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ATLANTA – Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Junior and Alejandro Kirk had been part of Main League Baseball All-Star Sport historical past on Tuesday evening at Truist Park.
Tied 6-6 after 9 innings, the Nationwide League beat the Jays and their fellow American League stars 4-3 within the first-ever residence run swing-off as MVP Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies hit three residence runs to offer the NL the deciding edge.
Guerrero Junior, who began at first base for the American League, went 1-for-2 on the plate in his fifth All-Star recreation look.
He was struck out by Los Angeles Dodgers veteran Clayton Kershaw within the second inning, then hit a single line drive to centre-field within the fourth off of David Peterson of the New York Mets.
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Kirk changed Seattle Mariners’ beginning catcher Cal Raleigh — who gained the House Run Derby on Monday — within the backside of the sixth inning with the Nationwide League forward 2-0. He watched Pete Alonso of the New York Mets launch a three-run homer, then Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks had a solo shot to make it 6-0.
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Kirk led off the highest off the seventh with a line drive single to centre-field off of San Diego Padres’ pitcher Adrian Morejon, then got here round to attain when Brent Rooker of the Athletics related for a three-run homer, slicing the American League’s deficit to 6-4.
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Kirk flied out to proper discipline within the high of the eighth off of pitcher Jacob Misiorowski of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Freddie Freeman of the Los Angeles Dodgers, who performed 12 seasons for the Atlanta Braves, acquired a standing ovation when launched because the Nationwide League’s beginning first baseman.
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Freeman, whose mother and father Fredrick and Rosemary are each from Ontario however moved the California due to work commitments, hit a floor ball to 3rd and was thrown out at first in his solely look on the plate. He got here out of the sport within the third inning.
In the meantime, the Toronto Blue Jays, who lead the American League East by two video games over the New York Yankees and three over the surging Boston Crimson Sox — who’ve gained 10 video games in a row — take a 55-41 report into the post-break schedule.
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The Jays, who’re 9-3 in July, host a three-game sequence in opposition to the San Francisco Giants beginning Friday, then entertain the Yankees for a three-game sequence beginning Monday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed July 15, 2025.
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