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Schwarber’s Three-Home-Run Performance Wins First All-Star Swing-Off for NL

MLB’s inaugural three-player homer derby resolved a tied 6-6 contest after the American League erased a six-run deficit

Overview

  • Kyle Schwarber homered on all three of his swing-off swings to earn MVP honors and power the National League to a 4-3 tiebreak victory
  • The American League rallied from a 6-0 deficit with Brent Rooker’s pinch-hit three-run homer in the seventh and Steven Kwan’s game-tying single in the ninth
  • Under a 2022 collective bargaining agreement, managers Dave Roberts and Aaron Boone each named three batters to a three-man, three-swing home run derby to decide the outcome
  • The automated ball-strike system made its major league debut outside spring training, with four of five challenges overturned during the exhibition
  • The National League snapped an 11-game losing streak in the All-Star Game, recording only its second victory in 12 years