American All-Stars 4 – 0 National All-Stars
MLB · July 15, 2026 · Final
🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)
Post-Game Recap
The American All-Stars shut out the National All-Stars four to nothing tonight in the 2026 Midsummer Classic, and it wasn't particularly close from the moment the first inning unfolded.
The Americans came out swinging right away. Yordan Alvarez got things started and Langeliers was right behind him, both crossing the plate on a Cody Bellinger single to center — just like that, two nothing before the Nationals could blink. The inning wasn't done. Bobby Witt Junior had moved to third on that play, and Ben Rice punched another single through the middle to score him, pushing the lead to three before the National League side had even settled in.
That was really the ballgame. The Nationals never found an answer, and their best bats — Harper, Schwarber — couldn't get anything going. Juan Soto managed the lone National hit, but it amounted to nothing with no one on base to bring home.
The Americans put the finishing touch on it in the eighth when Vargas launched a solo shot four hundred thirty three feet to left, a statement homer that made it four nothing and sent the crowd home happy.
Bellinger was the catalyst with that two-RBI single in the first, and Vargas gave the night its signature moment with that moonshot late. The American League controlled this one wire to wire and never let the National side breathe. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.
AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.
Who Scored — Scoring Timeline
- Bellinger singled to center, Alvarez scored and Langeliers scored, Witt Jr. to third. P1 · 2–0
- Rice singled to center, Witt Jr. scored, Bellinger to second. P1 · 3–0
- Vargas homered to left (433 feet). P8 · 4–0
Complete Play-by-Play
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Top of the 1st inning
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Mike Trout
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Trout struck out swinging.
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Yordan Alvarez
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Alvarez singled to center.
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Shea Langeliers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Ball 4
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Langeliers walked, Alvarez to second.
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Junior Caminero
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Caminero grounded out to pitcher, Langeliers to second, Alvarez to third.
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Bobby Witt Jr.
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Ball 4
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Witt Jr. walked.
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Cody Bellinger
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Bellinger singled to center, Alvarez scored and Langeliers scored, Witt Jr. to third.
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Ben Rice
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Rice singled to center, Witt Jr. scored, Bellinger to second.
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Cristopher Sanchez pitches to Riley Greene
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Greene struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 1st inning
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Bottom of the 1st inning
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Dylan Cease pitches to Kyle Schwarber
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 1
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball 2
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Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Schwarber struck out swinging.
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Dylan Cease pitches to Juan Soto
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Soto struck out swinging.
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Dylan Cease pitches to Freddie Freeman
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 1
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Pitch 5 : Ball 2
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 8 : Ball 3
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Pitch 9 : Ball 4
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Freeman walked.
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Dylan Cease pitches to CJ Abrams
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Abrams struck out swinging.
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End of the 1st inning
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Top of the 2nd inning
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Rodriguez relieved Sánchez
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Eduardo Rodriguez pitches to Ernie Clement
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Clement grounded out to first.
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Eduardo Rodriguez pitches to Mike Trout
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball 3
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Trout grounded out to second.
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Eduardo Rodriguez pitches to Yordan Alvarez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Alvarez flied out to left.
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Middle of the 2nd inning
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Bottom of the 2nd inning
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Messick relieved Cease
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Parker Messick pitches to Max Muncy
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Muncy fouled out to third.
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Parker Messick pitches to Ozzie Albies
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Albies grounded out to shortstop.
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Parker Messick pitches to Brandon Marsh
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Looking
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Marsh struck out looking.
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End of the 2nd inning
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Top of the 3rd inning
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O'Brien relieved Rodriguez
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Riley O'Brien pitches to Shea Langeliers
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Langeliers singled to center.
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Riley O'Brien pitches to Junior Caminero
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Caminero hit by pitch, Langeliers to second.
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Vargas ran for Caminero
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Riley O'Brien pitches to Bobby Witt Jr.
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Witt Jr. grounded into fielder's choice to third, Vargas to second, Langeliers out at third. National League challenged: call on the field was upheld.
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Riley O'Brien pitches to Cody Bellinger
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Bellinger flied out to left.
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Riley O'Brien pitches to Ben Rice
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Rice struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 3rd inning
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Bottom of the 3rd inning
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Vargas at third base.
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Wacha relieved Messick
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Michael Wacha pitches to Andy Pages
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Pages struck out swinging.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Drake Baldwin
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking
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Baldwin struck out looking.
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Michael Wacha pitches to Kyle Schwarber
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 8 : Ball In Play
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Schwarber grounded out to second.
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End of the 3rd inning
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Top of the 4th inning
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Contreras catching.
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Luzardo relieved O'Brien
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Jesus Luzardo pitches to Riley Greene
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Greene struck out swinging.
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Jesus Luzardo pitches to Ernie Clement
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Clement grounded out to third.
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Jesus Luzardo pitches to Mike Trout
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Trout grounded out to third.
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Middle of the 4th inning
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Bottom of the 4th inning
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Rafaela in center field.
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Dingler catching.
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Contreras at first base.
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Ryan relieved Wacha
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Joe Ryan pitches to Juan Soto
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Soto singled to center.
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Joe Ryan pitches to Freddie Freeman
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 1
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Freeman struck out swinging.
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Joe Ryan pitches to CJ Abrams
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Abrams struck out swinging.
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Joe Ryan pitches to Max Muncy
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Muncy popped out to shortstop.
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End of the 4th inning
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Top of the 5th inning
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Carroll in left field.
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Olson at first base.
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Stewart at third base.
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Griffin relieved Luzardo
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Foster Griffin pitches to Yandy Diaz
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Díaz struck out swinging.
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Foster Griffin pitches to Dillon Dingler
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Dingler struck out swinging.
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Foster Griffin pitches to Miguel Vargas
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Vargas lined out to center.
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Middle of the 5th inning
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Bottom of the 5th inning
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Díaz as designated hitter.
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McGonigle at shortstop.
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Arozarena in left field.
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Martinez relieved Ryan
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Nick Martinez pitches to Ozzie Albies
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Albies grounded out to first.
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Nick Martinez pitches to Brandon Marsh
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Marsh struck out swinging.
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Nick Martinez pitches to Andy Pages
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Pages grounded out to second.
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End of the 5th inning
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Top of the 6th inning
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Lopez at shortstop.
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Arraez at second base.
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Wood in right field.
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Crow-Armstrong in center field.
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Iglesias relieved Griffin
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Raisel Iglesias pitches to Kevin McGonigle
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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McGonigle grounded out to second.
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Raisel Iglesias pitches to Cody Bellinger
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Bellinger lined out to left.
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Raisel Iglesias pitches to Willson Contreras
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball In Play
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Contreras singled to right.
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Raisel Iglesias pitches to Randy Arozarena
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Arozarena grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Contreras out at second.
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Middle of the 6th inning
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Bottom of the 6th inning
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Peters in right field.
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Bazzana at second base.
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Smith relieved Martinez
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Cade Smith pitches to William Contreras
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Contreras flied out to right.
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Harper hit for Schwarber
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Cade Smith pitches to Bryce Harper
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Harper struck out swinging.
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Cade Smith pitches to Corbin Carroll
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Carroll struck out swinging.
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End of the 6th inning
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Top of the 7th inning
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Harper as designated hitter.
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Goodman catching.
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Wrobleski relieved Iglesias
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Justin Wrobleski pitches to Travis Bazzana
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Bazzana struck out swinging.
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Justin Wrobleski pitches to Ceddanne Rafaela
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Rafaela struck out swinging.
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Justin Wrobleski pitches to Yandy Diaz
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Díaz struck out swinging.
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Middle of the 7th inning
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Bottom of the 7th inning
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Rutschman catching.
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Murakami at first base.
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Rasmussen relieved Smith
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Drew Rasmussen pitches to Matt Olson
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball In Play
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Olson flied out to left.
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Drew Rasmussen pitches to Otto Lopez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Lopez struck out swinging.
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Drew Rasmussen pitches to Sal Stewart
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball 3
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Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 6 : Ball 4
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Stewart walked.
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Latz relieved Rasmussen
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Jacob Latz pitches to Luis Arraez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Ball 2
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Arraez struck out swinging.
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End of the 7th inning
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Top of the 8th inning
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Walker in left field.
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Justin Wrobleski pitches to Adley Rutschman
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball In Play
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Rutschman grounded out to shortstop.
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Justin Wrobleski pitches to Miguel Vargas
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball 2
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Vargas homered to left (433 feet).
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Justin Wrobleski pitches to Kevin McGonigle
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 6 : Ball 2
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Pitch 7 : Strike 3 Swinging
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McGonigle struck out swinging.
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Justin Wrobleski pitches to Tristan Peters
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking
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Peters struck out looking. American League challenged: call on the field was upheld.
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Middle of the 8th inning
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Bottom of the 8th inning
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Varland relieved Latz
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Louis Varland pitches to James Wood
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul
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Pitch 4 : Ball 2
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Pitch 5 : Ball 3
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Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking
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Wood struck out looking.
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Louis Varland pitches to Pete Crow-Armstrong
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Crow-Armstrong singled to center.
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Louis Varland pitches to Hunter Goodman
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Goodman lined out to shortstop.
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Herrera hit for Harper
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Louis Varland pitches to Ivan Herrera
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Pitch 1 : Ball 1
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Herrera grounded into fielder's choice to third, Crow-Armstrong out at second.
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End of the 8th inning
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Top of the 9th inning
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Herrera as designated hitter.
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Miller relieved Wrobleski
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Mason Miller pitches to Munetaka Murakami
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball 1
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Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Murakami struck out swinging.
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Duran relieved Miller
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Jhoan Duran pitches to Randy Arozarena
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Arozarena singled to center.
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Jhoan Duran pitches to Travis Bazzana
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Bazzana grounded into fielder's choice to second, Arozarena out at second.
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Jhoan Duran pitches to Ceddanne Rafaela
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Rafaela grounded out to second.
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Middle of the 9th inning
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Bottom of the 9th inning
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Chapman relieved Varland
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Aroldis Chapman pitches to Jordan Walker
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging
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Pitch 2 : Ball 1
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Pitch 3 : Ball 2
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Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging
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Walker struck out swinging.
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Aroldis Chapman pitches to Matt Olson
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Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
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Olson popped out to shortstop.
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Baker relieved Chapman
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Bryan Baker pitches to Otto Lopez
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Ball In Play
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Lopez singled to right.
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Bryan Baker pitches to Sal Stewart
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Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking
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Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging
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Pitch 3 : Ball In Play
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Stewart grounded out to pitcher.
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End of the 9th inning
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