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| Date | July 17, 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nationals Park | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Washington, D.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Alex Bregman (HOU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 43,843 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | James McCloughan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck,John Smoltz,Ken Rosenthal andTom Verducci (Fox) Dan Shulman andBuck Martinez (MLB International) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi andChris Singleton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 89thMajor League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was hosted by theWashington Nationals and was played atNationals Park on July 17, 2018. It was televised nationally byFox. TheAmerican League beat theNational League 8–6, in 10 innings.
The host city was announced on April 6, 2015, byMajor League BaseballCommissionerRob Manfred;[1] it was the fifth All-Star Game inWashington, D.C., and the first since1969, when the secondWashington Senators hosted. It was also the first time that the Nationals had hosted the All-Star Game, and the first time that the Nationals franchise had hosted it since1982, when the franchise played as theMontreal Expos. For the second straight year, theHouston Astros led both the American League and all of baseball in sending six All-Stars to the game.
The two leagues came into the game with identical 43–43–2 records and both had scored exactly 361 runs each in All-Star Game history. The game also broke a home run record, as ten home runs were hit in the game; the previous record being six. All but one run was scored by way of a home run. This is the second consecutive game the AL has won in the 10th inning.
The national rating for the game was 5.2, down from 6.5 in2017.[2]
Balloting began on June 1 and ended on July 5.[3] As in previous games, the top vote-getters at each position will be the selected starters for their respective positions, barring any suspensions, injuries or other issues. The reserve players are picked in a more convoluted way involving fan votes, players, and Commissioner's Office. For the fourth year, voting was conducted online exclusively.[4] The results were announced on July 8.[5]
After the rosters were finalized, a second ballot of five players per league was created for theAll-Star Final Vote to determine the 32nd and final player of each roster. The online balloting was conducted from July 8 through July 11.[6] The winners of the All-Star Final Vote wereJean Segura of the American League'sSeattle Mariners andJesús Aguilar of the National League'sMilwaukee Brewers.[7]
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| American League | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National League | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Starting pitchers: AL:Chris Sale NL:Max Scherzer WP:Edwin Díaz (1–0) LP:Ross Stripling (0–1) Sv:J. A. Happ (1) Home runs: AL:Aaron Judge (1),Mike Trout (1),Jean Segura (1),Alex Bregman (1),George Springer (1) NL:Willson Contreras (1),Trevor Story (1),Christian Yelich (1),Scooter Gennett (1),Joey Votto (1) Attendance: 43,843. Time: 3:34. Umpires:HP –Ted Barrett (crew chief);1B –Jim Reynolds;2B –Alfonso Márquez;3B –Andy Fletcher;LF –Mike Muchlinski;RF –Cory Blaser; Replay Official –Marvin Hudson[17] Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Voting ends July 5, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
