by Atlanta first baseman Matt Olson laced a one-out single, plating Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in his hometown stadium, Truist Park, to lift the National League to a 3-2 triumph over the American League in a simulation of the All-Star Game via Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulations.
In the simulation, the A.L. scored first on a third-inning leadoff home run by Tampa Bay third baseman Junior Caminero. The N.L. answered with two in the bottom of the fourth, with Los Angeles catcher Will Smith and Chicago outfielder Kyle Tucker plating runs with consecutive RBI hits. After the Junior Circuit tied it in the fifth on Caminero’s second solo homer of the game, the game remained even until Olson’s game-winner off Boston’s Aroldis Chapman brought in automatic runner De La Cruz.
San Diego reliever Jason Adam earned the win with a scoreless 10th inning, aided when Colorado catcher Hunter Goodman threw out automatic runner Jonathan Aranda of Tampa Bay attempting to steal third with one out. Adam then fanned Toronto catcher Alejandro Kirk to keep the game tied and set up Olson’s heroics in the bottom of the frame.
Olson and Arizona 2B Ketel Marte had two hits each to lead the N.L. Seattle closer Andrés Muñoz struck out the side in a scoreless eighth to pace the A.L. pitchers.
As for the locals, Aaron Judge went 0-for-2, Pete Alonso went 0-for-2, Francisco Lindor was 0-for-1, Jazz Chisolm was 0-for-1, Max Fried pitched a 1-2-3 second inning, and Edwin Diaz allowed one hit in a scorless ninth inning.
American........ 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 National........ 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 10 1 WP: Adam; LP: Chapman HR: Caminero 2
