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Greinke, Keuchel named All-Star Game starters

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Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros pitches against the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning on July 11, 2015 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida

Cincinnati (AFP) - Los Angeles Dodgers ace Zack Greinke and Houston Astros hurler Dallas Keuchel will be the starting pitchers in Tuesday's Major League Baseball All-Star Game, rival managers announced Monday.

Greinke will take the mound for the National League in his third appearance at the mid-season classic after going 8-2 with a major league-leading 1.39 earned-run average for the NL West leaders.

The 31-year-old right-hander, who won the 2009 Cy Young Award as a season's best pitcher while with Kansas City, has not surrendered an earned run in five starts, a span of 35 2/3 innings.