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PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 14: Cody Bellinger #35 of the New York Yankees bats during the 96th MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard at Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Derik Hamilton/MLB Photos via Getty Images) | MLB Photos via Getty Images
Last year the All-Star game was decided by a home run swing-off, to which the National League ultimately prevailed. This year, nine innings were more than enough for the American League to secure a shutout victory for their first All-Star Game win since 2024.
Cristopher Sánchez gave the hometown crowd an electric start by striking out Mike Trout to begin things in the top of the first inning. The excitement was short-lived, as Yordan Alvarez singled up the middle before Sánchez walked Shea Langeliers.
Junior Caminero moved both runners over on a ground out, but a walk to Bobby Witt Jr. loaded the bases with two outs. The duo of Yankees helped the American League strike first, as old friend Cody Bellinger drove in two on a single up the middle and Ben Rice drove home Witt in identical fashion. Sánchez ended the first inning with a strikeout of Riley Greene, but needed to face eight hitters to let the National League lineup take over.
For the American League’s starting pitcher, Dylan Cease, he faced just four hitters in the bottom of the first, allowing a two-out walk to Freddie Freeman while striking out three.
Both offenses stifled over the next two innings, as Parker Messick and Michael Wacha allowed zero baserunners to complete three combined no-hit innings on the mound for the AL. Juan Soto broke up the no-hit bid with a single to begin the bottom of the fourth inning, but that was all the NL could muster against right-hander Joe Ryan.
The AL pitching kept holding their own against the NL, as their only baserunner after the Soto single was a walk to Sal Stewart from Drew Rasmussen with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning. The only highlight during that time for the NL was Justin Wrobleski’s All-Star debut, as the now 26-year-old celebrated his birthday by striking out the side in a perfect top of the seventh inning.
The left-hander returned for the top of the eighth inning, but his old teammate Miguel Vargas produced the first run of the game since the first inning with a towering 433 foot home run to left field, increasing the AL lead to four. Wrobleski bounced back after the home run to add his strikeout total on the night to a five.
Pete Crow-Armstrong and Otto Lopez had the only other hits for the National League with a single in the bottom of the eighth, but three hits in one game for any side was the least amount of hits in an All-Star Game since 2013 when the NL team had three hits. It is the first time that any team has been shut out in the All-Star Game since 2013. The NL struck out an All-Star Game record 15 times on Tuesday.
Final lines for Dodgers All-Stars
- Freddie Freeman— 0-1, walk, strikeout
- Max Muncy— 0-2, 2 popouts
- Andy Pages— 0-2, strikeout, groundout
- Justin Wrobleski— 2 IP, 1 hit, 1 run, 0 walks, 5 strikeouts, 29 pitches
All-Star Game particulars
- Home runs— Miguel Vargas
- WP—Dylan Cease: 1 IP, 0 hits, 0 runs, 1 walk, 3 strikeouts
- LP—Cristopher Sánchez: 1 IP, 3 hits, 3 earned runs, 2 walks, 2 strikeouts
- ASG MVP— Cody Bellinger: 1-3, 2 RBI
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The Dodgers kick off the second half of the 2026 regular season on Friday, facing the New York Yankees in the Bronx (4:05 p.m. PT, SportsNet LA).
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