MLB moving All-Star Game to Coors Field
Midsummer Classic to be played in Denver after it was pulled from Atlanta
DENVER — Major League Baseball plans to relocate the All-Star Game to Coors Field in Denver after pulling this year’s Midsummer Classic from Atlanta over objections to sweeping changes to Georgia’s voting laws, according to a person familiar with the decision.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday night because MLB hadn’t announced the move yet. The commissioner’s office was expected to declare Tuesday that the Colorado Rockies will host the game.
ESPN was first to report the decision.
MLB pulled the July 13 game from Truist Park in Atlanta in response to Georgia voting rules that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp quickly signed into law March 25. Critics, including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola, have condemned the changes as being too restrictive.
Coors Field last hosted the All-Star Game in 1998, the fourth season for the stadium and sixth for the Rockies.
YANKEES 7, ORIOLES 0: In New York, Giancarlo Stanton hit a grand slam over the visitors’ bullpen that landed in the left-bleachers 471 feet from home plate, leading the New York Yankees over Baltimore, handing the Orioles their first loss this season.
Stanton sent a 92 mph fastball soar
ing onto a fan gathering area called Frank’s Red Hot Terrace for the longest home run of the young season.
CARDINALS 4, MARLINS 1: In Miami, Yadier Molina hit a bases-loaded double during a three-run first inning, Daniel Ponce de Leon and the St. Louis bullpen protected the lead, and the Cardinals beat the Miami Marlins.
Miami starter Trevor Rogers (0-1), from Carlsbad, walked four batters in the first, propelling St. Louis to its early advantage.
REDS 5, PIRATES 3: In Cincinnati, Nick Castellanos hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning hours after deciding to appeal a two-game suspension for his part in a brawl, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3.
CUBS 5, BREWERS 3: In Chicago, Willson Contreras, Javier Báez and David Bote homered during a fourrun fourth inning to lift Chicago over Milwaukee.
RED SOX 11, RAYS 2: In Boston, Xander Bogaerts had four hits, including a Little League home run — a double, with two ill-advised throws that allowed him to score — and Boston got on the board with 16 hits and its first win of the season.
ROYALS 3, INDIANS 0: In Cleveland, Danny Duffy pitched six innings of twohit ball to beat a longtime nemesis and Whit Merrifield drove in all of Kansas City’s runs.
BLUE JAYS 6, RANGERS 2: In Arlington, Texas, Steven Matz sensed the buzz from fans when warming up before his Toronto debut, then helped the Blue Jays ruin the home opener for the Texas Rangers before the largest MLB crowd since the pandemic.
PHILLIES 5, METS 3: In Philadelphia, a throwing error by New York third baseman Luis Guillorme allowed the goahead runs to score, and Philadelphia used a five-run eighth inning to rally past New York.
TWINS 15, TIGERS 6: In Detroit, Nelson Cruz hit a grand slam after a near miss and added a solo homer and a double, Matt Shoemaker held Detroit hitless into the fifth inning and Minnesota rolled.