N.L. Wins Strat-O-Matic’s 2025 All-Star Game Simulation After Braves’ Olson Game Winner

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Olson’s Walk-Off Hit Gives N.L. All-Star Game Triumph In Strat-O-Matic Simulation

The Strat-O-Matic (@strat-o-matic) 2025 All-Star Game simulation came down to extra innings when Atlanta Braves first baseman Matt Olson slugged a tough one-out single bringing home Cincinnati Reds star shortstop Elly De La Cruz to win the Midsummer Classic in the bottom of the 10^th inning for the 3-2 victory. This low scoring outcome makes the series history still the American League favor with a 48-45-2 record over the National League. The leader in sports sims was invented by 11-year-old Hal Richman in his bedroom in Great Neck, N.Y. in 1948 as a result of his frustration with the statistical randomness of other baseball board games. The Sports Techie community blog spoke with Hal in 2016 about the new Baseball Daily digital playing card as well as how he discovered that the statistical predictability of dice would give his game the realism he craved eventually evolving into the original 1962 Strat-O-Matic Baseball season game. Truist Park is a gem of ballpark and the surrounding Battery infrastructure is the premier MLB location to host the All-Star Game. Here is virtual, one-handed cheer to Mattie Olson for hopefully hitting the game winner as predicted by Strat.

Hometown Hero’s 10th-inning Single Plates De La Cruz With Game-Winner; Caminero Raps Two Homers in Losing Cause

2025 ASG Sim

In the simulation, the A.L. scored first on a third-inning leadoff home run by Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero. The N.L. answered with two in the bottom of the fourth, with Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith and Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Tucker plating runs with consecutive RBI hits. After the Junior Circuit tied it in the fifth on Caminero’s second solo homer of the game, the game remained even until Olson’s game-winner off Boston Red Sox’ Aroldis Chapman brought in automatic runner De La Cruz.

San Diego Padres reliever Jason Adam earned the win with a scoreless 10th inning, aided when Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman threw out automatic runner Jonathan Aranda of Tampa Bay attempting to steal third with one out. Adam then fanned Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk to keep the game tied and set up Olson’s heroics in the bottom of the frame.

Olson and Arizona 2B Ketel Marte had two hits each to lead the N.L. Seattle closer Andrés Muñoz struck out the side in a scoreless eighth to pace the A.L. pitchers.

American…….. 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 2 8 0

National…….. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 – 3 10 1

LP: Chapman

HR: Caminero 2

Strat History

Strat-O-Matic, based in Glen Head, NY and on the Internet at www.strat-o-matic.com, manufactures the top selling sports board games and realism/stats sports digital games. The Company publishes baseball, football, basketball and hockey games to play both on and off your computer and mobile screens. “Strat-O” games are known throughout the sports community for their statistical realism and accuracy. The Company has the world’s greatest sports game stat libraries with top-of-the-line seasons dating back to the early 1900’s. At the start of the 2016 MLB season, Strat-O-Matic introduced Baseball Daily, its first product featuring digital player cards that update every day to reflect real life current player performance as the season progresses.

Sports Techie, early in the season, Strat-O predicted the Cubs to win the 2025 World Series over the Blue Jays.

Low scoring ASG scores have become more prevalent even though it’s a warm night in Cobb County causing baseballs to travel farther. Pitching is at a premium while sluggers tend to swing for the fences causing more strikeouts.

If Caminero slugs 2 homers as predicted by Strat, look for him to win the MVP vote.

Enjoy this ASG becuase before you know it, the MLB playoffs will be here putting the Cubbies on notice.

See you later sportstechie in Seattle, Atlanta and around the world!

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