Dodgers’ southpaw Clayton Kershaw will take the bump for the National League All-Stars to open tonight’s All-Star Game in front of the home crowd. Kershaw is joined by fellow Dodgers Mookie Betts and Trea Turner in the NL’s starting lineup.
Shohei Ohtani will be the first American League hitter to face Kershaw as he leads off for the AL All-Star team for the second straight season. Tampa Bay Rays starter Shane McClanahan will oppose Kershaw as the starting pitcher for the AL.
Chicago will be represented in both starting lineups tonight, with Willson Contreras starting behind the dish and hitting sixth for the NL All-Star team and Tim Anderson playing shortstop and hitting seventh for the AL All-Star Team.
The American League All-Stars have won eight straight Midsummer Classics, so the home team will be looking to win their first ASG since they won 8-0 at Kauffman Stadium in 2012.
New All-Star Game Tie Breaker
If tonight’s ASG is tied after nine innings, there will be no extra innings. Instead, each manager will select three batters to participate in a Home Run Derby, and each hitter will get three swings. The team with the highest total after three rounds wins. Here are some more details:
Here’s who would participate if the game is tied after nine innings tonight:
American League
- Ty France (SEA)
- Julio Rodríguez (SEA)
- Kyle Tucker (HOU)
National League
- Pete Alonso (NYM)
- Ronald Acuña Jr. (ATL)
- Kyle Schwarber (PHI)
Maybe we’ll see Julio Rodríguez get to crush some more bombs at Dodger Stadium tonight!
Broadcast Info
Starting Pitchers
National League: Clayton Kershaw (7-2, 2.13 ERA, 9.42 K/9)
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American League: Shane McClanahan (10-3, 1.71 ERA, 11.95 K/9)
National League:
1. Ronald Acuña Jr., RF (ATL)
2. Mookie Betts, CF (LAD)
3. Manny Machado, 3B (SD)
4. Paul Goldschmidt, 1B (STL)
5. Trea Turner, SS (LAD)
6. Willson Contreras, C (CHC)
7. William Contreras, DH (ATL)
8. Joc Pederson, LF (SF)
9. Jeff McNeil, 2B (NYM)
American League:
1. Shohei Ohtani, DH (LAA)
2. Aaron Judge, RF (NYY)
3. Rafael Devers, 3B (BOS)
4. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B (TOR)
5. Giancarlo Stanton, LF (NYY)
6. Byron Buxton, CF (MIN)
7. Tim Anderson, SS (CWS)
8. Andrés Giménez, 2B (CLE)
9. Alejandro Kirk, C (TOR)