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78th All-Star Game: Jake Peavy gets start for the NL

American League 5, National League 4

July 10, 2007, AT&T Park, San Francisco

Starting pitchers: Dan Haren, A’s; Jake Peavy, Padres.

Managers: Jim Leyland, Tigers; Tony La Russa, Cardinals.

MVP: Ichiro Suzuki, Mariners.

Highlight: Padres pitcher Chris Young made his first All-Star team after getting elected as the NL representative in the Final Vote. Young was hung with the loss after giving up a two-run homer to Suzuki in the fifth inning, giving the AL a 2-1 lead. A solo homer by Carl Crawford in the sixth and a two-run homer by Victor Martinez in the eighth provided the AL with a 5-2 advantage.