CINCINNATI (AP) – Here are the latest developments from baseball’s All-Star Game festivities in Cincinnati, where sluggers will compete in a home run derby Monday night before Tuesday’s game to decide home field advantage in the World Series (all times local):
1:25 p.m.
The AL lineup for the All-Star Game:
1. CF Mike Trout, Angels. 2. 3B Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays. 3. 1B Albert Pujols, Angels. 4. DH Nelson Cruz, Mariners. 5. RF Lorenzo Cain, Royals. 6. LF Adam Jones, Orioles. 7. C Salvador Perez, Royals. 8. 2B Jose Altuve, Astros. 9. SS Alcides Escobar, Escobar.
It’s a lineup of all right-handed hitters. The only other time a team opened with an all righty lineup was when NL did it for the first of two games in 1962.
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1:20 p.m.
American League manager Ned Yost of the Kansas City Royals sat on a ballroom dais and named his starting pitcher for Tuesday’s game – a selection few would have predicted before the season began: Dallas Keuchel of the surprising Houston Astros.
The bushy-bearded left-hander is 11-4 with a 2.23 ERA for a team that’s a half-game out of first in the AL West after topping the standings much of the first half.
He’s 3-1 against division foes, winning both starts vs. the Angels.
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1:15 p.m.
The scoreless streak is safe for this start.
Yep, Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Zack Greinke has been tabbed for the honor as NL starter by Bruce Bochy, manager of the World Series champion San Francisco Giants.
The 31-year-old Greinke brings a scoreless run of 35 2-3 innings over five starts. He is 8-2 with a league-leading 1.39 ERA.
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1:10 p.m.
The NL lineup for the All-Star Game:
1. CF Andrew McCutchen, Pirates. 2. 3B Todd Frazier, Reds. 3. RF Bryce Harper, Nationals. 4. 1B Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks. 5. C Buster Posey, Giants. 6. DH Anthony Rizzo. 7. SS Jhonny Perala, Cardinals. 8. LF Joc Pederson, Dodgers. 9. 2B DJ LeMahieu, Rockies.
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1:05 p.m.
Commissioner Rob Manfred, overseeing his first All-Star Game, started off Monday’s news conference at the Westin Hotel near Great American Ball Park by announcing that MLB and the players’ association will commit $30 million toward the development of youth baseball and softball.
Manfred said the program will focus on five areas: training coaches, grants to build academies, opportunities for people to play in underserved areas, utilization of former players and defraying the cost of elite play.