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Jun 30, 2009 3:15 pm US/Eastern

Youkilis Overtakes Teixeira In All-Star Voting

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Click to enlarge 1 of 5: Mark Teixeira #25 of the New York Yankees slides into second against the Baltimore Orioles on May 21, 2009 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (File)
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Click to enlarge 2 of 5: Mark Teixeira butchers his bat off a Matt Garza offering during the Yankees' 7-2 win over Tampa Bay on April 14.
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Click to enlarge 3 of 5: Mark Teixeira, right, congratulates Johnny Damon after the outfielder homered in the third inning on April 17, 2009. Teixeira would follow with a solo shot of his own. The Yankees topped Cleveland 6-5.
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Click to enlarge 4 of 5: Mark Teixeira homered from both sides of the plate in the Yankees' 7-5 win over Minnesota on May 18.
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Click to enlarge 5 of 5: Mark Teixeira, right, congratulates Robinson Cano after the second baseman launched a two-run homer in the second inning of the Yankees' 7-4 win over the Orioles on May 21, 2009.
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Boston's Kevin Youkilis has moved back in front of the Yankees' Mark Teixeira with two days left in AL balloting for starters for the All-Star game in St. Louis on July 14.

Youkilis had 1,915,303 votes in totals released Tuesday to Teixeira's 1,875,256.

Texeira is currently hitting .276 with 20 home runs and 60 RBIs, while Youkilis is batting .310 with 12 home runs and 42 RBIs.

Last week, Teixeira was ahead by 35,632 ballots.

Texas second baseman Ian Kinsler's lead over Boston's Dustin Pedroia was cut to 6,830, down from 58,390 in totals released last week.

Kinsler has 2,170,100 votes to Pedroia's 2,163,270.

Maintaining their leads were Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (3,046,813), Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria (2,988,363), Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer (2,851,819) and outfielders Jason Bay of Boston (2,609,913), Ichiro Suzuki of Seattle (1,802,826) and Josh Hamilton of Texas (1,635,781).