“I mean, you can’t throw the first pitch of an All-Star Game as a breaking ball,” Kershaw said. He didn’t pitch this year so he can start Friday in the Angels’ first game after the break at Atlanta.
Last year, Ohtani was the starting pitcher and led off as the DH in the AL’s 5-2 win at Denver. His hit snapped an 0 for 8 streak as a hitter against Kershaw. “I was definitely swinging a hundred percent,” Ohtani said through a translator.
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He cracked a 91-mph fastball into center field on the first pitch. Interviewed moments before the start, the Japanese superstar admitted he was going to swing. Ohtani led off for the AL as the designated hitter. Also scoring was José Ramírez, tying the game 2-all.įour pitches later, Buxton went deep to give the AL a 3-2 lead against a clearly frustrated Gonsolin, who took the loss. It ended his career 0 for 7 skid in the game and at 111.2 mph, it was the hardest-hit homer in an All-Star Game tracked by Statcast. Austin Riley’s single in the eighth was the NL’s only hit after the first inning.įacing 11-game winner Tony Gonsolin of the Dodgers, Stanton’s impressive 457-foot, two-run shot landed in the left-field pavilion, not far from where the L.A. Emmanuel Clase struck out the side in the ninth to earn the save. McClanahan combined with 10 other pitchers on the five-hitter. The first-time All-Star, who owns a MLB-leading 1.71 ERA, had allowed four hits or fewer in his last seven starts. Framber Valdez of Houston got the win, tossing a scoreless third inning.ĪL starter Shane McClanahan of Tampa Bay gave up two runs and four hits.
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