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Marmol Added To NL Team

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: July 14, 2008

NEW YORK - The Chicago Cubs tied the National League record for most players on an All-Star team when Carlos Marmol was selected Sunday to replace teammate Kerry Wood, becoming the eighth player picked for the team.

Marmol was chosen because he was the reliever with the highest vote on the player ballot. He is the only pitcher in the game who isn't a starter or a closer.

His selection was announced one day after he wasted a 7-2 lead at Wrigley Field against San Francisco in a game the Cubs went on to win 8-7 in 11 innings.

Marmol, booed when he left the mound Saturday, is 2-3 with a 4.13 ERA and three saves. He had a 1.69 ERA in April and 1.93 in May, but it was 7.36 in June and 13.50 in July.

The NL record was set by the 1943 St. Louis Cardinals, and equaled by the 1956 Cincinnati Reds and 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates. Before this year, the most All-Stars for the Cubs was six in 1936 and 1988. The 1958 Yankees hold the major league mark with nine players on an All-Star team.

Outfielder Alfonso Soriano, who was voted to the NL starting lineup, will miss the game with a broken hand.

FUTURES GAME: Already, the Boston Red Sox are feeling right at home in Yankee Stadium during All-Star week.

Red Sox minor-leaguer Che-Hsuan Lin hit a two-run homer and nine World team pitchers combined on a three-hitter for a 3-0 victory over the United States.

The 10th annual showcase for baseball's premier prospects began a much-hyped farewell to Yankee Stadium, with Tuesday night's All-Star Game highlighting the grand ballpark's final season.

NATIONALS: Held a moment of silence Sunday for two fans who died on a team-promoted shuttle bus on the way to a game.

Police say the fans were standing on the upper deck of an open-top double-decker bus on the way to Friday night's game against the Houston Astros when their heads struck the bottom of an underpass.

Joshua Stoll, 24, of Sterling, Va., died shortly after the accident. Michael Feiock, 35, of Centreville, Va., died at a hospital Saturday.

OBITUARY: Longtime St. Louis Cardinals coach Dave Ricketts, who played on their 1967 World Series championship team, died early Sunday.

He was 73.

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