MLB Player News

The National League released its starting lineup for the 2015 All-Star game on Monday.

Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen will bat leadoff and play center. He will be followed by Reds 3B Todd Frazier at third, Nationals OF Bryce Harper in right field, Diamondbacks 1B Paul Goldschmidt at first, Giants catcher Buster Posey will be behind the plate, Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo will DH, Cardinals infielder Jhonny Peralta will play shortstop, Dodgers OF Joc Pederson will be in left with Rockies infielder DJ LeMahieu at second.

Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke will be the starting pitcher and face Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel.

Leadoff hitter Charlie Blackmon registered three hits and drove in four runs as the Rockies rolled to a sweep of the Braves with an 11-4 triumph Sunday. 

Blackmon had two-run singles in the second and sixth innings as Colorado had no problem wrapping up its fourth straight victory. Blackmon now has 40 RBIs on the season and has hits in eight of his last nine contests to raise his average to .291. 

As expected, Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday won't play in Tuesday's All Star Game. Holliday is on the disabled list with a quadriceps injury. 

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun was chosen to take Holliday's spot on the NL All Star roster. 

Replacing Holliday in the starting lineup will be the Dodgers' Joc Pederson, who becomes the first Dodgers' rookie position player to start an All Star Game, per the Orange County Register. 

Giants catcher Buster Posey gets a break from behind the plate on Sunday. Posey will instead start at first base for the final game before the All Star Break. 

It's Posey's 21st start at first this season. Andrew Susac replaces him at catcher. 

Regular first baseman Brandon Belt shifts to left for Sunday's game for the ninth time this year. 

Athletics left fielder Mark Canha is not in the starting lineup on Sunday, after starting of the last nine games.

Sam Fuld gets the start in left for the 19th time and first since June 28. 

Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen waited until the very last moment to extend his current hitting streak on Saturday. McCutchen, who walked three times, went 1 for 4 and crushed a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 14th inning to give the Pirates the 6-5 win over the Cardinals.

It was the fifth walk-off home run in McCutchen's career, and the first this season. McCutchen has homered twice in his last three games, and he has 12 overall this season.

The longball extended McCutchen's hitting streak to 18 games.

Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper hit his 26th home run of the season in the 7-4 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Harper's solo blast cut the Orioles lead to 4-3, as the Nationals earned the come-from-behind victory.

It was Harper's only hit of the game, but he's batting a very impressive .341 on the year. He is particularly hot at the plate right now, going 10 for 29 with two home runs in nine games this month.

Rockies center fielder Charlie Blackmon stayed hot on Saturday, as he went 3 for 4 in the 3-2 win over the Braves. Blackmon scored on Carlos Gonzalez's first-inning home run, and later hit his fifth triple of the season.

Blackmon has been on fire so far in July, batting .366 (15 for 41) with two doubles, two triples and a homer through 10 games this month.

Tigers right fielder J.D. Martinez hit a solo home run in Friday's loss to Minnesota. 

Martinez went 2 for 5 and hit his 25th home run of the season. He has four homers in the last seven games and 11 RBI in the last nine. 

Martinez has hit in 10 of the last 11 games.

Tigers left fielder Yoenis Cespedes went 3 for 5 in Friday's loss to Minnesota. 

Cespedes hit a three-run home run and had his fourth multi-hit game in the last seven. He now has 13 home runs and three in the last five games. 

Cespedes has hit in eight straight games. He's hitting .368 over the streak.