The 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 89th

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. The game was hosted by the

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and was played at

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on July 17, 2018. It was televised nationally by Fox. The

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beat the

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8–6, in 10 innings. The host city was announced on April 6, 2015, by

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Commissioner

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; it was the fifth All-Star Game in

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, and the first since 1969, when the second Washington Senators hosted. It was also the first time that the Nationals had hosted the All-Star Game, and the first time that the Nationals franchise had hosted it since 1982, when the franchise played as the

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. For the second straight year, the Houston Astros led both the American League and all of baseball in sending six All-Stars to the game. The two leagues came into the game with identical 43–43–2 records and both had scored exactly 361 runs each in All-Star Game history. The game also broke a home run record, as ten home runs were hit in the game; the previous record being six. All but one run was scored by way of a home run. This is the second consecutive game the AL has won in the 10th inning. The national rating for the game was 5.2, down from 6.5 in

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Fan balloting

Starters

Balloting began on June 1 and ended on July 5. As in previous games, the top vote-getters at each position will be the selected starters for their respective positions, barring any suspensions, injuries or other issues. The reserve players are picked in a more convoluted way involving fan votes, players, and Commissioner's Office. For the fourth year, voting was conducted online exclusively. The results were announced on July 8.

Final roster spot

After the rosters were finalized, a second ballot of five players per league was created for the

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to determine the 32nd and final player of each roster. The online balloting was conducted from July 8 through July 11. The winners of the All-Star Final Vote were

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of the American League's

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and Jesús Aguilar of the National League's Milwaukee Brewers.

Rosters

National League

American League

Roster notes

Trevor Bauer was named as the roster replacement for Justin Verlander due to Verlander starting on Sunday.
Yadier Molina was named as the roster replacement for Buster Posey due to injury.
Jed Lowrie was named as the roster replacement for Gleyber Torres due to injury.
Ross Stripling was named as the roster replacement for Miles Mikolas due to Mikolas starting on Sunday.
Zack Greinke was named as the roster replacement for Jon Lester due to Lester starting on Sunday.
Jeremy Jeffress was named as the roster replacement for Sean Doolittle due to injury.
Blake Snell was named as the roster replacement for Corey Kluber due to injury.
Charlie Morton was named as the roster replacement for Aroldis Chapman due to injury.
Salvador Pérez was named starter in place of Wilson Ramos due to injury.
Yan Gomes was named as the roster replacement for Wilson Ramos due to injury.

:#: Indicates player would not play (replaced as per reference notes above).

Game summary

Starting lineup

Line score

References

External links

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