The Phillies will have a heavy presence when the All Star Game opens Tuesday night at Citizens Bank Park, and two of their biggest bats now know exactly where they’ll slot into the National League lineup.
Kyle Schwarber will hit leadoff as the NL’s designated hitter, while Brandon Marsh is set to bat seventh in right field. Cristopher Sanchez will get the start on the mound for the National League, giving Philadelphia three starters in the game.
Sanchez, who is 11-4 with a 2.62 ERA, is making the first All Star Game start by a Phillies pitcher since Roy Halladay in 2011. The matchup on the other side carries a neat bit of symmetry, too: American League starter Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays is making the first All Star Game start by a Blue Jays pitcher since Halladay in 2009. Cease enters at 6-4 with a 2.56 ERA.
Schwarber’s spot in the lineup comes after Shohei Ohtani was scratched from the starting DH role because of a knee injury. Marsh, meanwhile, earned his starting nod through the fan vote.
The full National League order has Schwarber followed by Juan Soto, Freddie Freeman, CJ Abrams, Max Muncy, Ozzie Albies, Marsh, Andy Pages and Drake Baldwin.
The American League lineup features Mike Trout leading off in center, with Yordan Alvarez, Shea Langeliers, Junior Caminero, Bobby Witt Jr., Cody Bellinger, Ben Rice, Riley Greene and Ernie Clement rounding it out.
The game is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14.
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