on july 1, scherzer was selected by player vote to represent the american league in the 2013 all-star game, his first major league all-star selection. on july 15, jim leyland, who managed the al all-star team this season and was also the tigers manager, announced that he had chosen scherzer as the al's starting pitcher. entering the all-star break, scherzer had a 13–1 record, 3.19 era, 0.98 whip and 152 strikeouts in innings pitched. he pitched a perfect 1-2-3 inning in the game, including striking out joey votto for one of three outs.