Hosmer, Perez join elite club
When Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals homered in the second inning of the All-Star game, they became only the second pair of teammates to homer in the same All-Star inning. Who did it first? Answer at end of these notes . ... With the All-Star game win, the American League gets home-field advantage in the World Series. The team with home-field advantage has won 24 of the last 30 World Series . ... David Ortiz, 40, is the oldest player in history to lead the majors in extra-base hits at the All-Star break . ... Robinson Cano has 21 home runs this season for Seattle. He hit 21 in 2015 . ... Wil Myers of the San Diego Padres became the first player to get an All-Star game extrabase hit in his home stadium since Seattle’s Mike Cameron in 2001 . ... Toronto’s Josh Donaldson is only the sixth player in AL history to have at least 20 homers and 80 runs scored at the All-Star break. The other five: Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Reggie Jackson, Frank Thomas and Alex Rodriguez . ... According to fangraphs.com’s playoff probabilities page, the six teams with the greatest chance to win the World Series are 1. Chicago Cubs (16.9% chance); 2. Washington Nationals (13%); 3. Boston Red Sox (11.7%); 4. Cleveland Indians (11.4%); 5. San Francisco Giants (8.6%); 6. Dodgers (8.1%). The teams with no chance: Tampa Bay Rays, Minnesota Twins, Oakland Athletics, Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Padres, Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks . ... How good is Clayton Kershaw? Here are the top 10 active pitchers ranked by earned-run average (minimum 1,000 innings): 1. Kershaw, 2.39; 2. Madison Bumgarner, 2.93; 3. Chris Sale, 2.97; 4. Adam Wainwright, 3.08; 5. Felix Hernandez, 3.11; 6. David Price, 3.19; 7. Johnny Cueto, 3.23; 8. Cole Hamels, 3.31; 9. Zack Greinke, 3.36; 10. Jordan Zimmermann, 3.37 . ... The five active pitchers with the worst ERA? 1. Colby Lewis, 4.68; 2. Kyle Kendrick, 4.63; 3. Jorge De La Rosa, 4.61; 4. Edwin Jackson, 4.59; 5. Ricky Nolasco, 4.58 . ... Going into this year, of the 120 teams leading their division at the All-Star break since 1996, 73 have gone on to win their division . ... Some believed the Diamondbacks became NL West favorites after signing Greinke and trading for Shelby Miller. Instead, Greinke is on the disabled list and the Diamondbacks sent Miller to the minors Friday with a 7.14 ERA . ... Answer: Steve Garvey and Jimmy Wynn of the Dodgers in 1975.