Last night the MLB took place at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati. For the second straight All Star Game, Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels took home the MVP Award with a great performance.
Trout wasted no time in his first at bat as he launched a home run to start the game off of NL Starting pitcher Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The National League would tie it in the bottom of the second as Jhonny Peralta of the St. Louis Cardinals singled on a line drive to right field to score Paul Goldschmidt of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The American League got back on top in the fifth as Prince Fielder of the Texas Rangers singled to left field to score Trout, 2-1. Lorenzo Cain of the Kansas City Royals followed with a double to score Albert Pujols and move Fielder to third. It was a 3-1 game.
The NL tried to mount a comeback when Andrew McCutchen of the Pittsburgh Pirates homered into the left field stands in the sixth, making it a 3-2 game. That would be the closest they would get. In the 7th inning, Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles doubled to score Brock Holt of the Boston Red Sox. Prince Fielder followed with a sac fly to score Machado making it a 5-2 game.
In the 8th Brian Dozier of the Minnesota Twins homered to left-center. The NL would score in the bottom of the ninth but it wasn't enough as the AL won 6-3 securing home field advantage in the World Series. That means that the American League champion this October would get to host games 1, 2, and the always critical games 6 and 7 of the Fall Classic.
One of the highlights of the NL was New York Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom. He came into the game in the top of the sixth and struck out the side on just 10 pitches, 9 of them strikes. He is the first pitcher in ASG history with three strikeouts in an inning using 10 pitches or fewer.
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