{"id":12135,"date":"2017-07-12T05:40:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T05:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/07\/12\/10th-inning-homer-wins-lower-stakes-all-star-game-for-american-league\/"},"modified":"2017-07-12T05:40:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T05:40:00","slug":"10th-inning-homer-wins-lower-stakes-all-star-game-for-american-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/10th-inning-homer-wins-lower-stakes-all-star-game-for-american-league\/","title":{"rendered":"10th-Inning Homer Wins Lower-Stakes All-Star Game For American League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Robinson Cano of the Seattle Mariners blows a bubble as he rounds the bases after hitting a home run in the tenth inning of Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game in Miami. It would be the winning run for the American League.<\/p>\n

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Seattle Mariners second-baseman Robinson Cano’s home run off a changeup from the Chicago Cubs’ Wade Davis won the Major League Baseball All-Star game Tuesday night in Miami, but that won’t mean as much for the American League as in recent years.<\/p>\n

The 2017 game was the first since Major League Baseball ended its 13-season long practice of using the All Star Game to determine World Series home field advantage. That initiative, known as “This Time It Counts,” was a response to a controversial extra-innings tie in 2002. Starting with this season, the team with the best regular-season record will have home field advantage in the Series.<\/p>\n

Overall it was a game dominated by the pitchers on both sides, who struck out a combined 23 batters. The only runs before extra innings came on a homer by Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina in the sixth inning for the National League, and a bloop single in the fifth by Miguel Sano of the Minnesota Twins, scoring the Baltimore Orioles’ Jonathan Schoop from second.<\/p>\n

Cleveland Indians pitcher Andrew Miller wrapped things up in the bottom of the 10th, with help from a sprinting catch by outfielder Justin Upton of the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n