{"id":4191,"date":"2015-07-14T20:32:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/american-league-wins-all-star-game-world-series-home-field-advantage\/4191\/"},"modified":"2015-07-14T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T04:32:00","slug":"american-league-wins-all-star-game-world-series-home-field-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/american-league-wins-all-star-game-world-series-home-field-advantage\/","title":{"rendered":"American League Wins All-Star Game, World Series Home-Field Advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Dana Farrington<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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American League All-Star Mike Trout slides home Tuesday night during the 86th MLB All-Star Game at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Rob Carr\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The American League started the 86th All-Star Game with a home run and ended with home-field advantage for the World Series \u2014 for the third year in a row. The final score at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park Tuesday night: 6-3.<\/p>\n

AL’s Mike Trout started the game with a bang, hitting a home run in the first at-bat.<\/p>\n

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Mike Trout WOW!<\/p>\n

Now that’s the way to start an All-Star game.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

“It was the fourth homer to lead off an All-Star Game in the event’s history and the first since Joe Morgan in 1977,” MLB.com reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trout also became the first player to win consecutive MVP awards, ESPN reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He’ll probably have a lot of chances to win another one. The Associated Press notes that he’s part of a leaguewide youth movement:<\/p>\n

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“A season after the retirement of Derek Jeter dropped the curtain on the turn-of-century greats, the 23-year-old Trout was among six starting position players under 25 \u2014 the most since 1965.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lest you think National League didn’t put up a fight, we’ll point you toward Aroldis Chapman’s pitches<\/a> at the top of the ninth, three of which hit 103 mph.<\/p>\n

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Aroldis Chapman strikes out the side on 14 pitches, 12 of them 100 mph or better. #ASG<\/a> #TheChapmanShow<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/Dv4mehepwX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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\"American<\/a><\/div>\n
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American League All-Star Mike Trout slides home Tuesday night during the 86th MLB All-Star Game at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. Rob Carr\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

i<\/strong>toggle caption Rob Carr\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The American League started the 86th All-Star Game with a home run and ended with home-field advantage for the World Series \u2014 for the third year in a row. The final score at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park Tuesday night: 6-3.<\/p>\n

AL’s Mike Trout started the game with a bang, hitting a home run in the first at-bat.<\/p>\n

\n
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Mike Trout WOW!<\/p>\n

Now that’s the way to start an All-Star game.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Baseball Tonight (@BBTN) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

“It was the fourth homer to lead off an All-Star Game in the event’s history and the first since Joe Morgan in 1977,” MLB.com reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trout also became the first player to win consecutive MVP awards, ESPN reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He’ll probably have a lot of chances to win another one. The Associated Press notes that he’s part of a leaguewide youth movement:<\/p>\n

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“A season after the retirement of Derek Jeter dropped the curtain on the turn-of-century greats, the 23-year-old Trout was among six starting position players under 25 \u2014 the most since 1965.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Lest you think National League didn’t put up a fight, we’ll point you toward Aroldis Chapman’s pitches<\/a> at the top of the ninth, three of which hit 103 mph.<\/p>\n

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Aroldis Chapman strikes out the side on 14 pitches, 12 of them 100 mph or better. #ASG<\/a> #TheChapmanShow<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/Dv4mehepwX<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) July 15, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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