Kyle Schwarber named MLB All-Star Game MVP: Phillies slugger leads National League to thrilling swing-off win

One of the craziest star matches in the history of baseball ended with a Home Run derby Tuesday evening in Truist Park. After the American league return from a 6-0 deficit, Kyle Schwarber led the National League to a 4-3 in the equality break-off, which earned him the MVP honors of the Star Match. Officially, the final score is 6-6 (box score), the NL winning in an equality break.

Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the swing-off to transform a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 victory for the National League. Here are his swings at home:

It was the first swing-off equality break in the history of stars’ game. The rule was implemented in 2022 to save the launchers, but was only necessary on Tuesday. In the swing-off, each team chooses three strikers, who then take three swings each. Most circuits win.

“Schwarbs, if it touches it, it’s 110,” said director of the National League Dave Roberts after the match. “As I said earlier, he no longer takes a lot of hijackers outside. So that he can get out and see an arm he has never seen before (Brew of Equality Dino Ebel), use a large part of the terrain and strike and hang and hit three circuits.

Schwarber, in his third stars match, only became the second MVP of the stars game in the history of the Phillies. Voltger Johnny Callison managed a three -point home run to win the MVP honors during the 1964 stars match in Shea Stadium. Schwarber went 0 for 2 with a promenade before the equality break, making him the first non-al “to win the MVP of the Star Match without getting a blow in the real game.

The 32-year-old slugger took a shot line from .247 / .378 / .545 and 30 Home in a first place pause for first-place phillies. Only Cal Raleigh (38), Aaron Judge (35), Shohei Ohtani (32), and Eugenio Suárez (31) have more circuits than Schwarber.

Tuesday’s victory was only the second of the last 12 star games in the National League.