches The change was agreed to in to alleviate the concern of teams running out of pitchers Schwarber was named All-Star MVP after going for with a walk in the tournament Brent Rooker put the AL ahead by homering on his last two swings and Kyle Stowers subbing for Eugenio Su rez hit one Randy Arozarena boosted the AL lead to - and Schwarber was profitable on all three tries going down to a knee as he sent the one into the Chop House seats in right Jonathan Aranda failed on all three tries hitting the right-field wall with his second and the NL didn t have to use its last batter two-time Home Run Derby champion Pete Alonso as it won for just the second time in the last All-Star Games The AL leads - with two ties Ketel Marte s two-run double in the first had put the NL ahead and Alonso s three-run homer off Kris Bubic and Corbin Carroll s solo shot against Casey Mize opened a - lead in the sixth The AL comeback began when Rooker hit a three-run pinch homer against Randy Rodr guez in a four-run seventh that included Bobby Witt Jr s RBI groundout Robert Suarez allowed consecutive doubles to Byron Buxton and Witt with one out in ninth and Steven Kwan s infield hit on a three-hopper to third off Edwin D az drove in the tying run Joe Torre the -year-old former Yankees manager went to the mound for a pitching change in the eighth to take the ball from Shane Smith and hand it to Andr s Mu oz The Hall of Famer was picked as a coach by current New York skipper Aaron Boone who managed the AL Heat on the mound Paul Skenes the first pitcher to start the All-Star Challenge each of his first two seasons struck out Gleyber Torres and Riley Greene in a perfect first that included Aaron Judge s inning-ending groundout The -year-old right-hander reached mph on four of pitches Jacob Misiorowski a controversial inclusion after pitching in just five major league games in his rookie season fired nine pitches of mph or more in a one-hit eighth days after his major league debut The -year-old righty added to the NL roster by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred reached mph There were pitches of mph or more down from a record last year but up from in in and one in Robot umpire debuts Four of five challenges were fruitful in the first use of the robot umpire in the All-Star Challenge Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh signaled for an appeal to the Automated Ball-Strike System in the first inning getting a strikeout for Detroit s Tarik Subal on San Diego s Manny Machado Athletics rookie Jacob Wilson also was profitable as the first batter to call for a challenge reversing a - fastball from Washington s MacKenzie Gore in the fifth inning that had been called a strike Mets closer Edwin D az and Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk also won challenges and Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers lost one Earning a hand Freddie Freeman was removed for Alonso with two outs in the third inning giving the crowd of a chance to cheer a sportsman who spent seasons with the Braves and helped win the World Series title Styling Teams were back in their regular-season club jerseys whites for the NL mostly grays for the AL after four years of special All-Star uniforms that were much criticized Jazz Chisholm Jr arrived in a Valentino smoking jacket and Christian Louboutin shoes Instead of having players line up on the foul lines as they were introduced they walked to a four-level red podium stretching across the infield dirt with flashing lights smoke a DJ and dancers
