Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Big Islanders have work to do if they want to see one of their own start in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
The St. Louis Cardinals’ Kolten Wong was second among second basemen in National League balloting released Wednesday, but the 2008 Kamehameha graduate trailed the front-runner, the Miami Marlins’ Dee Gordon, by more than 350,000 votes.
In his first at-bat after the first wave of voting was made public, Wong cracked his sixth home run of the season against Arizona. He began the day hitting .320, eighth-best in the NL.
The Cardinals have gained plenty of support — outfielder Matt Holiday, catcher Yadier Molina, third baseman Matt Carpenter and shortstop Jhonny Peralta were all among the leaders — but fans also recognized Gordon for his torrid start.