Salvador Perez batted in the ninth spot as the starting catcher. The Kansas City Royals catcher has been in the MLB All-Star game for the past six seasons. This season, he wasn’t voted into the spot. Perez was selected as a reserve, and he was bumped into the starting role when Wilson Ramos suffered a hamstring injury.
If you didn’t watch, the American League took the win in the tenth inning. Salvador Perez was the starting catcher and he went 0-for-2 with two strikeouts. We took a look at his other five All-Star appearances, too, to see how they compared to Tuesday’s performance.