The MLB All-Star Game is always rife with a healthy dose of moonshot home runs, but this year’s contest will now feature even more long balls if it heads into extra innings. 

According to a groundbreaking rule change that was first announced in the MLB’s lockout-settling memorandum on March 10, the All-Star Game will be decided by a Home Run Derby if the score is tied after nine innings of play. 

Managers from both sides will choose three batters to participate in the event, with each batter having three swings to hit a home run. Participants will be able to receive an unlimited number of pitches and bat in any order, so long as the visiting team bats first and the opposing sides alternate each turn thereafter. 

The team with the greater total of home runs after three rounds will be crowned the winner. However, in the off-chance that both teams have an equal number of long balls following the tiebreaker, the contest will continue with one batter apiece until a winner emerges. 

The All-Star Game has reached extra innings 13 times since the event’s inaugural debut in 1933, with the game going past the ninth most recently in 2018 in Washington. Thanks to this newly implemented provision, managers will no longer have to worry about running out of pitchers during regulation — the 2002 All-Star Game was forced to end in the 11th inning tied a 7-7 due to a lack of available arms. 

While the likelihood of extra-inning theatrics is low, NL manager Brian Snitker already knows which slugger he’ll be sending up to the plate should the need arise. While he and the Braves took on the Mets at Truist Park last week, Snitker called Pete Alonso to see if he’d be interested in the role. 

“I’ll be your guy,” Alonso responded, according to U.S. News. “I think it’s fun. I think it’s going to be a great event if that does happen.”