Second baseman Dan Uggla of the Florida Marlins committed three errors, an All-Star Game record, none of which resulted in a run.

J. D. Drew of the Boston Red Sox was named Most Valuable Player due to his two-run game-tying home run in the seventh inning.

It was the second All-Star Game in which the winning run was batted in by the Texas Rangers' Michael Young.

Because the game was in an American League ballpark, fans were asked to select their favorite AL designated hitter in addition to all the position players.

Ballots were cast online between July 6 and 10 with the player in each league receiving the most votes added to the team rosters.

The winners were Corey Hart of the Milwaukee Brewers and Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays.

[12] ^e Lincecum was not available to the National League due to flu-like symptoms he suffered earlier in the day.

[14] A recording of O Canada was played,[14][15] and "The Star-Spangled Banner" was sung by Sheryl Crow, during which a B-2 stealth bomber flew over.

The crew was led by Derryl Cousins, a thirty-year MLB veteran working his third All-Star game and his first behind the plate.

Starting pitchers Lee and Ben Sheets set the tone for the game by each throwing two scoreless innings.

The NL added a run in the sixth on a sacrifice fly by Lance Berkman to score Hanley Ramírez.

The American League finally got on the board in the bottom of the seventh inning on a two-out, two-run home run by J. D. Drew off Edinson Vólquez, tying the game at two.

[19] In the bottom half of the inning, after Brian Wilson retired the first two batters, Billy Wagner gave up a single to Grady Sizemore.

Ryan Dempster struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth to force the game into extra innings.

[19] In the tenth inning for the American League, Michael Young and Carlos Quentin reached base on consecutive errors by Dan Uggla.

With the infield and outfield drawn in, NL pitcher Aaron Cook induced ground balls from Sizemore and Longoria and the potential winning runs in both at bats were forced out at home.

Cook successfully escaped the jam by getting Justin Morneau to ground out to Tejada to end the inning.

[19] In the bottom of the inning, Carlos Guillén hit a long fly ball that bounced off the left field wall for a double.

After advancing to third base after a Grady Sizemore groundout, Cook, pitching his third inning of relief, struck out Longoria.

The All-Star Game was shown live in the United States on Fox Sports, with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver in the booth and sportswriter Ken Rosenthal as a field reporter.

For telecasts in other countries, the game was produced by Major League Baseball Properties under the name MLB International, with Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe as the English-language announcers.