No. 6: The last All-Star game for Jose Fernandez and David Ortiz

Year: 2016 at Petco Park, San Diego Result: AL4,NL2 Notable: Two years after Tommy John surgery, Jose Fernandez returned to All-Star status and helped create a lasting impression with David Ortiz in the Red Sox slugger’s final All-Star at-bat. It would also be Fernandez’s final moment in the national spotlight before his death 2½ months later in a boat crash.

Fernandez had made it known that he’d groove a couple pitches for Ortiz if he got to face him, much like Adam Wainwright did in Derek Jeter’s final All-Star appearance two years earlier. Fernandez explained that he had admired Big Papi since watching on TV as a seventh grader in his hometown of Santa Clara, Cuba, when Ortiz hit a home run against the Cuban team in the first World Baseball Classic. Ortiz’s jersey was the first Fernandez owned after defecting from Cuba to the United States, he said during All-Star media day. Ortiz in turn became an admirer of the talented Marlins right-hander after learning about what Fernandez went through to flee his homeland and pursue his baseball dream. Fate would bring them together when Ortiz came up with one out in the bottom of the third inning. The at-bat didn’t unfold according to any predictable pattern. PREVIOUSLY IN THE COUNTDOWN: No. 10: Dontrelle Willis gets left out in Chicago No. 9: Hanley Ramirez’s strong All-Star start No. 8: Lowell, Castillo and the game that ended in a tie No. 7: Dan Uggla's ugly night

SEAN M. HAFFEY/GETTY IMAGES Jose Fernandez, above, got to pitch to one of his boyhood idols in last year’s All-Star Game, Boston’s David Ortiz. It would be the last All-Star appearance for both of them. Fernandez did toss a meatball on the first pitch, but it came in slower than Ortiz expected and he took it for a ball. After that the Marlins ace showed his idol an assortment of fastballs and off-speed pitches before walking him with the count full on a pitch in the dirt. “I wanted to hit a home run during that at-bat,” Ortiz said. “My boy [Fernandez] threw me a changeup instead. I looked at him and I was like, ‘what happened?’ ” As soon as Ortiz reached first base he was pulled for a pinch-runner. Fernandez tipped his cap as Ortiz left the field to a standing ovation. “I was nervous because I couldn’t believe I was actually pitching to him,” Fernandez said after the game. “The first pitch I did throw it in there. If he would’ve hit it, it would’ve been funny. But after that, I was trying to make good pitches and trying to get him out.” This was one of the most memorable All-Star Games from a Marlins perspective as they matched a team record with four representatives. Marcell Ozuna was selected for the first time as a reserve but ended up starting in center field as an injury replacement. He had a run-scoring single in two at-bats. Reliever Fernando Rodney, acquired a few weeks earlier in a trade with the Padres, returned to Petco and retired both hitters he faced and left after doing his trademark pantomime of shooting an arrow skyward. Only A.J Ramos didn’t get into the game.