All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Update #2

All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Update #2

MORNEAU, SALE MAINTAIN SLIGHT ADVANTAGES ENTERING FINAL TWO DAYS

NEW YORK, July 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With two days of online voting in the All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian (#FinalVote) now in the books, early leaders Justin Morneau of the Colorado Rockies and Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox continue to maintain their respective slight advantages with tomorrow's Twitter vote on the horizon. Voting is held exclusively on MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball, and the individual Club websites.

TWITTER VOTING RETURNS TOMORROW ONLY
The All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian will count Twitter support from fans over the last six hours of balloting toward candidates' vote totals. From 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 10, all tweets with a designated player hashtag (noted in the below standings) will be tabulated in official vote totals. Follow @MLB for complete details.

Morneau, who is vying to play in the Midsummer Classic hosted by his former team, is holding off his closest contenders, Anthony Rizzo of the Chicago Cubs and Justin Upton of the Atlanta Braves, as all three players have tallied more than three million votes. Anthony Rendon of the Washington Nationals and Casey McGehee of the Miami Marlins are in fourth and fifth places, respectively.

In the American League race among five starting pitchers, Sale has held his day one lead and is trailed by Garrett Richards of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Rick Porcello of the Detroit Tigers and Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians. Dallas Keuchel of the Houston Astros is in fifth place.

Current standings are:

American League
National League
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1.Chris Sale (CWS) - #TargetSale (A5) 1.Justin Morneau (COL) - # VoteMorneau (N2)

2.Garrett Richards (LAA) - #VoteGRich (A4) 2.Anthony Rizzo (CHI) - #VoteRizzo (N4)

3.Rick Porcello (DET) - #PickRick (A3) 3.Justin Upton (ATL) - #VoteJUp (N5)

4.Corey Kluber (CLE) - #VoteKluber (A2) 4.Anthony Rendon (WSH) - #VoteRendon (N3)

5.Dallas Keuchel (HOU) - #VoteKeuchel (A1) 5.Casey McGehee (MIA) - # VoteHitsMcGehee (N1)
MAP IT
MLB.com is providing a unique analysis of how a specific region in the United States is voting for the 10 candidates for the All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian. Scroll over any county to see a color-coded display showing the online vote share for each player. Click here or visit MLB.com to access this data visualization map.

MOBILE VOTING
Fans may use mobile phones to cast votes at MLB.com/vote or via text message. To receive the All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian mobile ballot, text the word "VOTE" to 89269. To vote for a specific player, fans can text the choice to 89269. EXAMPLE: Text "A3" to vote for AL Player 3 or "N3" to vote for NL Player 3. Standard message and data rates may apply. Text "STOP" to end and "HELP" for information. Mobile voting in Canada also is available and fans should text their choices to 10101

FREE MLB.TV TRIAL
MLB.com is giving eligible voters a 14-day free trial of MLB.TV from July 11-25, 2014. Current MLB.TV subscribers will receive a discount to the MLB.com Shop. Fans will receive an e-mail notifying them of the instructions for redeeming their respective All-Star Final Vote offers.

The 2014 All-Star Game will be played at Target Field on Tuesday, July 15. The 85(th) All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports; in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and RDS; and worldwide by partners in more than 200 countries via MLB International's independent feed. ESPN Radio and ESPN Radio Deportes will provide exclusive national radio coverage of the All-Star Game. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.

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