Talk about a debut to remember.
Colorado Rockies catcher Elias Diaz stepped up to the plate during the top of the eighth inning with the National League trailing 2-1 in the 2023 MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday.
It marked the 32-year-old’s first appearance in the annual event, and he capped it off to perfection.
Facing a 2-2 count with no outs, Diaz homered off Baltimore Orioles’ Felix Bautista to give the NL the lead as Nick Castellanos ran home from second.
Neither side scored from there, which paved the way for Diaz to make history on multiple fronts at T-Mobile Park, home of the Seattle Mariners.
Thanks to his heroics, the Venezuelan native took home the All-Star Game MVP award. He became the first player in Rockies franchise history to do so, and he also helped end a significant drought.
The National League had not won the annual event in nine years. The last victory came in 2012 in Kansas City, when the NL shut out the American League 8-0. For context,…
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