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Kansas City -- The Brewers' Ryan Braun will play his natural position of left field and also bat in his regular No. 3 spot for the National League in the All-Star Game Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium.

Braun moved into the starting outfield after Los Angeles' Matt Kemp pulled out with a hamstring injury. It will be his fifth consecutive all-star start.

San Francisco's Melky Cabrera, who has played more left field than center, will make the start in center, with St. Louis' Carlos Beltran in right field.

Here is the NL lineup:

DH Carlos Gonzalez

CF Melky Cabrera

LF Ryan Braun

1B Joey Votto

RF Carlos Beltran

C Buster Posey

3B Pablo Sandoval

2B Dan Uggla

SS Rafael Furcal

RHP Matt Cain

And here is the AL lineup:

SS Derek Jeter

2B Robinson Cano

LF Josh Hamilton

RF Jose Bautista

1B Prince Fielder

3B Adrian Beltre

DH David Ortiz

C Mike Napoli

CF Curtis Granderson

RHP Justin Verlander

As you can see, Texas skipper Ron Washington selected Detroit's Justin Verlander to start his first All-Star Game, and retired St. Louis skipper Tony La Russa opted for San Francisco's Matt Cain rather than New York's R.A. Dickey as many speculated.

La Russa did say he was "very aware" of the first half that Dickey had an promised he would pitch in the first half of the game.