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The American League starters for the 2015 All-Star Game on July 14 were announced Sunday. The Royals will send four starters to the Summer Classic, with Salvador Perez, Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon leading the votes in their respective positions.

Angels outfielder Mike Trout will make his fourth consecutive All-Star appearance. He received the most votes of any outfielder and the second most on the AL roster.

Catcher: Salvador Perez, Royals
First baseman: Miguel Cabrera, Tigers (injured)
Second baseman: Jose Altuve, Astros
Third baseman: Josh Donaldson, Blue Jays (top AL vote-getter)
Shortstop: Alcides Escobar, Royals
Outfield: Mike Trout, Angels
Outfield: Lorenzo Cain, Royals
Outfield: Alex Gordon, Royals
Designated Hitter: Nelson Cruz , Mariners

The National League starters for the All-Star Game were announced Sunday, and leading the way after an impressive first half is Nationals slugger Bryce Harper, who racked up nearly 14 million votes to pace the field. 

Harper entered Sunday's game with a .344 average, 25 home runs and 60 RBIs, numbers that have him squarely in the conversation for the Triple Crown. He'll be joined in Cincinnati by players from an array of teams, unlike the AL's Royals-heavy squad. 

Catcher: Buster Posey, Giants
First baseman: Paul Goldschmidt, Diamondbacks
Second baseman: Dee Gordon, Marlins
Third baseman: Todd Frazier, Reds
Shortstop: Jhonny Peralta, Cardinals
Outfield: Bryce Harper, Nationals
Outfield: Matt Holliday, Cardinals
Outfield: Giancarlo Stanton, Marlins 

Tigers outfielder J.D. Martinez continued his impressive first half, blasting his 23rd homer of the season in Detroit's loss to Toronto on Sunday. 

For Martinez, it's the second straight game in which he's homered, and the seventh time he's gone deep in the last 10 contests. Martinez is just one home run behind Albert Pujols for the AL lead. 

Martinez now has 15 RBIs in his last 10 games as well, increasing his total on the campaign to 56, three shy of AL leader Mark Teixeira. 

Tigers left fielder Yoenis Cespedes went 3 for 5 in Saturday's win over Toronto. 

Cespedes has four hits over the last two games. He doubled for the second straight day and has 24 for the season. 

Cespedes drove in his 44th run of the season. 

Tigers right fielder J.D. Martinez hit a solo home run in Saturday's win over Toronto. 

Martinez has homered in six of the last nine games and has nine home runs in his last 11. 

Martinez went 1 for 3 and is 10 for 21 over his five-game hitting streak. Martinez has seven RBI in the last three games and 55 for the season. 

The Indians' outfield will look a little different when they take the field against the Pirates on Saturday.

Michael Brantley will start at center field; Brandon Moss will take the role of right fielder; and Mike Aviles will play left field.

Ben Zobrist will replace Mark Canha in the Athletics' starting lineup for Saturday's game. 

Canha has started the last two games and three of the last four. Zobrist has started the last two games at second base. 

The Tigers placed first baseman Miguel Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained left calf on Saturday, the team announced via Twitter.

Cabrera -- on the disabled list for the first time in his career -- left Friday's game against the Blue Jays in the fourth inning while running the bases. He was 2 for 2 with a RBI prior to the injury.

Detroit will be without Cabrera for an estimated six weeks after the slugger was diagnosed with a Grade 3 calf strain on Saturday.

Cabrera is hitting .350 with 15 home runs and 54 RBI in 277 at-bats this season.

Left fielder Mark Canha bookended the scoring for the Athletics on Friday. Canha singled in the first run of the game in the second inning, and then doubled in two more in the bottom of the ninth. But it wasn't enough, as the A's would fall 9-5 to the Mariners.

All told, Canha went 2 for 4 with three RBI and a run scored on Friday. Canha has seen his playing time dwindle over the past few weeks, and he's batting just .188 over his last nine ballgames.

Mariners shortstop Brad Miller went 2 for 4 with a double and a two-run home run in the 9-5 win over the A's on Friday. Miller's home run came in the eighth inning and put the Mariners up 9-3.

It was Miller's eighth home run of the season, and he's batting .379 with two homers and five RBI over his last eight contests.