The National League captured the 95th Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Truist Park in Atlanta, prevailing in the first swing-off tiebreaker ever used in the midsummer classic. After the American League erased a 6-0 deficit to level the score 6-6 through nine innings, the contest moved directly to the home-run-derby style shootout that was written into the 2022 collective bargaining agreement but had never been needed until Tuesday night. Each manager pre-selected three hitters for the derby. NL skipper Dave Roberts turned to Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Stowers and Pete Alonso, while AL manager Aaron Boone chose Brent Rooker, Randy Arozarena and Jonathan Aranda. With each player limited to three swings, Rooker’s two early homers gave the AL a brief edge, but Schwarber responded with a trio of drives measuring up to 461 feet, handing the NL a 4-3 advantage that Aranda could not match. Schwarber’s perfect 3-for-3 round earned the Philadelphia slugger the game’s Most Valuable Player award. The dramatic finish capped a night of firsts. The automated ball-strike challenge system—allowing hitters or pitchers to appeal a call by tapping their helmet—made its All-Star debut, and was successfully invoked twice. Official attendance was announced at 41,702. Players and managers praised the swing-off for protecting pitchers while providing a penalty-kick-style climax that energized fans and television viewers alike. Although some stars such as Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge were not involved, participants said the format could become a permanent—and potentially wider—feature of the sport’s toolkit for shortening games.