2026 MLB All-Star Game winners and losers: Yankees start the fireworks, American League pitchers dominate
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Key Points:
- The American League shut out the National League 4-0 in the 96th MLB All-Star Game, marking their 11th win in the last 13 games and continuing a trend of dominance since 1997.
- The game was pitching-dominated, with the AL holding the NL to just three singles and two walks, not allowing any runner to reach second base, and combining for 15 strikeouts.
- Yankees teammates Cody Bellinger and Ben Rice drove in three runs in the first inning, the first teammates to do so in an All-Star Game since 1977, helping the AL jump to an early lead.
- The hometown Phillies struggled, with key players Schwarber, Harper, and Marsh going 0 for 5 with four strikeouts, while pitcher Cristopher Sánchez allowed three runs in the first inning.
- Rays' Junior Caminero avoided serious injury after being hit in the hand by a 98 mph pitch, and Mike Trout had a disappointing 0-for-3 performance, lowering his All-Star Game career stats.
