Ironically, 2013 is the same year that kickstarted the American League's dominance. They have now won 11 of the last 13 All-Star Games. The two leagues are now tied 2-2 over the last four matchups.
Cody Bellinger (Yankees), Ben Rice (Yankees), and Miguel Vargas (White Sox) drove in the four runs for the American League, while the pitchers tossed a combined three-hit shutout with 15 strikeouts and just two walks.
The American League improves to 49-45-2 all-time against the National League.
Bellinger won the 2026 MLB All-Star MVP after driving in the game's first two runs that gave the American League a 2-0 lead in the first before his teammate Rice would knock in the third shortly after.
The former 2019 MVP has 11 home runs and 51 RBI this season for the Yankees, hitting .254 with a .766 OPS.
Play of the Game
Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement made a jumping, off-balance throw that got Andy Pages out at first to end the fifth inning.
Clement may have finished 0-for-2 at the plate during his first All-Star appearance, but he had the highlight of the game.
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Cristopher Sanchez (Phillies) managed to strike out Mike Trout (Angels), who finished 0-for-3, to start the game in front of his Philly home crowd, but the AL managed to nearly bat around the order before Sanchez was able to strike out Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene (No. 8 hitter) to end the inning.
The top of the first inning saw the game's first strikeout, walk, hit, and runs after Bellinger and Rice, in his ASG debut, brought in three runs on a pair of singles.
It marked Bellinger's first-ever ASG hit, despite having three appearances.
The National League couldn't get anything done in the bottom half of the first inning, as Toronto Blue Jays' ace Dylan Cease struck out Kyle Schwarber (Phillies), Juan Soto (Mets), and CJ Abrams (Nationals) for the three outs, also walking Freddie Freeman.
It was Cease's first All-Star appearance despite finishing top five in Cy Young voting in both 2022 and 2024.
Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez made quick work on the AL in the second, forcing Clement and Trout into groundouts before forcing Yordan Alvarez (Astros) into a flyout to end the 1-2-3 inning on eight pitches.
It was similar action in the bottom half of the inning when Cleveland Guardians' Parker Messick forced a pop out, a ground out, and a strikeout in a 1-2-3.
Langeliers reached base twice in two at-bats after hitting a single to right-centerfield leading off the third inning.
But a scary moment happened when Junior Caminero (Rays) left the game after Riley O'Brien (Cardinals) hit him on the hand during his second at-bat of the game.
He was replaced by Vargas, who made his first All-Star appearance. Caminero later received X-rays, which came back negative.
Jesus Luzardo (Marlins) sent down the AL hitters in 1-2-3 fashion on just six pitches in the top of the fourth inning. After similar action in the bottom of the fourth when Joe Ryan (Twins) picked up two strikeouts, Soto finally picked up the NL's first hit of the night with a single up the middle.
Neither team got anything done in the sixth inning, outside of a Willson Contreras (Red Sox) single. It was the fourth 1-2-3 inning of the night for the NL.
Nothing changed in the seventh inning either, as it continued to be a pitching duel.
Justin Wrobleski (Dodgers) struck out the side not only in his first All-Star appearance, but also on his birthday. Drew Rasmussen (Rays) and Jacob Latz (Rangers) handled the NL in the bottom of the inning, keeping them at just the lone hit of the game.
It would take until the top of the eighth inning for the score to finally change. Vargas cranked a long-shot to deep left field off of Wrobleski to make it a 4-0 game.
The last White Sox player to homer in an All-Star Game was Magglio Ordonez in 2001.
But like the other innings, the NL would go into the ninth without a run on the board.
Pete Crow-Armstrong got on base with a one-out single in the bottom of the eighth inning, but Louie Varland (Blue Jays) got out of it no problem.
San Diego Padres stud closer Mason Miller shut down the AL in the top of the ninth to give his squad one last chance to mount a comeback, but Aroldis Chapman proved why he's one of the greatest before Bryan Baker (Rays) finished it off for the final out.
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Dodgers), Chris Sale (Braves), and Logan Webb (Giants) were the only pitchers for the NL to not see any action, while Cam Schlittler (Yankees) didn't take the mound for the AL.