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American League Wins All-Star Game in 2-1, 10th-Inning Victory

LITTLE ON THE LINE

First since MLB changed World Series stakes. “Now, it don’t mean anything.”

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The American League once again won All-Star Game, with a 10th-inning 2-1 victory over the National League at Miami’s Marlins Park on Tuesday night. The win was the AL’s fifth in a row, and the first since Major League Baseball changed its rules to not give the winning side home-field advantage for the World Series. “Now, it don’t mean anything,’’ said Robinson Cano, of the Seattle Mariners. â€œI really honestly like that way. That way you’re able now to joke around, make the game more fun, like the way it used to be before.”

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