The Mets’ Jeff McNeil went 0-for-1 in his All-Star Game debut, popping out to American League left fielder Joey Gallo in the eighth inning, failing to advance teammates on first and second with one out. As an additional indignity, the Progressive Field scoreboard showed the face of his teammate Jacob deGrom during his at-bat.
“My motivation to make it (back) next year: They get my picture right,” McNeil said.
The AL’s catcher when McNeil hit, the White Sox’s James McCann, was a Little League of opponent of McNeil’s in California.