CLEVELAND — This felt like a cool glass of lemonade on a hot day. The only sensory overload at this All-Star Game resulted from genuine emotion.

Tired of the Home Run Derby that baseball has become? If the Midsummer Classic didn’t quite cure your fever, it at least offered a modest respite. A crisp, clean game ended in the American League’s favor, as it registered a tight, 4-3 victory over the National League on Tuesday night at Progressive Field, ensuring $25,000 payouts for each member of the winning club. The AL registered its seventh straight win, 19th in 23 tries and 25th in 32.

After last year’s game featured a ridiculous 10 homers, only two guys went deep in this one, with the Rockies’ Charlie Blackmon (sixth inning) and the Rangers’ Joey Gallo (seventh inning) contributing solo shots. While a pair of Yankees — Masahiro Tanaka and Aroldis Chapman — picked up the win and save, respectively, Indians pitcher Shane Bieber earned the game’s Most Valuable Player honors by striking out the side in the fifth inning. There might have been some hometown bias there.

Really, if this night gets remembered for anything, it might be the attendant emotion due to recent tragedy and adversity hitting the baseball world. Angels All-Stars Mike Trout and Tommy La Stella each switched his jersey number to 45, a tribute to teammate Tyler Skaggs, who died suddenly last week.

And during the annual “Stand Up To Cancer” tribute in the middle of the game, the crowd went wild at the sight of Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco, who has missed most of this season battling leukemia. Carrasco appeared alongside his Indians teammates Francisco Lindor, Brad Hand, Shane Bieber and Michael Brantley as well as manager Terry Francona, who served as a coach for AL manager Alex Cora. Each of the men carried signs reading, “I Stand Up For Cookie,” Carrasco’s nickname. Carrasco’s sign read, simply, “I Stand.”

“I think for me, the highlight of the game was the Stand Up To Cancer mention and the tribute to friends, families, that are going through cancer,” NL manager Dave Roberts said. “And obviously with Carlos Carrasco and his teammates by his side, very emotional. And you hear putting things into perspective quite often, but cancer definitely tops the list.”