Show Me the Final Vote: Moose, Martinez win

CINCINNATI -- It was a Show Me Statement by baseball fans.

Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas and Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez will be first-time All-Stars on Tuesday via the record-smashing 2015 Esurance All-Star Game Final Vote, meaning the state of Missouri not only has the only two clubs playing at least .600 ball but also a combined 13 selections now that this pair was added Friday to the All-Star team for each league in the 86th All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile at Great American Ball Park.

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Moustakas, who led after every day of balloting updates, was reinstated Friday by the Royals from the bereavement/family medical emergency list in time for tonight's game against Toronto in Kansas City. He is tied with All-Star Manny Machado of Baltimore for the lead among AL third basemen with a .301 average, and his OPS of .793 is third among AL third basemen behind only Josh Donaldson and Machado.

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"Ned [Yost, his manager] brought everybody around and said that the Royals fans did it again and presented me with my little packet," said Moustakas, who earned 19.3 million of the 111.8 million overall votes cast. "All the boys came up and gave me hugs and told me I deserved it. It was pretty cool."

Moustakas is the first Royals player to win a Final Vote, and he's one of seven Kansas City players chosen for this Midsummer Classic. The group also included fan-elected starters Lorenzo Cain, Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez and Alcides Escobar, and relievers Wade Davis and Kelvin Herrera. Gordon injured his groin on Wednesday and was replaced by Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner on the roster. Moustakas led in the fan balloting for starters during much of the campaign before he was surpassed down the stretch by Donaldson.

Video: Moustakas on winning AL Final Vote, first ASG

Martinez (10-3, 2.52 ERA) took advantage of his time on the mound to make a big impression on the voters. He shut out the Pirates over 7 1/3 innings in a 4-1 victory on Thursday at PNC Park. That extended Martinez's streak to 10 consecutive quality starts, and not coincidentally, he wound up in the Final Vote lead the next morning.

"I'm thankful for the opportunity and thankful for the fans for voting for me," said Martinez, who received 14.1 million votes. "It's a dream come true."

Martinez is the second Cardinals player to win the Final Vote in the past four years, following David Freese's victory in 2012, and he's the sixth Cardinal selected for this game. They include starters Jhonny Peralta and Matt Holliday, backup catcher Yadier Molina and pitchers Trevor Rosenthal and Michael Wacha.

Video: Martinez excited to win NL Final Vote, play in ASG

While Moustakas held off Twins second baseman Brian Dozier, Tigers outfielder Yoenis Cespedes and Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts, Martinez had the extremely tough task of outdistancing a marquee field with electric voting-period performances. Also among the NL choices were starting pitchers Johnny Cueto of the All-Star host Reds and four-time All-Star Clayton Kershaw, Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies, now riding a 21-game hitting streak, and Mets closer Jeurys Familia.

The Final Vote victory came out of an apparently successful #VoteMo alliance that spoke volumes about the 2015 season so far across the state of Missouri. Whether the Cardinals and Royals can remain on a collision course for a 30th-anniversary rematch of the I-70 Series is, of course, subject to many obstacles. But nothing could get in the way of this combination.

Martinez became the first Dominican player to win the competition. In fact, Martinez bested two other Dominican countrymen on the NL side -- Cueto and Familia -- making it an ongoing challenge for torn voters of that island nation. With a little customary flair, Martinez has had fun campaigning for himself, posting videos on his blog.

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