The AL has done it yet again. The Junior Circuit has won its 9th consecutive MLB All-Star Game besting the NL 3-2 at Dodger Stadium where the festivities took place for the first time since 1980. The mid-summer classic was originally scheduled to take place at Chavez Ravine in 2020 but was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The NL did get the upper hand in the 1st on a single by Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts and a HR by St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Paul Goldschmidt to take a 2-0 lead. But HRs from New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton and Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton gave the AL a 3-2 lead which stuck. Stanton would win All-Star Game MVP honors.
The AL’s 9 straight wins are only eclipsed by the 11 straight wins the NL had between 1972 and 1982. However, this is not the longest drought for the NL. Their triumph in 2010 was their first since 1996. The AL’s win streak was interrupted by the infamous tie in the 2002 All-Star Game.
The NL will try to end its current drought next year in Seattle at T-Mobile Park. Seattle last hosted the All-Star Game in 2001 when the facility was known as Safeco Field.
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