LHP David Price started for the AL All-Stars on Tuesday night, throwing two scoreless innings. Evan Longoria went 1-for-1 with a double, a walk, and scored a run.
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Batting first in the bottom of the 5th, Evan Longoria draws a walk.
Minnesota’s Joe Mauer taps a grounder to Dodgers pitcher Hong-Chih Kuo, who throws it up the first base line, making it men on second and third with nobody out.
The Yankees’ Robinson Cano hits a deep fly ball to center, allowing Longoria to tag up and score.
Carl Crawford reached on a fielder's choice (Mauer was tagged out), and stole second base, where he was stranded.
At the end of the inning, the American League is up 1-0.
LHP David Price will start for the AL All-Stars on Tuesday night. Evan Longoria will bat 6th and play 3rd base, Carl Crawford will hit 9th and play left.
“Obviously when you look at the five pitchers that we have going, the five starters – and you have to exclude (Boston’s Clay) Buchholz because he’s on the DL – Price, (New York’s Phil) Hughes, (Seattle’s Cliff) Lee, (Boston’s Jon) Lester, and (New York’s Andy) Pettitte, these are all qualified guys. And you look at who’s on turn. Price is leading the American League in wins. He’s an extremely strong candidate. I think he’s second in ERA. He’s had a fabulous first half. And we’ll look at that as we get closer to Sunday.’’
The Rays will be well represented in the 2010 All-Star game. Evan Longoria and Carl Crawford will form the first Tampa Bay duo to start for the American League squad while David Price has a chance to be the first Rays' pitcher to start the mid-summer classic.
