How Giants’ Cueto fared in All-Star start (not well)

The American League took a 3-1 lead in the All-Star Game when Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez homered off Giants starter Johnny Cueto in the second inning, Perez with one aboard.

Atlee Hammaker, who surrendered the first and still only grand slam in All-Star history (Fred Lynn).

[...] Cueto, who got the honor of starting the game in San Diego and was pitching in his second inning when he allowed two homers in a game for the second time this year, and per ESPN became the first pitcher to allow two in an All-Star Game since Roger Clemens in 2004.

When the big Royals catcher hit the ball out, instead of straight up in the air, the deja vu disappeared.

Cueto threw 32 pitches, which all but assures Giants manager Bruce Bochy will have him pitch the third game out of the break, Sunday in San Diego, and not the second, thus splitting him and Madison Bumgarner.

Cueto was fortunate to escape the first inning.

David Ortiz hit a two-out shot that Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo backhanded.

Buster Posey grounded out against the Indians’ Corey Kluber in the second inning, but he drew a fourth-inning walk from the Blue Jays’ Aaron Sanchez and scored.