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Thursday 19 July 2018
Houston Astros outfielder
George Springer (4) cele-
brates his solo home run in the
tenth inning during the Ma-
jor League Baseball All-star
Game, Tuesday, July 17, 2018
in Washington.
Bregman,
Springer
homer in
10th inning
as AL beats
NL 8-6
By BEN WALKER
AP Baseball Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — A re-
cord 10 home runs. A slew
of strikeouts.
The all-or-nothing All-Star
Game mirrored what base-
ball has become.
Astros teammates Alex
Bregman and George
Springer homered on con-
secutive pitches to begin
the 10th inning, and the
American League beat
the National League 8-6
Tuesday night for its sixth
straight win.
"Standard operation now-
adays, right?" said AL man-
ager A.J. Hinch of Houston.
"We're going to homer and
punch out as an industry."
“There’s a great love affair
with both results. I mean,
to kind of empty your tank
and hit homers tonight at
this event is probably the In this Jan. 13, 2018, file photo, San Antonio Spurs forward Kawhi Leonard (2) scores past Denver Nuggets guard Will Barton (5) dur-
best thing imaginable,” he ing the second half of an NBA basketball game, in San Antonio.
said. “ Associated Press
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