2024 MLB All-Star Game score, results: Jarren Duran leads American League to victory, Shohei Ohtani homers

The American League is now 28-7-1 at the All-Star Game since 1988

The 94th MLB All-Star Game was played Tuesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, and the American League continued its Midsummer Classic dominance with a come-from-behind win (AL 5, NL 3). The so-called Junior Circuit scored five unanswered runs after falling behind 3-0 on Shohei Ohtani's third-inning three-run homer.

Last year the National League snapped a nine-year All-Star Game losing streak, winning its first since 2012 at Kansas City's Kauffman Stadium. That was a one-off though. Tuesday's win was the AL's 22nd win in the last 27 All-Star Games. The All-Star rivalry has been extremely one-sided lately. That said, the all-time series is fairly even: 48-44-2 in favor of the AL.   

Here are five takeaways from the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.

1. Ohtani gave the people what they want

The game's biggest star opened the scoring Tuesday night. Ohtani hit a long and loud three-run home run against Red Sox ace Tanner Houck to give the National League a (short-lived) 3-0 lead in the third inning. This is about as no-doubt as no-doubters get:

Ohtani is the first Dodgers player to hit a home run in the All-Star Game since Hall of Famer Mike Piazza took Charles Nagy deep in the 1996 Midsummer Classic at the old Veterans Stadium. He's the tenth Dodgers player to hit a homer in the All-Star Game overall.

This was Ohtani's fourth straight All-Star Game and he entered Tuesday having gone 1 for 4 with two walks in his previous three All-Star Games. He also threw a 1-2-3 inning as the AL's starting pitcher in 2021.

2. We got Skenes vs. Judge

AL manager Bruce Bochy opted to bat Aaron Judge, MLB's leader in home runs and OPS, cleanup in the All-Star Game, which meant a quick 1-2-3 first inning would deprive us of a Judge vs. Paul Skenes matchup. Thankfully Juan Soto, Judge's partner in crime with the Yankees, worked a walk to get Judge to the plate in the first inning. Soto called his shot too.

Soto worked a seven-pitch walk and put up by the far the most competitive at-bat against Skenes, giving us the Judge vs. Skenes matchup. And then Judge grounded out harmlessly on the first pitch. Anticlimactic! At least we did get to see the best hitter in the world vs. arguably already the best pitcher in the world in the All-Star Game. That's better than Judge being left in the on deck.

Here is Skenes' inning:

Soto drove in two runs the half-inning after Ohtani gave the NL a 3-0 lead. Unlikely All-Star David Fry followed with a single to drive in Soto and tie the game 3-3. Ohtani gave the NL a 3-0 lead and Giants righty Logan Webb gave it all back in the next half-inning. Shohei must've felt like he was playing for the Angels again.

3. Duran broke the tie

The NL took a 3-0 on Ohtani's homer and the AL responded with five unanswered runs. Soto and Fry plated three runs in the third inning, then, in the fifth, Red Sox center fielder Jarren Duran broke the tie with a two-run homer off Reds flame-thrower Hunter Greene. Duran, like Ohtani, turned around a mistake splitter.

Duran is the first Red Sox player to hit a home run in the All-Star Game since Adrian Gonzalez back in 2011. Gonzalez cranked a two-run homer off Cliff Lee at Chase Field. Lee seemed untouchable back in those days.

Two innings after his homer, Duran made a nifty play in center to quickly retrieve Elly De La Cruz's base hit and limit him to a single. Bryan Reynolds followed with a single later in the inning and that surely would have scored De La Cruz had he been at second base. Duran drove in two runs and helped save a run in the field. That earned him All-Star Game MVP honors.

4. Miller flirted with 104 mph

Given the rise in velocity, it is a near certainty Athletics closer Mason Miller threw the fastest pitch in All-Star Game history Tuesday night. He threw a 103.6 mph heater -- 103.6 mph! -- in his perfect inning of work. It is for sure the fastest pitch thrown in an All-Star Game in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008). Here is Miller's heat:

OK, so a pitch in the dirt isn't very exciting, but still, 103.6 mph! Miller threw eight pitches that clocked at 100 mph or better Tuesday, plus one at 99.9 mph. Prior to Miller, the fastest All-Star pitch ever was a 103.4 mph heater by Aroldis Chapman back in 2015. 

5. Turner made a slick play while mic'd up

Look, no one likes in-game interviews. They're distracting, they're rarely entertaining, and every so often a player who is mic'd up will make an error. If it happens in an All-Star Game, whatever. But a mic'd up player screwing something up in a meaningful regular-season game is always cringy. Alas and alack, in-game interviews aren't going anywhere. It is what it is.

I do have to acknowledge that there was, however, an extremely cool thing that happened while a player was mic'd up in the All-Star Game. All three Phillies infielders -- Alec Bohm, Bryce Harper, Trea Turner -- were mic'd up and bantering when Turner made a slick diving play to take a hit away from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. His teammates loved it:

I acknowledge that was a cool moment. You are now free to go back to hating in-game interviews. I know I will.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:47 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

The AL wins, 5-3 with Clase getting the save. Jarren Duran will surely be the MVP with his tie-breaking HR.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:41 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Pete Alonso, Elly De La Cruz and Jackson Merrill due up for the NL against the best AL closer

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:39 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

OK, here we go. Three outs from an AL win and it's Emmanuel Clase on for the AL

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:37 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

And before that Clase was a Padres prospect. San Diego traded him to Texas as a player to named later for Brett Nicholas.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:36 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Jeff Hoffman will finish the ninth for the NL. Lovullo had a lot of first-time All-Stars and the types of players where they might not be back, so he wanted to work everyone in.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:36 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Intersting nugget if Clase closes this down. The Rangers used to have him. He was a minor-leaguer traded to Cleveland from the Rangers in the Corey Kluber deal.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:34 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

there is a pitcher up in the NL bullpen, so it looks like Lovullo has one more pitcher to squeeze in the game here

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:31 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

The AL will attempt to add more insurance to their two-run lead here in the bottom of the eighth against Tanner Scott of the Marlins. He's great but prone to the walk. 

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:24 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

To Axisa's point earlier, this probably clears the way for Clase to close it down 

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:23 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Instead, he strikes out. Onto the eighth! It's Rangers closer Kirby Yates for the AL. 

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:22 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

The last we saw of Bobby Witt Jr. he hit one off the wall to lose the HR Derby finals. Maybe he'll go yard here. Local kid. That would be fun.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:19 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Of course, he's now removed for Matt Strahm and this is two mid-inning pitching changes for Torey Lovullo and that's not acceptable.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:18 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Robert Suarez, pitching for the NL now, is a great All-Star story. He didn't debut in MLB until he was 31 years old after a five-year career in Japan. The Venezuelan got his professional start in Mexico. And now he's one of the best relievers in baseball.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:15 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

Wonder what the AL's pitching plan is? Clase and Yates in some order? Clase's been the best reliever in baseball and Yates is the hometown Ranger. Could also go Muñoz.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:13 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

the NL strands two and they are down to their last six outs, trailing by two. The NL won last year but AL had won the previous nine.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:12 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

Duran made a nice play to hold Elly to a single there. Too bad he didn't steal second, but maybe he'll steal third here.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:09 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Elly De La Cruz has 46 stolen bases. Please run here. 

[Jul 16, 2024 at 10:01 pm ET · Kate Feldman]

Poor Cristopher Sánchez only gets two pitches in his first All-Star Game appearance (although that was all he needed for two outs)

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:56 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

Straight to jail.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:55 pm ET · Kate Feldman]

Sorry, no, you should not be allowed to challenge a call at the All-Star Game. Come on

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:49 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

And here is that home run:

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:45 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

The Duran homer is the first Red Sox All-Star Game home run since Adrian Gonzalez in 2011

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:36 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

Here's Miller sending Ohtani packing:

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:36 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

Miller hit 103.6 mph in the at-bat to Trea Turner.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:36 pm ET · Kate Feldman]

From our own Matt Snyder live from Arlington

Paul Skenes vs. Aaron Judge All-Star Game matchup was best showcase MLB could have hoped for

Matt Snyder

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:35 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

Miller wiped Ohtani out. Sheesh. 101 fastball, 89 slider, 102 fastball, 89 slider. Goodnight.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:34 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

Ohtani vs Mason Miller 😍

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:28 pm ET · Mike Axisa]

I just went back and looked it up: No starting pitcher has gone two innings in the All-Star Game since Max Scherzer in 2018. The starter used to go two innings every year. It was an honor to get the ball and go two innings when everyone else had to settle for one. Another little tradition lost.

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:24 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

Shota Imanaga on for the NL. He's been mostly great this year, obviously, but he's had a few debacles and can be prone to the home run. 

[Jul 16, 2024 at 9:22 pm ET · Matt Snyder]

One of the things I love about the All-Star Game: Guardians utility man David Fry is one of the least known guys here. He singled home the game-tying run for the AL.