Major League Baseball announced on Sunday that Dylan Cease would be the starting pitcher for the American League and Cristopher Sanchez would take the hill first for the host National League for Tuesday's All Star Game.
Sanchez, who ended the first half by working 7 innings for the win on Saturday, a 4-2 decision in Detroit, during which he struck out 7 and walked 1 while allowing 2 runs on 10 hits. The left-hander improved his record to 11-4 with a 2.62 earned-run average across 127 1/3 innings over 20 starts.
The left-hander, who earlier in the season gained a place in the record books by throwing more than 50 scoreless innings, will become the first Phils' hurler to kick off a Midsummer Classic since Roy Halladay at Chase Field in 2011. Halladay tossed 2 scoreless innings in a 5-1 victory for the Senior Circuit.
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