Home runs propel AL past NL in MLB Futures Game

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American League’s Jasson Dominguez connects for a home run during the third inning of the MLB Futures Game against the National League on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Los Angeles.

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American League’s Jasson Dominguez (right) celebrates his home run with Gunnar Henderson during the third inning of the MLB Futures Game on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Los Angeles.

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National League pitcher and Pirates prospect Mike Burrows throws to an American League batter during the MLB Futures Game on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — New York Yankees prospect Jasson Dominguez and Minnesota’s Matt Wallner hit two-run homers in the third inning, leading the American League over the National League, 6-4, on Saturday in the annual Futures Game of top prospects.

Dominguez, at 19 the second-youngest prospect at the game behind Miami pitcher Eury Perez, tied the score 3-3 with his drive on a slider at the letters from San Francisco’s Kyle Harrison, who took the loss. Wallner homered three batters later on hanging sinker for a 5-3 lead.

Oakland’s Shea Langeliers, selected the game’s MVP, added a solo homer in the fourth on a hanging changeup from Atlanta’s Jared Shuster

Jack Leiter, son of former major-league pitcher Al Leiter, threw a 1-2-3 fourth, Selected second overall by Texas in last year’s draft, Leiter reached 97.5 mph.

Darren Baker, son of Houston manager Dusty Baker, entered in the fifth and hit a liner that Chicago White Sox center fielder Oscar Colas grabbed with a tumbling catch.

Toronto’s Yosver Zulueta faced one batter and got the win, retiring the Mets’ Francisco Alvarez on a grounder that ended the third.

The teams played at Dodger Stadium, three days before the All-Star Game is held at the park.

Milwaukee’s Joey Wiemer hit a ninth-inning sacrifice fly that Oakland’s Denzel Clark caught against the eight-field wall. The Yankees’ Ken Waldichuk got the save by retiring the Brewers’ Jackson Chourio on a flyout.

Players, excited to be in a big-league ballpark, watched while hanging over the dugout railings. Agent Scott Boras and his staff filled the first row a section behind home plate.

Dodgers right-hander Bobby Miller struck out three in the first on two changeups and a curveball.

Cardinals shortstop Masyn Winn made a 100.5 mph to first to throw out Houston’s Yainer Diaz in the second inning, faster than any throw in a big-league game since Statcast started in 2015. The big-league high is 97.8 mph by Pittsburgh’s Oneil Cruz on Thursday.

Texas prospect Dustin Harris had an RBI single in the first off Miller, but the NL built a 3-1 lead in the second after the Dodgers’ Diego Cartaya hit a two-out fly to the center field warning track was dropped by Dominguez on the warning track for a two-run error. San Diego’s Robert Hassell III followed with an RBI single that chased Hunter Brown.

Cleveland’s George Valera ran into deep left to rob Hassell of a run-scoring extra-base hit in the first.