Tampa Bay Rays fans will see pitcher Shane McClanahan very early in Tuesday's All-Star Game in Los Angeles.

Major League Baseball announced Monday that McClanahan will be the starting pitcher for the American League. He will be opposed by longtime Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw.

McClanahan will become the second Rays pitcher to start an All-Star Game, joining David Price in 2010. 

The 25-year-old left-hander has recorded a 1.71 ERA and 0.80 WHIP -- both tops in MLB -- with 147 strikeouts and 19 walks over 110 2/3 innings in 2022, his second year in MLB. McClanahan allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his last 13 starts before the All-Star break, notching a 1.29 ERA in that span.

According to MLB, this is only the 10th time that two left-handed pitchers have started the All-Star Game and the first since 2000, when Arizona's Randy Johnson and Toronto's David Wells faced off at Turner Field in Atlanta.

The game is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday at Dodger Stadium.

McClanahan is the only Rays player on the AL squad.