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Prince Closing in on All Star Game?

Brewers Slugger Cuts More Than 30,000 Votes off Lead

By Rick Rietbrock

Major League Baseball released the latest National League All Star Voting results Monday and, not surprisingly, Prince Fielder remains the strongest candidate to land a starting spot in next month's game in San Francisco. Fielder remains in second place, trainiling the Cardinals' Albert Pujols, but has closed the lead to less than 50,000 votes. He trailed by nearly 90,000 votes after last week's results were released. J.J. Hardy remains a distant second place to the Mets' Jose Reyes for the NL shortstop starting spot. Below are the complete NL results as of Monday. Catcher 1. Russell Martin, Dodgers, 615,406 2. Paul Lo Duca, Mets, 602,629 3. Brian McCann, Braves, 466,341 4. Johnny Estrada, Brewers, 405,275 5. Bengie Molina, Giants, 335,171 First Base 1. Albert Pujols, Cardinals, 645,967 2. Prince Fielder, Brewers, 598,848 3. Nomar Garciaparra, Dodgers, 567,218 4. Derrek Lee, Cubs, 406,736 5. Carlos Delgado, Mets, 371,790 Second Base 1. Chase Utley, Phillies, 630,007 2. Jeff Kent, Dodgers, 458,533 3. Craig Biggio, Astros, 425,320 4. Rickie Weeks, Brewers, 351,897 5. Jose Valentin, Mets, 282,629 Shortstop 1. Jose Reyes, Mets, 752,923 2. J.J. Hardy, Brewers, 547,802 3. Rafael Furcal, Dodgers, 390,427 4. Jimmy Rollins, Phillies, 329,706 5. Edgar Renteria, Braves, 324,543 Third Base 1. David Wright, Mets, 757,164 2. Miguel Cabrera, Marlins, 581,840 3. Chipper Jones, Braves, 499,404 4. Aramis Ramirez, Cubs, 369,265 5. Scott Rolen, Cardinals, 333,752 Outfield 1. Carlos Beltran, Mets, 1,017,795 2. Ken Griffey, Jr., Reds, 759,484 3. Alfonso Soriano, Cubs, 693,255 4. Barry Bonds, Giants, 651,246 5. Andruw Jones, Braves, 576,589 6. Carlos Lee, Astros, 469,258 7. Moises Alou, Mets, 371,726 8. Matt Holliday, Rockies, 358,366 9. Jeff Francoeur, Braves, 354,377 10. Geoff Jenkins, Brewers, 331,183 11. Juan Pierre, Dodgers, 326,403 12. Luis Gonzalez, Dodgers, 319,960 13. Bill Hall, Brewers, 315,612 14. Jim Edmonds, Cardinals, 299,167 15. Jason Bay, Pirates, 297,107 (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)