Game Recap

The American League will have home-field advantage for the 2015 World Series after defeating the National League 6-3 in Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati.

The 2015 All-Star Game has arrived! Keep it here for the latest from Great American Ball Park.

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The 2015 Home Run Derby kicked off MLB's All-Star break in earnest, and thanks to the new format, it did not disappoint.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are leading the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 Tuesday in a West Coast interleague battle. 

In a battle of the long ball vs. small ball, the Pittsburgh Pirates picked up a 10-8 victory over the Atlanta Braves on Friday night in Turner Field. 

With the victory, the Pirates won their fourth game in a row. They have also won 12 of their last 14. 

The hot streak has helped Pittsburgh to gain some ground on the St. Louis Cardinals, who still lead the NL Central by six games. 

The second game of the Toronto Blue Jays' three-game series with the New York Yankees is underway at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.  

The Blue Jays (13-14) held New York (16-10) to only one run Monday night, just the third time all season they've allowed less than two runs in a game. Righty Marco Estrada will make the start after making six appearances out of Toronto's bullpen. He replaces Daniel Norris in the Blue Jays rotation as they attempt to sort out Major League Baseball's third-worst ERA.  

The most recent addition to the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees' legendary rivalry was one of the more memorable to come along in the last few years, at least for those fans who stuck around to the finish.

The Red Sox pulled out a 6-5 victory that needed 19 innings—or seven hours and five minutes if you're keeping track—to determine a winner.

Red Sox owner John W. Henry was one of the brave souls who made it all the way through:

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Baseball is back.  

The Pittsburgh Pirates opened up their season on Monday with a 5-2 loss to their division rivals, the Cincinnati Reds, at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati.

Let's take a look at the three things you need to know following Monday's opener.  

Sports are filled with over-the-top cliches and metaphors, but there is truly something beautiful about the ones that apply on MLB’s Opening Day.

The long wait is finally over. Baseball has returned to our lives, with Monday marking Opening Day for the 2015 season.

After spending months away from the diamond, fans stayed glued to every pitch and inning from Monday's action. Everyone flocked to ballparks across the country to watch baseball on a gorgeous day. As one student proved, per MLB.com's Twitter account, baseball trumps education: