Yankees' Cody Bellinger named All-Star Game MVP, AL tosses 3-hitter in first ASG shutout since 2013
Yankees' Cody Bellinger reacts after hitting a two-run single against the Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez in the first inning during the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday in Philadelphia. Credit: AP/Matt Slocum
PHILADELPHIA — Dylan Cease struck out the side in the first inning, combining with 10 relievers on a three-hitter in a show of pitching dominance that led the American League to a 4-0 win over the National League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game at Citizens Bank Park.
Cody Bellinger hit a two-run single and Ben Rice followed with an RBI single in the first against Cristopher Sanchez of the host Philadelphia Phillies. Bellinger was named the All-Star Game MVP
Miguel Vargas of the Chicago White Sox added an eighth-inning home run off the Los Angeles Dodgers' Justin Wrobleski, who was pitching on his 26th birthday, for the game's only extra-base hit. The AL won for the 18th time in 23 games and holds a 49-45-2 advantage overall.
Singles by the Mets' Juan Soto in the fourth, Pete Crow-Armstrong in the eighth and Otto Lopez in the ninth were the only hits by the NL, which failed to advance a runner past first.
Pitchers combined for 27 strikeouts, 15 by AL hurlers.
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