Jeter helps American League to All Star victory

Derek Jeter ended his All Star career in a magnificent way by helping the American League ti a 5-3 victory over the National League in Minnesota on Tuesday.

Jeter, Playing in his last Midsummer Classic in the 20th and final season of his career, went 2-for-2 with a pair of singles and soaked in the appreciation from his fellow All Stars and the Target Field crowd. 

Mike Trout got the hardware and was named the MVP after going 2-for-3 with two RBIs while Jeter received the cheers.

Trout broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI double in the fifth and also bought Jeter home with a triple in his team's three-run first inning. But it was Jeter's day when he left the game in the fourth inning, the 40-year-old received a three-minute ovation and a hug from each of his AL team mates.

Jeter told reporters "To get that appreciation means a lot. I was not expecting that, it was a class act.

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