With Chris Sale being limited to one inning in Tuesday's All-Star Game, he was effectively ruled out of starting the midsummer classic for the American League. That honor will go to Detroit's Justin Verlander, who owns a 2.58 ERA with 120 strikeouts in 132 23 innings this season.
Verlander leads the American League in innings pitched, complete games and strikeouts. He's thrown five complete games in 18 starts, one more than he threw in 34 starts during his Cy Young and MVP campaign of 2011.
Matt Cain will start for the National League, getting the nod over Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey.