MEDIA CLIPS – July 6, 2017 Send #BeLikeMark to All-Star Game Moustakas, Turner carry leads for All-Star berths into final hours By Mark Newman / MLB.com | 10:11 AM ET We are down to the final hours of the Esurance MLB All-Star Game Final Vote. That means a different wrinkle in the voting process: In addition to the standard Final Vote ballot, you can also use your Twitter account to send two players to the 88th All-Star Game presented by Mastercard. Virtually anything can happen in fan balloting for these close races. Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas and Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner remain atop their respective league races for the third straight day, combining for more than 30 million votes. Moustakas would join Shane Victorino as the only two-time Final Vote winners. The 2017 Esurance MLB All-Star Game Final Vote (#FinalVote), held exclusively online via MLB.com and the individual club sites, closes at 4 p.m. ET. The winners will be announced during MLB Tonight, live on MLB Network and MLB.com, at 6 p.m. Now in its 16th season, with more than 680 million votes cast, the Final Vote again includes social-media votes on the last day of balloting, as Twitter support for the 10 candidates over the final six hours of balloting will count toward vote totals. Until 4 p.m. ET today, any tweet that includes a designated player hashtag will be tabulated as part of the official vote total used to determine the winners. The last day of voting in the Final Vote historically has seen impassioned activity and creative campaigning, leading to late-stage runs at the overall leaders. As of 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, the standings remained the same as they were on Wednesday, meaning that Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant and Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts were still in second 1 place after starting in the infield at last year's Midsummer Classic in San Diego. Whatever happens in the final hours is up to you. Turner, whose .384 batting average continues to boggle the mind, is followed in order by Bryant, Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon, Rockies first baseman Mark Reynolds and Marlins first baseman Justin Bour. In the American League, Moustakas, who added to his career-high total with his 25th homer on Wednesday, is followed in order by Bogaerts, Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius, Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus and Rays first baseman Logan Morrison. Andrus went on paternity leave Wednesday to be with his wife, Cori, as she was getting ready to deliver their first child. The paternity leave allows Andrus to be away from the team for a maximum of 72 hours. Last year's Final Vote winners were first baseman Brandon Belt (Giants) and left fielder Michael Saunders (Blue Jays). Here are the nominees with the hashtags to vote for them: AMERICAN LEAGUE Elvis Andrus: #ElectElvis Xander Bogaerts: #VoteX Didi Gregorius: #sirdidi4sure Logan Morrison: #GoLoMo Mike Moustakas: #VoteMoose NATIONAL LEAGUE Justin Bour: #VoteBour Kris Bryant: #VoteKB Anthony Rendon: #VoteRendon Mark Reynolds: #BeLikeMark Justin Turner: #VoteJT On Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. ET, tune in to the 2017 All-Star Game presented by Mastercard live on FOX, and during the game visit MLB.com to submit your choice for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet via the 2017 MLB All-Star Game MVP Vote. The 88th All-Star Game, in Miami, will be televised nationally by FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS, and worldwide by partners in more than 160 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB.com, MLB Network and SiriusXM will also provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com. 2 Chatwood seeks to lower walk rate in finale By Max Gelman / MLB.com | 8:57 AM ET The Rockies have found much success this season on the backs of their young pitching, but in Thursday's series finale, it will be the Reds who throw out a green starter in rookie Sal Romano. Romano has made just one start in his MLB career, coming on April 16 vs. the Brewers. The right-hander went just three innings (82 pitches), giving up three runs on three hits and four walks. But Romano is fresh off an eight-inning complete game in his last Triple-A start, and has a 3.06 ERA in nine starts with Louisville. "This is where you want to be," Romano said. "I'm very fortunate to get the opportunity again. It's my job to make the most of it and give the team a chance to win tomorrow." The Rockies counter with veteran Tyler Chatwood, who has had a mostly up-and-down season. Chatwood has walked 15 batters over his past three starts after walking just four in three starts prior to that. Things to know about this game • Chatwood has one of the highest curveball spin rates in the Majors, per Statcast, with an average of 2,980 RPM. Higher spin rates tend to lead to more swinging strikes and ground balls, and opposing hitters have just one hit against Chatwood's curve this season compared with 15 strikeouts. However, Chatwood throws his curveball only 11.3 percent of the time. • Billy Hamilton has taken only three at-bats against Chatwood, but has two doubles off the righty and two RBIs. Just three other active Reds hitters have faced Chatwood -- Joey Votto, Adam Duvall and Eugenio Suarez -- and they are a combined 2-for-9. • With Devin Mesoraco on the DL, Tucker Barnhart will be the Reds' everyday catcher again, much like he was first month of season. When Mesoraco was healthy, the two catchers had split time. Mesoraco had been hitting .234/.333/.459 on the season with six home runs. 3 Gray's arm, bat lead Rockies past Reds By Max Gelman and Mark Sheldon / MLB.com | 2:51 AM ET DENVER -- Jon Gray hit a two-run homer, a 467-foot shot to center field, and delivered 5 2/3 workmanlike innings in the Rockies' 5-3 win over the Reds at Coors Field on Wednesday night. "It felt good, but I was just glad that it ended up being a big part of the game," Gray said of his home run. Gray, whose two-way performance helped the Rockies win their 50th game of the season as they try to keep up with the division-leading Dodgers, said he felt his command was off Wednesday despite his final line reading two earned runs on eight hits and a walk. As a result, he decided to be more deliberate with his pitches. "I just wanted to slow things down, because sometimes I can get up on the mound when something bad like that happens and my emotions take over, and I don't really think about the pitch and making the out," Gray said. Shortstop Pat Valaika added a two-run homer in the fourth, and knocked in an insurance run in the eighth inning with a single. That made things a bit easier for All-Star closer Greg Holland, who earned his 28th save with a slick glove save against Scooter Gennett to close it out. "Greg had to get through the top of their order. Once you get [Zack] Cozart, here comes [Joey] Votto, here comes Gennett," Rockies manager Bud Black said. "We stretched it to two, which was big." The only demerits for Reds starter Scott Feldman were the two homers, but they were enough to do him in. Feldman finished the night after five innings and 88 pitches. Reds pitchers mostly kept things under control after Valaika's home run, at one point retiring 11 consecutive Rockies. "I didn't have the best fastball command tonight," Feldman said. "It was a battle when you're going up against a good team like that and you don't have your best command. Unfortunately, I gave up a couple big hits there and lost the game. Never a good feeling." MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Oh, Oberg: The Reds nearly came back in the sixth inning thanks to some poor Rockies defense, but they weren't able to capitalize. Votto led off the frame with an infield hit, reaching base after Mark Reynolds bobbled his grounder and Gray 4 overran first base trying to cover it. Later, after the Reds loaded the bases and Scott Oberg entered for Gray, Nolan Arenado made a rare fielding error -- just his third of the season -- allowing Gennett to score. Oberg then coaxed a dribbler from Billy Hamilton, with Alexi Amarista making a quick exchange to throw out the speedster, leaving the Reds short. "You get so comfortable seeing Nolan make the plays, you're like, 'Is that guy even capable of making errors?'" Oberg said. "But after that happened, I still had to do my job and make pitches to Hamilton and keep the game where it was." Not Rusin anywhere: The Rockies again found themselves in trouble in the seventh when Cozart doubled off Oberg to open the inning. Chris Rusin immediately came in, and the Rockies defense did not falter this time. After Rusin walked Votto and struck out Gennett, Eugenio Suarez hit a hard grounder right to Arenado. Making up for his error the previous inning, Arenado corralled the ball, stepped on third base and fired to first to complete the double play. Overall Wednesday, the Reds were 3-for-15 with runners in scoring position and left 10 men on base.