Andrés Muñoz, with a double challenge in stars game 2025
Mexican Andrés Muñoz arrives at the stars game with a pair of challenges, launching for the 1st time and maintaining perfect effectiveness of its countrymen
As in 2024, the Sinaloense hob of the Seattle Mariners, Andrés Muñozwill have a double challenge in it 2025 major league stars game, become in it Sixth pitcher born in Mexico in launch in a mlb all and keep the Perfect effectiveness of their Five predecessors.
Muñoz remains the tenth pitcher born in Mexican territory that is summoned to the star game, and last year he joined Sid Monge, Aurelio López, Yovani Gallardo and Estrada Marco as the only ones not to see action in their first call.
Fernando Valenzuela, Teo Higuera, Esteban Loaiza, Joakim Soria and Roberto Osuna They are the only pitchers born in Mexico who have acted in the mid -season classic, from 1981 to 2024.
Among the five Aztec pipers have compiled 16.1 entries thrown, with 11 hits admitted, seven balls per ball-a single intentional one-14 strikeouts, a Wild Pitch and 64 faced batters. They add two games initiated, without victories, losses or saved games.
The other five pipers that have been summoned to star games, but did not participate by decision of their manager or injury, are Monge, López, Gallardo, Estrada and Muñoz.
Of 1942, the year in which the first Mexican pitcher appeared in the major leagues, until 1981, in which he played the first in a star match, only one had been selected before, but did not have the opportunity to pistchear.
The Sonoran Monge was the first Mexican pitcher selected to a stars game in 1979 when he played for the Cleveland Indians, but the manager Bob Lemon did not use it when he left it outside with Don Stanhouse, Dave Lemanczyk and Tommy John.
López in 1983-year in which Valenzuela was also selected and did not pistcheo-Gallardo in 2010 and Estrada in 2016 were the other three Mexican pitchers summoned to games of stars that did not launch, before the last one appeared in 2017-Robeto Osuna. Muñoz joined them in 2024.
Fernando Valenzuela
Two years after the choice of Monge, at the birth of the “Fernandomania”, the “bull” of Etchohuaquila made history when he opened at 20 years as a rookie the game of stars of 1981and then appear in relief in 1982, 1984, 1985 and 1986. In 1983 He was selected, but did not launch.
Valenzuela launched in total 7.2 episodes tolerating five hits, with three bases for balls and nine strikeouts, in addition to a Wild Pitch. In total he faced 29 batters in the American League, because all in all matches wore the uniform of Los Angeles Dodgers by the National League.
The left-handed left-hander shone in his farewell to the All Star in 1986, when he faced his compatriot Higuera in three episodes-occupied sixth tickets-and equaled the mark of five strikeouts in a party in a match. His nine strikeouts got them in his last three games in 84, 85 and 86, adding six strikeouts to the thread between 85 and 86.
In his debut In stars games in 1981 He was received with Hits followed of Rod Carew and Willie Randolph. But the first was removed in attempted second robbery and then dominated George Brett and Dave Winfield With rolas to your hands and prelude, respectively.
In 1982in the eighth entry into two thirds of work gave pair of passports to Eddie Murray and Hal McRAe And he needed Greg Minton Relaywho did not allow the corridors that he received from inheritance to score.
Valenzuela (7.2 innings) occupies the fifth position with perfect effectiveness among those who have launched more entries, after Mel Harder (13 innings), Mariano Rivera (9), Johnny Vander Meer (8.2) and Don Sutton (8).
To date is the only pitcher born in Mexico that has launched for the National League.
Teo Higuera
In the 1986 star game, Higuera did not sing badly and did a great job by launching for Milwaukee Brewers and the American League. The left -handed left -hander launched three episodes accepting a lonely Hit with a base and pave of strikeouts in 11 batters faced.
Higuera stopped to hit at the fifth entrance and was struck out by Valenzuela, who tied the five -stoists record to a thread established by Carl Hubbell in 1934. In the hill he withdrew in order to the first four and also the last five. Sus strikeouts were against Tony Gwynn and Ryne Sandbergfuture members of the Cooperstown Hall of Fame at that time, which left 2-0 each before the Mexican.
Higuera had runners in second and first with an out in the fifth inning, but left unharmed by dominating with the central meadow to GIVE MURPHY and with rola to the intermediate to There would be Brooks.
Esteban Loaiza
17 years passed for another Mexican to appear in another half -season classic, when Tijuanese Loaiza opened by the American League With uniform of Chicago White Sox and the following year he repeated in relief.
In the pair of actions, the right pitcher compiled three entries released, with unstoppable pair, a passport and a punch before 12 batters he faced. In 2003 he withdrew in a row the last five batters he faced, after receiving Hit from Jim Edmonds with an out on the first inning.
In the following year, he faced three players who added 2,027 homers, Albert Pujols (656), Barry Bonds (762) and Sammy Sosa (609), but it was unharmed despite giving passport to Bonds and accepting Scott Rolen simple.
Joakim Soria
Together with Valenzuela, Loaiza and Muñoz, Coahuilense Soria is the only other pitcher born in Mexico with at least two calls to the star game, although he participated in one. In 2008 wearing the uniform of the Kansas City Royals went up to the hill by the American League and launched 1.2 episodes in a couple of hits and two passports-an intentional one-and pave from strikeouts before nine batters.
His performance was in entrances 11 and 12 relieving Mariano Rivera in a game of 15 entries held at the Yankee Stadium. He started his work before Mexico Adrián González accepting hit and ended it when relieved by George Sherrill to face González himself.
In 2010 he was also selected, but did not play. In the same game he was summoned Gallardo and did not launch.
Roberto Osuna
The Sinaloense Osuna received his call in 2017 and launched an entry carrying the uniform of the Toronto Blue Jays by the American League. He launched the seventh entry into three batters accepting an unatrapable.
Osuna forced Paul Goldschmidt to raise the right in the field of Foul and after tolerate hit a Michael comfortedmade Corey Seager will paste a rola for double play by the second base.
