PHOENIX - First they booed him.
Then they fell in love with him.
By the end of the game Tuesday night, Prince Fielder had won over the crowd at Chase Field.
Fielder's three-run home run gave the National League the lead for good in its 5-1 victory over the American League in the 82nd annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Fans jeered the Milwaukee Brewers' Fielder during Monday's Home Run Derby after he didn't pick the Arizona Diamondbacks' Justin Upton for the contest.
"I understood," said Fielder, who won the game's Most Valuable Player award. "It shows how much Justin means to them."
But the crowd of 47,994 cheered his home run in the fourth inning off losing pitcher C.J. Wilson of the Texas Rangers.
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The NL's victory was its second consecutive after it snapped the AL's 13-game unbeaten streak last year. The victory gave the NL home-field advantage in the World Series.
Meanwhile, the local favorite Upton went 0 for 2 with two line outs as a reserve in his second All-Star Game.
"Our fans really showed me something tonight," Upton said. "There was a lot of energy here.
"It really pumped me up. As you could tell, I saw three pitches tonight. I was swinging early. It was awesome."
The other D-backs All-Star, catcher Miguel Montero, caught during the ninth but didn't get an at-bat after being left on deck in the eighth.
Though the crowd booed players from the NL West during pregame introductions, D-backs division opponents played a large role in the NL's victory.
Los Angeles Dodger Andre Ethier hit an RBI single in the fifth, and San Francisco Giant Pablo Sandoval hit RBI double in the seventh.
Giants closer Brian Wilson pitched two-thirds of an inning to earn a save. He got the Minnesota Twins' Michael Cuddyer to fly out to right field, then induced the Chicago White Sox's Paul Konerko, who went to high school in Scottsdale, to ground to shortstop with runners on second and third to end the game.
Wilson said he "was able to get a first-pitch out to right field, exactly where you want it."
As for his All-Star experience in Phoenix, the jokester known for his bushy, black beard said: "Great. Hot. Lots of AC."
The Boston Red Sox's Adrian Gonzalez supplied the AL with its only run on a home run off the Philadelphia Phillies' Cliff Lee in the fourth.
San Diego Padres closer Heath Bell also provided theatrics, sprinting onto the field from the bullpen with two outs in the eighth. He slid toward the mound, creating a divot before he got Jhonny Peralta to pop out to second for the third out.
Bell said he wanted to entertain the fans, especially those who were upset that 16 All-Stars declined to show up because of injuries and other reasons.
"I wanted the fans to have fun," Bell said. "I gotta do what I can. The fans are really what matters. They're the ones who show up and pay our salary."
