Four of the five Red Sox All-Stars made an appearance the All-Star Game, with closer Craig Kimbrel the lone Boston representative getting the night off.
Chris Sale's All-Star Game start was short and sweet as the Red Sox ace tossed one scoreless inning before being replaced by Luis Severino in the second.
Sale was greeted at the top of the frame with a leadoff single by Cubs second baseman Javier Baez, but then he settled down and got Nolan Arenado to fly out to left field, followed by a strikeout of Paul Goldschmidt and an inning-ending fly out to center from Freddie Freeman.
The left-hander didn't hold anything back, hitting the 100-mph mark on the radar gun consistently. And even better for Sox fans keeping an eye on his workload this season... Sale only needed nine pitches to complete the inning.
On the offensive side of things, Mookie Betts has a quiet night going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts, J.D. Martinez went 1-for-2 with a single and a strikeout, and Mitch Moreland went 2-for-2 with two singles.
The American League won in 10 innings, 8-6.