The 2025 MLB All-Star Game was tied 6-6 by the end of the ninth inning. Instead of extra innings, fans got some heroics from Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber.
Decided by baseball’s first All-Star swing-off, the National League beat the American League to notch its second ASG win in three years. It’s only the league’s fifth win in 28 years.
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For the swing-off, each team sent three players to the plate with three swings each, creating a mini-Home Run Derby to decide the game. The AL fielded a trio of Athletics designated hitter Brent Rooker, Seattle Mariners outfielder Randy Arozarena and Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda, while Miami Marlins outfielder Kyle Stowers, Schwarber and New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso were the guys for the NL.
Rooker put the AL in the lead early with two long balls to one from Stowers, but then Schwarber delivered an absolutely clutch 3-for-3 performance to put the NL ahead going into the final round.
Aranda went 0-for-3 to leave Alonso, who forewent the Home Run Derby for the first time in his career this year, hanging and give the senior circuit the