League All-Star team, and he made a late contribution to a 2-1 win over the
National League in Miami on Tuesday.
Cano led off the 10th inning with a homer off Wade Davis to break a 1-1
deadlock and earn MVP honors. The Mariners second baseman landed on his eighth
All-Star team only as an injury replacement for Starlin Castro of the Yankees.
It was the first extra-inning home run in an All-Star Game since Reds slugger
Tony Perez hit one exactly 50 years ago. Perez threw out one of the ceremonial
first pitches before the game.
It’s the fifth straight victory for the American League, and the 17th in the
last 20 contests that didn’t end in a tie. The outcome means the all-time series
is tied for the first time since the NL beat the AL in 1964. Each league has won
43 times, with two ties.
The outcome no longer determines home-field advantage for the World Series, as
it had since 2003. Instead, American League get $20,000 apiece, while the losers
get nothing.
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