2018 MLB All-Star Game, Tuesday 7/17, 7 p.m. CT

Just in case Javier Baez decides to do something special off Chris Sale in the first inning tonight... here’s an interesting factoid:

Leadoff Home Runs in #AllStarGame history

1934 Frankie Frisch

1942 Lou Boudreau

1965 Willie Mays

1977 Joe Morgan

1989 Bo Jackson

2015 Mike Trout

— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) July 17, 2018 And a note: Even though this game is at Nationals Park, the American League is the “home” team. The leagues no longer alternate as host sites, but they do still alternate as the “home” team, and the N.L. was the home team in 2017.

Here are today’s particulars.

It’s the third All-Star start for both pitchers, and for Scherzer, it’s in his home ballpark. Scherzer looks happy about the…