Starting lineups, pitchers announced for 2016 All-Star Game

Earlier today, the 2016 All-Star Game managers, Ned Yost of the American League and Terry Collins of the National League, announced their starting lineups for Baseball's 87th Midsummer Classic, to be played on Tuesday at Petco Park in San Diego.

July 11th, 2016

Earlier today, the 2016 All-Star Game managers, Ned Yost of the American League and Terry Collins of the National League, announced their starting lineups for Baseball's 87th Midsummer Classic, to be played on Tuesday at Petco Park in San Diego. The lineups were announced at this morning's 2016 All-Star Game Press Conference, which was carried live by MLB Network. 
Yost's AL llineup will be:

Yost has chosen Chicago White Sox left-hander Chris Sale as the AL's starting pitcher. This marks the first career Midsummer Classic start for Sale, a five-time All-Star in his seven-year Major League career. In his 18 starts in 2016, the 6'6" southpaw is 14-3 with a 3.38 ERA (125.0 IP, 104 H, 26 BB, 123 SO). The 27-year-old Florida native's 14 wins are a Major League-high. This year Sale became the third Major League pitcher since 1913 to win his first nine starts of the season with an ERA of 1.58 or lower (others: fellow White Sox hurler Eddie Cicotte, in 1919, and Sal Maglie of the 1952 New York Giants). He joined Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez as the only hurlers to fan 10 or more batters in eight consecutive starts and Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax as the only pitchers since 1900 to record three straight starts with 12 or more strikeouts while also allowing one run or less. Sale set a White Sox franchise record with an AL-high 274 strikeouts in 2015. He has finished in the top six of AL Cy Young Award balloting in each of the previous four seasons, including a third-place finish in 2014, when he posted a 2.17 ERA and a 12-4 record in 26 starts. Sale will join Mark Buehrle (2005), Esteban Loaiza (2003), Early Wynn (1959) and Billy Pierce (1953, 55-56) as White Sox pitchers to start for the AL.
Collins' NL lineup will be:

Collins has selected Johnny Cueto of the San Francisco Giants as the NL's starting pitcher. In his first year as a member of the Giants, Cueto has fashioned a 13-1 record and a 2.47 ERA. The two-time All-Star has posted four complete games and two shutouts in his 18 starts, in which he has allowed 107 hits in 131.1 innings (115 SO, 24 BB, 1.0 WHIP). Cueto will follow Hall of Famers Carl Hubbell (1934) and Juan Marichal (1965, 67) as well as Vida Blue (1978), Rick Reuschel (1989), Jason Schmidt (2003), Tim Lincecum (2009) and Matt Cain (2012) as Giants aces who will have started the Midsummer Classic. The Dominican Republic native, who will become the fifth different DR pitcher to start the All-Star Game (sixth time overall; previous: Marichal, 1965, 67; Mario Soto, 1983; Pedro Martinez, 1999; and Ubaldo Jimenez, 2010), was the runner-up for the 2014 NL Cy Young Award as a member of the Cincinnati Reds and was part of the Royals' World Series Championship team of 2015.    
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