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The Mets’ Pete Alonso hits a three-run, sixth-inning home run for the National League, which stretched its lead to 6-0 before the American League rallied to tie in the ninth. Jamie Squire / Getty Images

The Athletics’ Brent Rooker celebrates with teammates in the dugout after his three-run home run in the seventh inning started the American League’s rally. Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images

The National League’s Kyle Schwarber goes down to a knee upon swinging from the heels to hit his third home run in as many swings to give the NL a 4-3 lead in the tiebreaking swing-off that they would keep to win the All-Star Game. Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images

The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani of the NL and Mariners’ Cal Raleigh of the AL chat during the first inning of the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday night in Atlanta. Kevin C. Cox / Getty Images

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and Steven Kwan’s infield hit on a three-hopper to third off Edwin Díaz drove in the tying run.

Joe Torre, the 84-year-old former Yankees manager, went to the mound for a pitching change in the eighth to take the ball from Shane Smith and hand it to Andrés Muñoz. The Hall of Famer was picked as a coach by current New York skipper Aaron Boone, who managed the AL.

Earning a hand

Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman was removed for Alonso with two outs in the third inning, giving the crowd of 41,702 a chance to cheer a player who spent 12 seasons with the Braves and helped win the 2021 World Series title. He went 0 for 1.

Dodgers DH Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 2, singling and then scoring a run in the first inning, for the National League. Catcher Will Smith was 0 for 2.

Heat on the mound

Paul Skenes, the first pitcher to start the All-Star Game each of his first two seasons, struck out Gleyber Torres and Riley Greene in a perfect first that included Aaron Judge’s inning-ending groundout. The 23-year-old right-hander reached 100 mph on four of 14 pitches.

Jacob Misiorowski, a controversial inclusion after pitching in just five major league games in his rookie season, fired nine pitches of 100 mph or more in a one-hit eighth 34 days after his major league debut. The 23-year-old righty, added to the NL roster by Commissioner Rob Manfred, reached 102.3 mph.

There were 21 pitches of 100 mph or more, down from a record 23 last year but up from 13 in 2023, 10 in 2022 and one in 2021.

Styling

Teams were back in their regular-season club jerseys — whites for the NL, mostly grays for the AL — after four years of special All-Star uniforms that were much criticized.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. arrived in a Valentino smoking jacket and Christian Louboutin shoes. Instead of having players line up on the foul lines as they were introduced, they walked to a four-level red podium stretching across the infield dirt with flashing lights, smoke, a DJ and dancers.