SEATTLE — Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. joined Vladimir Sr. to develop into the primary father-son duo to win the All-Star Home Run Derby, beating Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena 25-23 within the closing spherical on Monday evening.
Guerrero defeated Julio Rodríguez 21-20 within the semifinals after the Mariners star hit a document 41 within the first spherical in entrance of his hometown followers.
Batting towards Blue Jays supervisor John Schneider, Guerrero was the final semifinalist to swing and the primary finalist, setting a closing spherical document for homers to prime the mark Pete Alonso set when he beat Guerrero 23-22 in 2019.
Vladimir Guerrero Sr. gained the 2007 derby in San Francisco whereas with the Los Angeles Angels, beating the Blue Jays’ Alex Rios 3-2 within the closing.
With Guerrero Jr. catching his breath whereas watching, Arozarena hit towards Tampa Bay subject coordinator Tomas Francisco. Arozarena began his closing 30-second section with 21 homers and had 23 with 7 seconds left earlier than lining and popping up on his closing swings.
Arozarena had probably the most general homers over the three rounds, 82 to Guerrero’s 72. Arozarena overcame Luis Robert of the Chicago White Sox 35-22 within the semifinals. Robert hit the longest drive of the evening, a 484-foot shot to left within the second spherical. That topped the excessive of 476 ft by Barry Bonds within the 2001 derby in Seattle.
Trying to develop into the youngest Derby winner at age 22, Rodríguez knocked out Alonso, a two-time champion who hit 21. Rodríguez beat Corey Seager 32-24 within the first spherical final 12 months at Dodger Stadium, then knocked out Alonso 31-23 earlier than dropping to Juan Soto 19-18 within the closing.
Arozarena beat Texas’ Adolis García 24-17 within the opening pairing earlier than a crowd of 46,952 at T-Mobile Park. García is the godfather to Arozarena’s daughter, and the 2 jumped into one another’s arms throughout warmups.
Robert knocked out Baltimore’s Adley Rutschman 28-27 within the opening spherical. Rutschman hit 21 left-handed, and the change hitter then circled to the fitting facet and hit six extra right-handed throughout a 30-second bonus spherical. From Portland, Oregon, Rutschman grew up attending Mariners video games.
Guerrero, again for the primary time in 4 years, defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Mookie Betts 26-11 within the first spherical. Four years in the past at Cleveland, Guerrero hit 29 within the first spherical and 40 within the second, then misplaced to Alonso within the closing.
Alonso was making an attempt for his third title in 4 years. Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. is the one three-time winner, taking the title in 1994, ’98 and ‘99.
Only three gamers have gained the title at dwelling: the Chicago Cubs’ Ryne Sandberg in 1990, Cincinnati’s Todd Frazier in 2015 and Washington’s Bryce Harper in 2018.
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