{"id":751404,"date":"2026-07-08T23:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751404\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T23:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T23:14:17","slug":"as-to-have-two-starters-in-mlb-all-star-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/751404\/","title":{"rendered":"A\u2019s to have two starters in MLB All-Star Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LAS VEGAS (<a href=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"http:\/\/fox5vegas.com\/\">FOX5<\/a>) \u2014 The MLB All-Star Game is a week away, and the Athletics will have two players in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">First baseman Nick Kurtz was named the American League\u2019s starting first baseman for the All-Star Game on July 14 in Philadelphia. He will join catcher Shea Langeliers in the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">MORE ON FOX5: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/06\/03\/nick-kurtz-wins-al-player-month-may\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fox5vegas.com\/2026\/06\/03\/nick-kurtz-wins-al-player-month-may\/\">Athletics\u2019 Nick Kurtz wins AL Player of the Month for May<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kurtz is in his second season and has posted 20 home runs, 66 RBIs and 76 walks, according to the broadcast script. The 76 walks lead Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Kurtz played 117 games last season and was named rookie of the year, the script said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The All-Star Game will air on FOX5 next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KVVU. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS (FOX5) \u2014 The MLB All-Star Game is a week away, and the Athletics will have two&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[322254,12939,322255,307568,363,322252,322253,99],"class_list":["post-751404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-as-two-starters","tag-all-star-game","tag-athletics-all-star-game","tag-las-vegas-sports-news","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-all-star-game-2026","tag-nick-kurtz-all-star-starter","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}