2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game


The 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 89th Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was hosted by the Washington Nationals and was played at Nationals Park on July 17, 2018. It was televised nationally by Fox. The American League beat the National League 8–6, in 10 innings.
The host city was announced on April 6, 2015, by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred; it was the fifth All-Star Game in Washington, D.C., 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 Montreal Expos.
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 2017.

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 All-Star Final Vote 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 Jean Segura of the American League's Seattle Mariners and Jesús Aguilar of the National League's Milwaukee Brewers.
PlayerTeamPos.
Jesús AguilarBrewers1B
Brandon BeltGiants1B
Matt CarpenterCardinals3B
Max MuncyDodgers1B
Trea TurnerNationalsSS

PlayerTeamPos.
Andrew BenintendiRed SoxOF
Eddie RosarioTwinsOF
Jean SeguraMarinersSS
Andrelton SimmonsAngelsSS
Giancarlo StantonYankeesOF

Rosters

National League

PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
CCubs1
1BBraves3
2BCubs1
3BRockies4
SSGiants2
OFBraves1
OFDodgers3
OFNationals6

PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
CCardinals9
CGiants6
CMarlins1
1BBrewers1
1BDiamondbacks6
1BReds6
2BBraves1
2BReds1
3BReds1
SSRockies1
OFRockies3
OFBrewers2
OFBrewers1

PlayerTeamAll-Star Games
Diamondbacks2
Mets2
Nationals2
Braves1
Diamondbacks5
Brewers1
Padres2
Dodgers3
Brewers1
Cubs5
Cardinals1
Phillies1
Nationals6
Dodgers1
Pirates1

American League

PositionPlayerTeamAll-Star Games
CRoyals6
CIndians1
1BRed Sox1
2BAthletics1
2BYankees1
3BAstros1
SSIndians3
SSMariners2
OFIndians3
OFRangers1
OFMariners1
OFAstros2
DHMariners6

PlayerTeamAll-Star Games
Indians1
Twins1
Yankees5
Astros2
Mariners1
Blue Jays1
Tigers1
Red Sox7
Indians3
Astros1
Red Sox7
Yankees2
Rays1
Athletics1
Astros7

Roster notes


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

Game summary

Starting lineup

OrderPlayerTeamPosition
1Cubs2B
2Rockies3B
3DiamondbacksDH
4Braves1B
5DodgersLF
6NationalsCF
7BravesRF
8GiantsSS
9CubsC
NationalsP

OrderPlayerTeamPosition
1Red SoxRF
2Astros2B
3AngelsCF
4Red SoxDH
5Indians3B
6YankeesLF
7OriolesSS
8White Sox1B
9RoyalsC
Red SoxP

Line score