Soundbites And Swing-Offs: Takeaways From An Electric 2025 MLB All-Star Game

ATLANTA — Good luck trying to top the 2025 All-Star Game, because this one is going down in the history books.

The National League led by six runs by the start of the seventh inning on Tuesday night, highlighted by a three-run home run from Pete Alonso and a solo shot from Corbin Carroll, which led everyone in Truist Park to believe that this year’s Midsummer Classic might just be a straight, one-sided blowout. 

Think again.

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The American League was just preserving its energy for a late-game comeback. Brent Rooker finally got the A.L. on the board with a three-run moonshot to left field in the seventh inning, before Bobby Witt Jr. cut their deficit to one run with an RBI double in the ninth.

Finally, Steven Kwan singled off Edwin Diaz and tied the game at 6-6. The N.L. came up empty in the bottom of the ninth, and for the first time in All-Star Game history, the contest went to a swing-off.

When the stakes are high and the pressure is boiling over, who but Kyle Schwarber can perform in the clutch? The Phillies slugger went 3-for-3 with home runs in the first-ever swing-off, winning All-Star Game MVP and delivering a win for the N.L. to cap the most exciting All-Star Game in recent memory.

On a night that started with Ludacris rapping on the field while the All-Stars were being introduced, to it ending with fireworks in the form of home runs and Schwarber being moshed by his N.L. teammates, here are more takeaways from the 2025 All-Star Game. 

Alonso skips Derby, hits dinger anyway

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Is it even All-Star week without a Pete Alonso home run? Alonso, who didn’t participate in Monday night’s Home Run Derby, hit a three-run shot against