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Four Royals elected to start All-Star Game; Reds Frazier, too
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Royals All Stars - photo by AP Photo
NEW YORK (AP) — The All-Star Game will have a Kansas City flavor, just not as much as it appeared last month.And the hometown Reds can celebrate a starter, too, despite Cincinnati’s sorry season.Houston second baseman Jose Altuve passed Kansas City’s Omar Infante in the final days of voting, leaving four Royals as starters for the All-Star Game.Cincinnati’s Todd Frazier leapfrogged St. Louis third baseman Matt Carpenter and will be in the NL starting lineup for the July 14 game at Great American Ball Park, according to final results announced Sunday.AL champion Kansas City will be represented in the starting lineup by outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon, catcher Salvador Perez and shortstop Alcides Escobar. Four players ties the AL record for fan-elected starters, achieved nine times previously.Kansas City had not had any starters since outfielder Jermaine Dye in 2000.“Winning brings attention, and that’s what we’ve been doing,” Gordon said. “I think we play with a lot of energy, a lot of fun.