CLEVELAND (AP) _ Make it seven straight wins for the American League in the All-Star Game.

Joey Gallo’s solo homer in the seventh inning gave the AL a 4-1 lead before the junior circuit hung on for a 4-3 win over the National League in Cleveland.

The story for the American League was on the mound as nine hurlers each threw one inning and combined to allow just five hits while striking out 16. Indians hurler and game MVP Shane Bieber gave the local fans a thrill by striking out the side in the fifth. Liam Hendriks and Aroldis Chapman also fanned three in their one inning of work.

Former Indian Michael Brantley opened the scoring with an RBI double off loser Clayton Kershaw, scoring Astros teammate Alex Bregman. Gary Sanchez began the junior circuit’s second rally by leading off the fifth with a double before scoring on Jorge Polanco’s single.

Charlie Blackmon put the NL on the board with a two-out homer in the sixth, but the AL regained control on a run-scoring double-play grounder and a solo homer by Joey Gallo. The insurance runs came in handy once Home Run Derby winner Pete Alonso delivered a two-run single in the eighth.

Masahiro Tanaka (mah-sah-HEE’-roh tah-NAH’-kah) worked a scoreless second to get the win.

The American League leads the overall series, 45-43-2.

Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco was saluted in the fifth inning of the All-Star Game during Major League Baseball’s “Stand Up to Cancer” campaign after being recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia. Carrasco had been feeling fatigued in May, and was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia following an exam at the Cleveland Clinic.
He has been cleared to resume conditioning and throwing activities to the extent he can tolerate them.

Regional Softball play will continue tonight for Class 1A and 2A and get underway for Class 3A tonight. Here’s a look at the schedule for area match-ups.

CLASS 1A

Region 2

Woodbine @ Newell-Fonda 7:00pm
Exira-EHK @ Riverside 7:00pm
Ar-We-Va @ West Harrison 7:00pm
CAM @ Ridge View 7:00pm

Region 3

East Union @ Collins-Maxwell 7:00pm
Stanton vs. Murray (@ Lenox) 5:30pm
Fremont-Mills @ Lenox 7:30pm
Bedford @ Grand View Christian 5:00pm

CLASS 2A

Region 1

Nodaway Valley @ Colfax-Mingo 7:00pm

Region 2

Pella Christian @ Pleasantville 7:00pm
I-35 @ Ogden 7:00pm
ACGC @ Van Meter 7:00pm
Martensdale-St. Marys @ Earlham 7:00pm

Region 3

IKM-Manning @ West Monona 7:00pm
Missouri Valley @ AHSTW 7:00pm
Logan-Magnolia @ Mount Ayr 7:00pm
Underwood @ Sidney 7:00pm

CLASS 3A

Region 7

OA-BCIG @ Treynor 7:00pm
MOC-Floyd Valley @ Sioux Center 7:00pm
Kuemper Catholic @ Atlantic 7:00pm – ON KJAN
Carroll @ Southeast Valley 7:00pm

Region 8

Saydel @ Albia 7:00pm
Clarke @ Creston 7:00pm
Des Moines Christian @ North Polk 7:00pm
Red Oak @ Shenandoah 7:00pm

BASEBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Carroll 5, Atlantic 4
Dallas Center-Grimes 7, Harlan 5
Denison-Schleswig 16, Northeast, Goose Lake 7
Glenwood 11, Le Mars 1
Red Oak 11, Sidney 1
Shenandoah 13, Lenox 3

Western Iowa Conference

South Central Calhoun 5, Audubon 4
Ogden 3, Treynor 2

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 4, Webster City 0
Exira-EHK 9, IKM-Manning 3
Underwood 10, CAM 1

Corner Conference

Stanton 11, Essex/South Page 0

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 11, Bedford 6
Mount Ayr 6, Southwest Valley 3
Nodaway Valley 12, Fremont-Mills 4
Martensdale-St. Marys 3, Des Moines Christian 1
Pleasantville 11, Southeast Warren 7

Missouri River Conference

Sioux City West 8, CB Abraham Lincoln 2 (Game 1)
Abraham Lincoln 8, CB Sioux City West 2 (Game 2)

Bluegrass Conference

Lamoni 7, Murray 2
Murray 16, Melcher-Dallas 6
Mount Ayr 12, Orient-Macksburg 0

SOFTBALL

CB Thomas Jefferson 9, Sioux City West 7