2025 MLB All-Star Game: Analysis, takeaways from Atlanta - ESPN

What a night in Atlanta! For the first time in All-Star Game history, a Home Run Derby-style swing-off determined the winner — and it was the National League that came out on top 4-3 in the swing-off thanks to Philadelphia Phillies DH Kyle Schwarber hitting three home runs to give the Senior Circuit its second win in 12 years.

The format of the tiebreaker was that three players from each team would get three swings each, and the team with the most home runs at the end would win the All-Star Game. Well, the NL needed only two players to get there.

The AL got on the board first with two home runs from Athletics DH Brent Rooker. Miami Marlins left fielder Kyle Stowers added one for the NL, before Seattle Mariners left fielder Randy Arozarena padded the AL's lead with one home run. Schwarber stepped up with the NL down 3-1 and proceeded to hit three blasts to give the NL the lead and the eventual win, as the Junior Circuit's final hitter, Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Jonathan Aranda, was unable to hit one.

Pittsburgh Pirates star pitcher Paul Skenes started the NL off right on the mound with a 1-2-3 first inning, including two strikeouts. Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte then got the scoring started in the bottom of the first with a two-RBI double off of Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal before the AL was even able to secure its first out — and the Junior Circuit was never able to fully dig itself out of that early hole after that.

Nobody would score again until the sixth inning, when New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso hit a three-run blast and Arizona Diamondbacks right fielder Corbin Carroll followed up with another home run a few batters later. The AL answered with four runs of its own in the seventh,