Category: national league

MLB All-Star Game Draws Record-Low Viewership for 2nd Year in Row

NEW YORK—Baseball’s All-Star Game drew a record low in viewers for the second straight year. The National League’s 3–2 win over the American League in Seattle on Tuesday night was seen by 7,006,000 viewers on Fox, down from 7.51 million last year. The game drew a 3.9 rating, down from a 4.2 last year, and…


National League Snaps All-Star Game Losing Streak, Tops AL 3–2 Behind Elias Díaz Homer

SEATTLE—Shining brightly in the Emerald City, the National League snapped a losing streak that lasted more than a decade. An unheralded catcher from Colorado delivered the big blow. Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer off Félix Bautista in the eighth inning, and the NL snapped a nine-game losing streak in the All-Star Game with a…