Spotlight MLB All-Star Game winners and losers: Philly showed out. Phillies? Not so much. Gabe Lacques USA Today Jul 15, 2026 5 hrs ago 0 × SNTV Moment: Yankees’ Cody Bellinger named All-Star Game MVP after American League blanks National League 4-0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PHILADELPHIA — Bombs burst in the air, and one even landed in the seats at Citizens Bank Park.kAm*6E 7@C 2=>@DE E96 6?E:C6EJ @7 E9:D heE9 p==\$E2C v2>6[ 2== H2D BF:6E @? E96 32?<D @7 E96 s6=2H2C6 5FC:?8 E96 p>6C:42? {628F6’D c\_ E9C@EE=:?8 @7 E96:C }2E:@?2= {628F6 4@F?E6CA2CED :? E96 7:CDE |:5DF>>6C r=2DD:4 :? !9:=256=A9:2 D:?46 `hhe]k^AmkAm|2;@C {628F6 q2D632== 2?5 E96 r:EJ @7 qC@E96C=J {@G6 H6?E 2== :? @? p>6C:42 ad_ — 7C@> BF:==D E@ 3:<6 C:56D E@ w@=@8C2> #2J r92C=6D 2?5 !2EE: {2q6==6[ 2== @7 H9:49 D66>65 E@ 8@ @G6C AC6EEJ H6==]k^Am kAm%96 32D632==nk^AmkAm%92E H2D 2 >F49 BF:6E6C 2772:C[ 2D J@F’== 5:D4@G6C H96? H6 3C62< 5@H? 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