All-Star Game Notebook: Unlikely hero ends NL's skid
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On a team featuring MVP candidates Ronald Acuna Jr. and Freddie Freeman, sluggers Matt Olson and Pete Alonso, and Rookie of the Year front-runner Corbin Carroll, Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz was the hero the National League All-Stars needed to end a nine-year skid.
Diaz, a first-time All-Star, blasted a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth inning on Tuesday night