Run-scoring singles by Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. in the fourth and Tampa Bay’s Isaac Paredes in the sixth lifted the American League to a 2-0 shutout win over the National in the simulation of the 2024 All-Star Game performed by Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic), the market leader in sports simulation games. The Nationals were limited to three hits by nine different A.L. hurlers.
Guerrero Jr.’s hit followed a one-out triple by Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez off Chicago’s Shota Imanaga with what proved to be the game-winning RBI. Then two innings later the hosts built a run on a bases-empty, two-out single and stolen base by Cleveland’s David Fry and ensuing hit by Paredes to double the A.L. lead to 2-0.
That’s all the impressive Junior Circuit staff would need, though they totaled just five strikeouts in the game, two by Oakland breakout star Mason Miller. Two errors and a walk loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, but Texas closer Kirby Yates induced a game-ending popout by Colorado’s Ryan McMahon.
Guerrero Jr. had two of the American League’s eight hits in the simulation.
National League. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 3 0
American League. 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 – 2 8 2
WP: Crochet; LP: Imanaga; SV: Yates
HR: none