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Gallen To Start All-Star Game For NL
July 10, 2023 | Baseball
From wire and staff reports
SEATTLE — Former UNC and current Arizona Diamondbacks' pitcher Zac Gallen will start Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the National League.
A two-time All-ACC performer, Gallen is the second Tar Heel in the last 10 years to be selected as the starting pitcher for the National League, joining Matt Harvey, who got the nod in 2013 as a member of the New York Mets.
Gallen is the fourth Tar Heel overall to start an MLB All-Star Game along with Harvey, Walt Weiss (1998) and Brian Roberts (2005).
Gallen, a 27-year-old right-hander, is 11-3 with a 3.04 ERA, tied for the major league lead in wins. The first-time All-Star has 125 strikeouts in 118 1/3 innings and becomes the third Diamondbacks' pitcher to start an All-Star Game after Randy Johnson in 2000 and '01 and Curt Schilling in 2002.
Gallen said he learned of the starting assignment last Wednesday and had been telling "white lies" since then, including to his family.
"It's been a whirlwind really," Gallen said. "This is something I dreamed of as a kid, so for it to come to fruition is everything and more."
Gallen last pitched Friday, throwing 96 pitches in a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh.
"Zac's numbers just came off the page for us," NL Manager Rob Thomson of Philadelphia said. "The numbers are incredible. He's had a great year."
New York Yankees' right-hander Gerrit Cole, a former No. 1 overall draft pick from UCLA, will make his first start for the American League in his sixth All-Star nod. He is 9-2 with a 2.85 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 117 innings. The 32-year-old right-hander becomes the 12th different member of Yankees to take the mound as an All-Star starter.
The Yankees and Diamondbacks are All-Star starting pitchers for the first time since Clemens and Johnson in the 2001 game at Seattle.
SEATTLE — Former UNC and current Arizona Diamondbacks' pitcher Zac Gallen will start Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game for the National League.
A two-time All-ACC performer, Gallen is the second Tar Heel in the last 10 years to be selected as the starting pitcher for the National League, joining Matt Harvey, who got the nod in 2013 as a member of the New York Mets.
Gallen is the fourth Tar Heel overall to start an MLB All-Star Game along with Harvey, Walt Weiss (1998) and Brian Roberts (2005).
Gallen, a 27-year-old right-hander, is 11-3 with a 3.04 ERA, tied for the major league lead in wins. The first-time All-Star has 125 strikeouts in 118 1/3 innings and becomes the third Diamondbacks' pitcher to start an All-Star Game after Randy Johnson in 2000 and '01 and Curt Schilling in 2002.
Gallen said he learned of the starting assignment last Wednesday and had been telling "white lies" since then, including to his family.
"It's been a whirlwind really," Gallen said. "This is something I dreamed of as a kid, so for it to come to fruition is everything and more."
Gallen last pitched Friday, throwing 96 pitches in a 7-3 win over Pittsburgh.
"Zac's numbers just came off the page for us," NL Manager Rob Thomson of Philadelphia said. "The numbers are incredible. He's had a great year."
New York Yankees' right-hander Gerrit Cole, a former No. 1 overall draft pick from UCLA, will make his first start for the American League in his sixth All-Star nod. He is 9-2 with a 2.85 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 117 innings. The 32-year-old right-hander becomes the 12th different member of Yankees to take the mound as an All-Star starter.
The Yankees and Diamondbacks are All-Star starting pitchers for the first time since Clemens and Johnson in the 2001 game at Seattle.
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