NEW YORK, July 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick Swisher of the New York Yankees and Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds topped the early returns from the more than 10 million votes registered in the opening 24 hours of the 2010 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint. Swisher led a tightly-contested race for the American League's final roster spot, followed closely by Kevin Youkilis of the Boston Red Sox; Michael Young of the Texas Rangers; Paul Konerko of the Chicago White Sox; and Delmon Young of the Minnesota Twins. On the National League ballot, Votto grabbed the top spot out-of-the-gate over the other four candidates, narrowly ahead of Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals; Billy Wagner of the Atlanta Braves; Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies; and Heath Bell of the San Diego Padres. The ninth annual All-Star Game Final Vote ballot commenced exclusively on MLB.com and the individual Club sites at 1 p.m.

Freddy Garcia held Detroit to a run and six hits in seven innings Saturday in the 5-1 Chicago White Sox victory. The loss dropped Detroit into a tie with Minnesota for first in the American League Central Division with only Sunday's finale left in the regular season. Garcia (3-4) threw 95 pitches with

Carlos Quentin's three-run homer Sunday lifted the Chicago White Sox to an 8-4 win over Detroit. His 19th homer this season capped a four-run outburst with two outs in the bottom of the eighth shortly after Mark Kotsay's RBI single. Gordon Beckham and Scott Podsednik had two hits and one RBI apiece,

Miguel Olivo drove in a career-high six runs Friday with the help of a pair of two-run homers, carrying Kansas City to an 11-0 rout of the Chicago White Sox. Luke Hochevar (7-10) coasted to his second complete game and the first shutout of his three-year major league career. Olivo drew a bases-loaded walk in the third, hit his first two-run homer in the fourth, delivered a sacrifice fly in the seventh and homered again in the eighth.

Scott Podsednik hit an inside-the-park homer and scored the winning run Saturday in the Chicago White Sox' 4-3, 10-inning win over the Los Angeles Angels. The lead-off four-bagger was the first inside-the-park homer by a White Sox player since Joe Borchard hit one Sept.