Well it was a good night for the Braves, at least. Both Max Fried and Reynaldo Lopez pitched scoreless outings but it wasn’t enough as the American League took down the National League 5-3 Tuesday night in Arlington Texas.
Corbin Burnes of the Orioles and Paul Skenes of the Pirates were pegged by their respective managers to start the game, though another Brave, Chris Sale, probably had a pretty good shot at the honor had he not pitched the last game before the break. Both Skenes and Burnes pitched scoreless first innings, with Skenes vs Aaron Judge being the early exciting matchup. Unfortunately, the drama ended quickly with a 1-pitch groundout.
Max Fried was given an early chance as his appearance came in the bottom of second. He gave up a leadoff walk to Yordan Alvarez but then got Jose Ramierz on a flyout and both Vladimir Guerrero Jr and Adley Rutschman on groundouts to finish off a scoreless frame.
The National League’s most productive offensive inning came in the third, when Jurickson Porfar and Ketel Marte led off the inning with back-to-back singles. Shohei Ohtani then came up and launched a Tanner Houck fastball deep into the night for a 3-run homer to give the NL an early 3-0 lead.
It was a short-lived lead however as the American League immediately answered back. Logan Webb came in to pitch the third and gave a lead off single to Marcus Semien followed by a walk from Steven Kwan. Both runners advanced on a groundout and then Juan Soto drove in both with a 2-run double to make it 3-2.
