Moustakas wins AL Final Vote for second time
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KANSAS CITY -- Royals fans did it again. After electing Mike Moustakas with the Esurance MLB All-Star Game Final Vote in 2015, they did so again this year, as the third baseman drew 15.6 million votes to earn a spot in the 2017 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard in Miami on Tuesday, which will be broadcast on FOX at 7:30 p.m. ET. The results of the Final Vote were revealed on Thursday on MLB Network.
Moustakas also will appear in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday at 8 p.m. ET, which will air on ESPN.
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Moustakas, who has a team-leading 25 home runs for the Royals, finished ahead of Boston's Xander Bogaerts, New York's Didi Gregorius, Texas' Elvis Andrus and Tampa Bay's Logan Morrison in the American League Final Vote balloting.
"It's such a great honor," Moustakas told MLB Network. "I just want to thank Royals fans."
Moustakas' teammates, who joined forces to support him in the vote, celebrated his victory.
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