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Stanton, Buxton homer as American League keep All-Star Game streak alive

New York Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton hits a two-run home run for the American League in their MLB All-Star Game victory over the National League

LOS ANGELES – Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton and Minnesota’s Byron Buxton hit back-to-back home runs to key the American League’s 3-2 victory in the 92nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday.

Stanton, who has 24 homers in the first half of the season, belted a 457-foot game-tying two-run home run off Dodgers pitcher Tony Gonsolin in the top of the fourth.

It flew into the Dodger Stadium bleachers left of center field — right about where Los Angeles native Stanton used to sit as a youngster when he could find a way to scare up a ticket to a Dodgers game.

“To hit one…

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