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2015 MLB All-Star Game: Dallas Keuchel named American League starting pitcher in All-Star Game, per report

The Astros will have two starters during Tuesday's All-Star game.

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Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel has been named the American League's starting pitcher in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, per the Dallas Morning News' Gerry Fraley:

Keuchel will square off against National League starter, the Dodgers' Zack Greinke.

Keuchel has been a horse for the Astros this season, posting a 11-4 record this season in 19 starts. He has a 2.23 ERA, .255 BABIP, 64.1% groundball rate, 2.74 xFIP, and 3.4 Fangraphs WAR. He leads the league in innings pitched (137.1), he is second in groundball rate (64.1), sixth in ERA (2.23), eighth in xFIP (2.72), and tied for fifth in WAR (3.4).

True Blue L.A. presented Greinke's resume for the N.L. start:

Both Greinke and Schezer have pitched 123⅓ innings this season, and Scherzer (474) has faced eight more batters than Greinke (466). Greinke (18) has made one more start than Scherzer (17).

Greinke is 8-2 with a 1.39 ERA, a 2.65 FIP, 3.18 xFIP, 106 strikeouts, 20 walks, and a .843 WHIP.

Scherzer is 9-7 with a 2.12 ERA, a 2.04 FIP, 2.86 xFIP, 143 strikeouts, 14 walks, and a .803 WHIP.

Greinke has the lowest pre-break ERA since 1968, the Year of the Pitcher after which the mound was lowered. Scherzer has a no-hitter, and an insane three-start stretch that saw him take a perfect game deep into the contest.