Giants’ Johnny Cueto knocked around in All-Star loss

SAN DIEGO — The evening began with a touching tribute to Tony Gwynn, the greatest of all Padres, and later featured an emotional farewell to David Ortiz, who plans to retire at season’s end.

In between, Johnny Cueto served up home run pitches to a couple of former teammates, making longtime Giants fans reminisce about rough All-Star pitching performances from yesteryear.

On a gorgeous Tuesday night at Petco Park, the American League beat the National League 4-2 in the 87th All-Star Game.

For those scoring at home, the Giants, should they reach the World Series, won’t own home-field advantage.

Cueto surrendered second-inning homers to Eric Hosmer and Salvador Perez, his teammates on last year’s championship Kansas City club.

Giants first baseman Brandon Belt also woke up ill — he flied out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning against tough lefty Andrew Miller.

Giants pitchers largely rebounded during the championship years, but Cueto hiccuped despite pitching to teammate Buster Posey behind the plate.

Jose Fernandez had vowed to groove fastballs to Ortiz (he didn’t) and wound up walking him in the third inning, and AL manager Ned Yost gave the longtime designated hitter an opportunity to be honored.

“It was awesome, a lot of fun the way David Ortiz was honored,” said A’s catcher Stephen Vogt, adding he felt like a kid when asking Big Papi to sign a ball.

Hosmer, the game’s MVP, became the first Royal since Jackson with an All-Star homer, and Perez’s was a two-run shot.

In a pregame tribute to Gwynn, the Hall of Famer who died in 2014, Major League Baseball announced that the award for winning the NL batting title will be named after the great Padre.