The MLB All-Star Game returned on Tuesday after skipping the 2020 pandemic year, and the American League picked up right where they’d left off in their dominance of the National League.
The AL won 5-2 at Coors Field, their eighth straight victory in the Midsummer Classic dating back to 2013. Stretch it back to 1997, and the AL has won 20 of the past 24 games, with the NL taking three, and one ending in a tie.
Both Oakland A’s representatives got to play, though neither had their best day. Matt Olson entered as the first baseman in the bottom of the 5th and got two at-bats, striking out both times.