Pirates fireballer Paul Skenes 1st all-star game rookie starter since 1995
Righty, 22, sports 1.90 ERA and opposes veteran Corbin Burnes on Tuesday in Texas
Baltimore's Corbin Burnes will start for the American League in Tuesday night's all-star game against Pittsburgh rookie Paul Skenes at 8 p.m. ET in Arlington, Texas.
A 29-year-old right-hander, Burnes is 9-4 with a 2.93 earned-run average in his first season with the Orioles, who acquired him from Milwaukee just before spring training.
The 2021 National League Cy Young Award winner, Burnes is an all-star for the fourth straight season. He will become the fifth Orioles pitcher to start an all-star game, the first since Steve Stone in 1980.
Skenes, who made his major league debut on May 11, is 6-0 with a 1.90 ERA in 11 starts, striking out 89 and walking 13 in 66 1/3 innings.
The 11 starts for the 22-year-old right-hander will be the fewest for an all-star and he will become the fifth rookie starter after Dave Stenhouse (1962), Mark Fidrych (1976), Fernando Valenzuela (1981) and Hideo Nomo (1995).
NL manager Torey Lovullo announced last week he was starting Skenes.
AL batting order
- Steven Kwan, LF Cleveland
- Gunnar Henderson, SS, Baltimore
- Juan Soto, RF, New York Yankees
- Aaron Judge, CF, Yankees
- Yordan Alvarez, DH, Astros
- Jose Ramirez, SS, Cleveland
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 1B, Toronto
- Adley Rutschman, C, Baltimore
- Marcus Semien, 2B, Texas
NL batting order
- Ketel Marte, 2B, Arizona
- Shohei Ohtani, DH, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Trea Turner, SS, Philadelphia
- Bryce Harper, 1B, Philadelphia
- William Contreras, C, Milwaukee
- Christian Yelich, RF, Milwaukee
- Alec Bohm, 3B, Philadelphia
- Teoscar Hernandez, CF, Dodgers
- Jurickson Profar, LF, San Diego
