PHOENIX » Jose Bautista IS the Toronto Blue Jays, so when he went sliding into the wall to make a spectacular catch of a foul ball in the All-Star Game on Tuesday night, his manager, John Farrell, was understandably concerned — but not at all surprised.

"A sigh of relief as he got up and threw the ball back in," said Farrell, who was part of AL manager Ron Washington’s staff. "But as we’ve seen from Jose, he’s all-out all the time, regardless of the setting or the game."

Bautista raced to his right and slid into the wall as he caught Brian McCann’s foul ball to start the second inning.

"He certainly represented himself well and the Blue Jays well on that play,"’ Farrell said. "It was an all-out, hustle play."

Another hustle play didn’t turn out so well. After Adrian Gonzalez’s third-inning home run put the AL up 1-0, Bautista singled to shallow center. Josh Hamilton followed with a single and Bautista advanced to second. Then when Adrian Beltre singled to left-center, Bautista tried to score from second but was out easily on a throw from Hunter Pence to end what had the makings of a big inning.

"Certainly he’s not going to be held up, he’s going to force the issue," Farrell said. "Pence made a heck of a throw, threw a strike, but much like we’ve seen all year, he (Bautista) played tonight like it was a regular-season game, and certainly there was something to play for tonight."

League pitches in for AL

Saint Louis School product Brandon League of the Seattle Mariners made his All-Star Game debut in the seventh inning.

League, who is second in the American League with 23 saves, allowed a run on two hits while striking out one. He threw 19 pitches.

Another Hawaii product, Maui’s Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies, was voted onto the NL team and took the field during the player introductions. He pulled out of the game after going on the disabled list with a thumb injury. Victorino’s replacement, Andre Ethier, singled in a run in the fifth.

Beckett a late scratch

Boston Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett was scratched from the All-Star Game after feeling soreness in his left knee while warming up in the bullpen.

"I could have pitched. I’m just not comfortable going out there and getting hurt in an All-Star Game and costing myself starts in the second half," Beckett said.

The right-hander was scheduled to follow starter Jered Weaver in the second inning, but was pulled before going in to pitch. He was replaced by Yankees right-hander David Robertson. Beckett pitched just five innings in his last start against Baltimore on Friday after he slightly hyperextended his knee on the wet mound at Fenway Park.

Shooting victims honored

The intern whose quick actions helped save the life of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords threw out a first ball at the All-Star Game.

Daniel Hernandez joined longtime baseball announcer Joe Garagiola in tossing the ceremonial pitches at Chase Field.

Victims of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and critically injured Giffords were honored as part of the pregame ceremonies.

The family of the youngest of those killed, 9-year-old Christina-Taylor Green, delivered the lineup cards to the umpires. Her father, John Green, scouts for the Los Angeles Dodgers and her grandfather, Dallas Green, managed the Philadelphia Phillies to their first World Series championship in 1980.

The names of those who died were listed on the ballpark’s giant screen during a moment of silence. Survivors and relatives of those shot on Jan. 8 watched from behind the third-base dugout.

Giffords is in Texas recovering from her wounds.