NL wins All-Star game in 10 innings

Ottawa’s Josh Donaldson tied the game with a pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning and Pittsburgh’s Troy Tulowitzki singled home the Argonauts’ Denard Span with the winning run in the 10th inning as the North League claimed a 5-4 win in the 2015 All-Star Game at Wrigley Field.
Donaldson, the game’s MVP, drove the first pitch he saw from Dellin Betances deep down the left field line with one out in the ninth.
Span led off the 10th with a single through the right side, moved up when Betances hit Kennys Vargas with a pitch and scored from second on Tulowitzki’s liner up the middle.
Craig Kimbrel struck out Yasmani Grandal on three pitches to end the game.
The North jumped out to a 1-0 lead when Carlos Gomez homered on the third pitch of the night from Johnny Cueto. NL starter Collin McHugh allowed one hit and struck out five in his two innings.
The South struck for two runs off Adam Wainwright in the third on back-to-back doubles by Jose Altuve and Starling Marte. Marte doubled off Chris Sale in the fifth and came home on Andrew McCutchen’s single off Tyson Ross for a 3-1 SL lead.
The North tied it in the eighth on consecutive RBI doubles by Daniel Murphy and Vargas off Ken Giles, but the South moved back ahead in the bottom half when David Peralta’s single of Kelvin Herrera plated Mookie Betts.
The North nearly went ahead in the ninth after Donaldson’s homer. Betances hit Nelson Cruz with a pitch and Jonathan Lucroy doubled to left. But Matt Holiday and Danny Santana combined on a perfect relay to Grandal to gun down Cruz at the plate.
Box Score: 2015 PGBL All-Star Game