Tim Lincecum and Toronto's Roy Halladay

Lincecum, Halladay to start All-Star Game

St. Louis -- San Francisco's Tim Lincecum and Toronto's Roy Halladay were announced Monday as the starting pitchers for Tuesday's All-Star Game in St. Louis.

Lincecum, who won the 2008 Cy Young Award, will try to help the National League win the All-Star Game for the first time since 1996.

He is 10-2 this season with a 2.33 earned run average this season and he leads the
National League with 149 strikeouts. It is Lincecum's second All-Star team selection in three seasons in the major leagues.