AROUND THE HORN
■ All-Star Game:
Designated hitters J.D. Martinez and Garrett Cooper, and Giants pitcher Carlos Rodon were added to the All-Star rosters for next week’s game at Dodger Stadium, MLB announced Tuesday. Martinez replaces injured Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez and becomes the third Red Sox player to land on the American League roster along with Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers. Cooper take the spot of reigning National League MVP Bryce Harper, who’s out indefinitely with a fractured thumb that required surgery. Cooper gives the Marlins three All-Stars as he joins teammates Sandy Alcantara and Jazz Chisholm Jr. Rodon (8-5, 2.70 ERA) was selected to replace Brewers closer Josh Hader, who has family commitments . ... The Cardinals’ Albert Pujols, Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber, Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. and Nationals’ Juan Soto will join two-time defending champ Pete Alonso of the Mets in the Home Run Derby on Monday. There were three more slots left to be filled as of Tuesday afternoon.
■ Phillies: Rob Thomson became the first Canadian to manage a major league game in his home country when he led the Phillies against the Blue Jays on Tuesday night. “It’s great to be home,” Thomson said before batting practice. “I love coming back here. I love the ballpark, especially when the roof is open. I have a lot of family and friends here. It means a lot.” Among those friends were eight former teammates from the 1984 Canadian Olympic baseball team, for whom the 58-year-old Thomson was catcher. “I guess they rented out a suite,” Thomson said. “I don’t know how they got the money. It’ll be nice to see them, too.” Thomson is from Sarnia, Ontario, a city on the Michigan border about 200 miles west of Toronto. He was promoted from his role as bench coach to interim manager after Joe Girardi was fired on June 3. That made Thomson the first Canadian-born manager in the big leagues since the Pirates’ George Gibson was fired in June 1934. The Phillies were 24-12 under Thomson ahead of the game.
■ Guardians: Shane Bieber pitched a three-hitter for his first complete game this year and José Ramírez and Amed Rosario drove in two runs apiece, sending the Guardians over the visiting White Sox 4-1 in a doubleheader opener. The second game ended too late for this edition. Bieber (4-5) struck out seven and walked none in just the 17th complete game in the major leagues this season. He had been 0-2 in six starts since beating the Orioles on June 3, the longest winless streak of his career. The 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner carried a one-hit shutout into the seventh en route to his first complete game since Aug. 4, 2019. It was the fourth complete game of Bieber’s big league career and the first by a Guardians pitcher since Aaron Civale’s five-hitter against the Pirates on Aug. 19, 2020 in Pittsburgh. The 27-year-old right-handed Bieber only needed 95 pitches to wrap up the 2-hour, 9-minute ballgame. Rosario had a pair of RBI doubles off Davis Martin (1-3), driving in Austin Hedges in the third and Myles Straw in the fifth. The Guardians played their league-high eighth doubleheader.