How New York Mets’ All-Stars performed in NL’s victory

Francisco Lindor was the lone starter for the Mets in Atlanta after being elected to start at shortstop by the fans. Although Lindor went 0-for-2 at the plate with a strikeout, he did make a few noteworthy defensive plays, including a nice ranging play to retire former Met Javier Baez in the fifth inning.

Starting pitcher David Peterson, who was named to the team as a replacement pitcher late last week, entered in the bottom of the fourth inning. Peterson did surrender two hits but worked out of trouble to toss a scoreless frame, picking up a strikeout in the process, making him the first Met to work a scoreless inning in an All-Star Game since Jacob deGrom in 2019.

The highlight of the night for Mets' fans came in the sixth inning, when Pete Alonso launched a three-run homer in his second at-bat to extend the National League's lead to 5-0. The home run had Alonso well-positioned to take home MVP honors for the game, but the NL ended up coughing up a 6-0 lead.

The last NL pitcher to enter the game was Edwin Diaz, who was brought on by Dave Roberts to try and preserve a 6-5 lead with a man on second. A well-placed infield single from Steven Kwan allowed the AL to tie the game and resulted in a blown save for Diaz, but he did record a punchout thanks to a successful use of the ABS challenge system to strike out Randy Arozarena and end the threat.

The game stayed tied after nine innings, leading to the first-ever swing-off between the two leagues, with each team sending up three players for three swings to produce the most home runs and decide a winner. Alonso was slated to bat third for the NL side but never got up after Kyle Schwarber put the NL up 4-3 and Tampa Bay's Jonathan Aranda failed to homer, sealing the NL's win and All-Star MVP honors for Schwarber.