Alive's Joe Ripley reports.

The Seattle Mariners slugger and North Carolina native launched a total of 54 home runs during the event at Truist Park, securing the crown as part of the All-Star Week festivities.

On game day, park entrances will open at 5 p.m., with the first pitch scheduled for around 8 p.m. There will be several events Tuesday leading up to the 95th edition of the Midsummer Classic, so it will be very congested around the stadium, The Battery commercial district and the Cobb Galleria Centre.

Shohei Ohtani will bat leadoff as the designated hitter for the National League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game at Truist Park, and the Los Angeles Dodgers star will be followed in the batting order by left fielder Ronald Acuña Jr.

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game and all of its festivities are taking place around Truist Park, and the restaurants at the ballpark are pulling out all the stops as well.

Eight years after its opening, the Braves get to show off Truist Park and The Battery Atlanta to the baseball world.

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Unlike the sports venues in Downtown Atlanta, which are directly serviced by a MARTA stop at their front door, Truist Park in Cobb County doesn't exactly have the reputation for being easy to reach by public transit. But it's not necessarily as bad as you might think.

After Truist Park opened in 2017, it initially seemed the tide might be turning. During the first two seasons in the new ballpark, the Mets enjoyed a 10-9 record — but things soon fell off the rails once again,