MLB All-Star Game 2015: Score, Highlights and Comments from MVP

On the strength of efforts from game MVP Mike Trout, the American League won its third straight Major League Baseball All-Star Game 6-3 at the Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati on Tuesday night.

It was Trout's second consecutive All-Star Game MVP award, as he also won the trophy last year at Target Field in Minnesota. Per the MLB on Twitter, Trout joined some select company as a two-time winner of the award:

The 23-year-old phenom got the game started off with a bang, slugging a leadoff home run off the Los Angeles Dodgers' Zack Greinke. With the dinger, Trout has now hit for the cycle in his four All-Star appearances. MLB has this compilation GIF of all four of his knocks:

Per Bob Nightengale of USA Today, Trout said this during a postgame interview: "I was pumped, for sure. I was really excited before that at-bat. It's the All-Star Game. Who doesn't get excited? It was awesome."

He would add a walk and move to second on a groundout in the fifth before motoring home on a Prince Fielder RBI single.

While Trout shined brightest of all the stars, there were a few other notable performances. 

Lorenzo Cain Gets Two Knocks

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There are some who might have felt that Kansas City Royals outfielder Lorenzo Cain deserved to win MVP. He was the only player for either side to have two hits in the game. His double in the fifth inning scored Albert Pujols and gave the American League a 3-1 lead.

Considering Trout got the scoring started with a home run and then scored the second tally—and because the AL never lost the lead he gave the team—it seems appropriate that Trout get the hardware.

Still, Cain was excellent in his All-Star debut.

Jacob deGrom and Aroldis Chapman Dominance

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The National League lost, but it had the most dominant individual pitching performances of the evening. The New York Mets' Jacob deGrom struck out the side in the sixth inning on just 10 pitches. Take a look at the whiffery, per MLB:

The 2014 NL Rookie of the Year showed just how good his stuff can be. That's not too bad for a converted infielder.

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Hometown fireballer Aroldis Chapman was barely outdone in his ninth-inning performance. He also struck out the side. Chapman needed 14 pitches to retire the AL in the ninth, but 12 of them eclipsed 100 miles per hour on the radar gun, per MLB:

In all, the MLB All-Star Game was a huge success. The game wasn't a letdown after the epic Home Run Derby the night before. Both events only added to the significant momentum baseball has in the country right now.

That should make you smile.   

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