The AL got out to a 1-0 lead thanks to the power of former National Leaguer Prince Fielder, which stood until the bottom of the sixth when fellow HomeRun Derby contestant Carlos Gonzalez delivered a big two runhomer that put the NL up by one.
Our sports culture has a way of remembering champions and forgetting the rest, the only exceptions coming from those teams that have offered up dramatic moments in defeat (Ralph Branca serving up a homerun ball to Bobby Thomson, Carlton Fisk pounding a homer off the foul pole to keep his team alive for one more day, and Bill Buckner booting a grounder).