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 Trout led off the game with a home run and helped produce a
tiebreaking run in the third by beating out a double play bid, then
raced home from second on a single to left as the American League
claimed home field advantage for the World Series.
The Los Angeles Angels outfielder was named Most Valuable Player,
becoming the first back-to-back winner of the honor.
"That's why Mike Trout is so special," said AL skipper Ned Yost of
the Kansas City Royals. "He can do everything. He can run, he can
hit for power, he can hit for average, he's a tremendous defender in
center field."
Prince Fielder of the Rangers drove in two, Lorenzo Cain of the
Royals was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Brian Dozier homered in the
eighth to pad the lead as the American League won the showdown for
the third successive year.
David Price of the Detroit Tigers was credited with the win, and Los
Angeles Dodgers Clayton Kershaw took the loss.
Trout set the tone when he stroked an outside pitch from Dodgers'
right-hander Zack Greinke over the right-field fence for the first
lead-off homer in an All-Star Game since Bo Jackson in 1989 in San
Francisco.
The National League tied it 1-1 when the Cardinals' Jhonny Peralta
blooped a single to right to score the Diamondbacks' Paul
Goldschmidt.
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Two runs in the fifth off three-time Cy Young winner Kershaw put the
AL ahead for good.
Kansas City's Alcides Escobar led off with a single under the glove
of Reds third baseman Todd Frazier. Trout hit into a force out at
second but beat the throw and avoided a double play.
After Albert Pujols was walked, Fielder lined a single to left that
scored Trout and Cain smashed a double down the third base line to
drive in Pujols for a 3-1 lead.
The National League made it 3-2 when Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen
belted a long homer to left off Chris Archer, but the AL responded
with two runs in the seventh on an RBI double by the Orioles' Manny
Machado and a sacrifice fly by Fielder to put it out of reach.
(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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