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NEW YORK -- Pittsburgh pitcher Mark Melancon was picked as a replacement for the NL All-Star team Sunday, giving the Pirates five players in the game for the first time since 1972. NL manager Bruce Bochy also selected Sergio Romo, his San Francisco Giants closer, as a replacement pick Sunday along with Atlanta catcher Brian McCann. Pirates pitcher Jeff Locke, Washington Nationals right-hander Jordan Zimmermann and Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman, all on the original NL All-Star roster, are hurt and will miss Tuesday nights game at Citi Field. Baltimore pitcher Chris Tillman, Kansas City closer Greg Holland and Oakland closer Grant Balfour were chosen by AL manager Jim Leyland of Detroit to replace Tigers ace Justin Verlander, Seattles Hisashi Iwakuma and Oaklands Bartolo Colon, who all started Sunday. Under baseballs labour contract, pitchers who start on the Sunday before the All-Star game may opt not to participate. Verlander was the AL starter and loser of last years All-Star game at Kansas City. The other Pirates on the NL roster are third baseman Pedro Alvarez, centre fielder Andrew McCutchen and closer Jason Grilli. In 1972, the defending World Series champions had Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Steve Blass, Al Oliver and Manny Sanguillen at the All-Star game in Atlanta. Kansas City has three All-Stars for the first time since George Brett, Mark Gubicza and Kurt Stillwell in 1988. There are a record 38 first-time All-Stars following the additions of Melancon, Romo, Tillman, Holland and Balfour, three more than the previous mark set two years ago in Arizona. 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Indians fans slowly headed for the exits after being forced to wait for next year yet again.It truly was an experience of a lifetime and it could have gone either way, all the way to the last pitch, said Brandon Rapp, 34, of Brunswick. Obviously, I wish the Indians would have won, but Im happy for the Cubs. My wife is from Chicago, so at least one of us is going home happy. For me, theres always next year.A boisterous sellout crowd -- nearly half of them rooting for Chicago -- packed Progressive Field an hour before the first pitch. Revelers also stood shoulder-to-shoulder at adjacent Gateway Plaza on the unseasonably warm evening, watching the game on large screens.Dueling chants between Indians and Cubs fans were prevalent in the early innings before the visitors built a 5-1 lead, then returned to a fever pitch when Rajai Davis hit a game-tying, two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth.Just when all hope seemed lost, Davis hit that homer and you started to believve that the Cubs were still cursed, said Adam Daher, 27, of Lakewood.ddddddddddddIt felt like we had won, so when the Cubs won, it was like someone taking away something from Cleveland.Nearby bars filled up by late afternoon in advance of the 8 p.m. start, while a sizable number of Chicago partisans toured the citys arts district, Playhouse Square and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on the lakefront.After Chicago won the game in extra innings, their fans took over the majority of seats in the lower deck. Long before the Cubs were done celebrating on the field, the Indians team store closed for the night because customers were so sparse.The so-called Cleveland Curse was vanquished on June 19 when the Cavaliers won Game 7 of the NBA Finals at Golden State for the franchises initial championship. Prior to this summer, the 1964 Browns were the citys most recent title team.The Cavs winning was a life-changing experience, but this would have been the best day of my life, said Joseph Wiencek, 18, a mens basketball player at Washington & Jefferson College. Being here with my parents and sister made it very special because weve had season tickets for 25 years, but you would hope to come out on top at the end.The Indians have only won two World Series championships in 116 years in the American League. ' ' '