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Orioles Manny Machado to bat seventh for AL in Tuesday’s All-Star Game

Orioles shortstop Manny Machado will bat seventh in a loaded American League All-Star lineup Tuesfay at Nationals Park.

Despite hitting third in his only other All-Star start and entering the break batting .315 with 24 home runs, Machado will hit in the bottom third of the lineup. Mookie Betts is leading off, with José Altuve batting second, followed by Mike Trout and JD Martinez.

José Ramírez and Judge will come up before Machado, followed by José Abreu and Salvador Pérez.

American League manager AJ Hinch announced the lineup at Monday’s All-Star press conference, where he and NL manager Dave Roberts announced that Chris Sale and Max Scherzer would reprise last year’s matchup as starting pitchers.