Sports News of the Day (7/5)

MLB: Promised I would give the reserves and pitching for both the NL and AL All-Star Teams, here they are.

AL: Pitching: Josh Beckett (Boston Red Sox), Aaron Crow (Kansas City Royals), Gio Gonzalez (Oakland A's), Felix Hernandez (Seattle Mariners), Brandon League (Seattle Mariners), Chris Perez (Cleveland Indians), David Price (Tampa Bay Rays), Mariano Rivera (New York Yankees), James Shields (Tampa Bay Rays), Jose Valverde (Detroit Tigers), Justin Verlander (Detroit Tigers), Jered Weaver (Los Angeles Angels), CJ Wilson (Texas Rangers)
Reserves: Russell Martin (New York Yankees), Matt Wieters (Baltimore Orioles), Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers), Howard Kendrick (Los Angeles Angles), Adrian Beltre (Texas Rangers), Asdrubial Cabrera (Cleveland Indians), Michael Cuddyer (Minnesota Twins), Jacoby Ellsbury (Boston Red Sox), Matt Joyce (Tampa Bay Rays), Carlos Quinton (Chicago White Sox), Michael Young (Texas Rangers)

NL: Pitching: Heath Bell (San Diego Padres), Matt Cain (San Francisco Giants), Tyler Clippard (Washington Nationals), Roy Halladay (Philadelphia Phillies), Cole Hamels (Philadelphia Phillies), Joel Hanrahan (Pittsburgh Pirates), Jair Jurrjens (Atlanta Braves), Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers), Cliff Lee (Philadelphia Phillies), Tim Lincecum (San Francisco Giants), Jonny Venters (Atlanta Braves), Ryan Vogelsong (San Francisco Giants), Brian Wilson (San Francisco Giants)
Reserves: Yadier Molina (St. Louis Cardinals), Gaby Sanchez (Florida Marlins), Joey Votto (Cincinnati Reds), Brandon Phillips (Cincinnati Reds), Chipper Jones (Atlanta Braves), Starlin Castro (Chicago Cubs), Troy Tulowitzki (Colorado Rockies), Carlos Beltran (New York Mets), Jay Bruce (Cincinnati Reds), Matt Holliday (St. Louis Cardinals), Hunter Pence (Houston Astros), Justin Upton (Arizona Diamondbacks)

Derek Jeter, shortstop for the New York Yankees, had two hits against the Cleveland Indians in a 9-2 at Progressive Field in Cleveland. He now has 2,996 hits and is just four shy of 3,000.

The Home Run Derby held next week in Phoenix, Arizona, has its roster officially set. AL: David Ortiz (Captain, Boston Red Sox), Adrian Gonzalez (Boston Red Sox), Robinson Cano (New York Yankees), Jose Bautista (Toronto Blue Jays) NL: Prince Fielder (Captain, Milwaukee Brewers), Rickie Weeks (Milwaukee Brewers), Matt Holliday (St. Louis Cardinals), Matt Kemp (Los Angles Dodgers)

The Cincinnati Reds suffered an 8-1 loss tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
   Matt Holliday (2-4) had two home runs for the Cardinals, while Lance Berkman (1-4) hit his 23rd homer of the year. Ryan Theriot (1-4) and Skip Schumaker (1-4) both had doubles.
   Scott Rolen (0-4) had the only RBI for the Reds. Brandon Phillips (1-3) and Paul Janish (1-2) both had a hit.
   Jaime Garcia (8-3) took the win for the Cardinals; pitching six innings, giving up one run off two hits, while striking out four.
   Edinson Volquez (5-4) took the loss for Cincinnati; pitching five and one-third innings; giving up six runs off seven hits, while striking out three.
   The final game of this series is tomorrow at 8:15 PM at Busch Stadium in St. Louis with the pitching match-up slated to be Bronson Arroyo (CIN, 7-7), against Jake Westbrook (STL, 7-4)

Golf News: Tiger Woods will not be participating in the 2011 British Open due to injury. Woods has 14 majors, and did not participate in the 2011 US Open in June either.