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Cincinnati’s Frazier Wins Home Run Derby

HOMETOWN HERO

Second player ever to win at home ballpark.

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Cincinnati fans celebrated a hometown win Monday after the Reds’ Todd Frazier rallied to beat out the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Joc Pederson at the 2015 Home Run Derby at the Great American Ball Park. The Reds’ third baseman became the second player ever to win the home-run competition on his home field, besting Pederson 15-14. The Cubs’ Ryne Sandberg clinched the first title when he won at Wrigley Field in 1990.

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