Oswalt, Ordonez Join All-Star Rosters

Houston Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt and Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez were added to the All-Star rosters Friday, taking the place of injured Pedro Martinez and Manny Ramirez.

Ordonez will join Detroit teammates Ivan Rodriguez and Kenny Rogers at Tuesday night’s game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh.

Ramirez, picked in fan voting to start in the American League outfield, has a sore right knee. With the Boston slugger out of the lineup, AL manager Ozzie Guillen gets to choose another starter.

Ordonez, on the All-Star team for the fifth time, was batting .307 with 15 home runs and 59 runs batted in entering Friday. Ramirez was hitting .310 with 24 homers and 65 RBIs.

Oswalt will make his second consecutive All-Star appearance. He pitched one inning in last year’s game in Detroit.

Martinez missed his start Monday because of a sore right hip, and the New York Mets put him on the 15-day disabled list.

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The Mets designated pitcher Jose Lima for assignment, just after he made an emergency start replacing Martinez.

The Mets activated double-A pitcher Mike Pelfrey, who will start the second game of today’s doubleheader against Florida.

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New York Yankees center fielder Johnny Damon hopes to play this weekend after sitting out a second straight game Friday because of an injury on his right side.

Damon, who was injured in Wednesday’s game at Cleveland, took batting practice before Friday night’s game against Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Fla.

The Yankees’ leadoff hitter, Damon is batting .291 with 11 homers and 42 RBIs.

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Tapping the international market for prospects, the Cleveland Indians signed free agent Sung-Wei Tseng, a 21-year-old who pitched for Taiwan in the World Baseball Classic.

Tseng was signed to a one-year minor league contract for 2007 by the Indians.

Terms of the deal were not immediately available.

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Jose Canseco, playing for the Long Beach Armada of the Golden Baseball League, went one for three with a walk in a 7-2 loss to Reno at Blair Field.