When Major League Baseball announced that the All-Star Game would be played at Coors Field in Denver Colorado, fans salivated at the thought of monster home runs leading to a high-scoring affair. Instead, the American League pitching staff stifled the National League offense while the AL put together three quick rallies to notch their eighth straight All-Star victory, 5-2.
Starting with the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, who pitched a one-two-three first inning, a parade of the Junior Circuit’s best pitchers quieted the NL bats. They didn’t record their first hit until the third inning and didn’t string together multiple baserunners until the sixth or multiple hits until the eighth.