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MLB's All-Star Game is later today at 5pm PT and Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker had one question, "If the score was even after nine innings in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, would Pete Alonso participate in the new tiebreaking Home Run Derby that would decide the winning team?"
According to KTLA 5, the novel format usually has three players from each league take three swings each to decide the final score. With this decision made the night before the game, a lot of players like Freddie Freeman are excited to see that actually happen, "That would be fun, we got Pete Alonso and Ronald, so I like our chances." Below are some explanations to what the rules will be if there is a tie at the end of the 9th inning.
In the tiebreaker, “each player can take an unlimited number of pitches without it counting against their swing total. Players on each team may hit in any order during the All-Star tiebreaker; provided, however, the batters from each team shall alternate.”
“Once all six tiebreaker selections have completed their swings, the team with the most home runs shall be declared the winner of the All-Star Game,” the rules state. “In the event the teams have the same number of home runs following the tiebreaker, each manager shall select one tiebreaker selection to participate in another round in which the tiebreaker selection from each team takes three swings to break the tie. The aforementioned head-to-head format will continue until the tie is broken.”
Since the MLB All-Star games began in 1933, some games have gone to extra innings and there's also been an issue with teams running short on pitchers when managers try to get pitchers in the game by the ninth inning. Click here for more.