National League edges out AL 3-2 to snap decade-long losing streak

The National League came out on top 3-2 against the American League in the All-Star Game to end more than a decade long winless streak  on Tuesday night.

The drought is over! The National League wins the #AllStarGame for the first time since 2012! pic.twitter.com/CytyuQWT00

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The star of the show was undoubtedly Elias Diaz as the Colorado man hit a two-run homer off Felix Bautista in the 8th inning that proved vital and gave the National League the edge.

It was no surprise that Diaz was given the MVP award at the end as he registered his 9th homer this season, his first since June 23 against the Los Angeles Angels.

A massive homer to break the streak earns Elias Díaz #AllStarGame Ted Williams MVP honors. pic.twitter.com/76cQzDY1kO

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“As soon as he walked in the clubhouse and I met him, he said, ‘I’ll do anything you want. If I play, I play. If I don’t, I don’t. I’m just so happy to be here,’” NL manager Rob Thomson said. “So for him to do that, it’s fantastic.”

Yandy Díaz hit a solo homer in the second and Bo Bichette’s sacrifice fly in the sixth gave the AL a 2-1 lead.

J.D. Martinez doubled and scored on Luis Arraez’s single in the fourth against Seattle’s George Kirby, tying it at 1.