Jones, Damon Ride Internet to All-Star Game

Andruw Jones and Johnny Damon won an Internet runoff for the final two spots in next week’s All-Star game.

More than 750,000 voters cast about 3.1 million ballots from Sunday night to Tuesday. American League Manager Joe Torre and National League Manager Bob Brenly picked five players to compete for the final spot.

Jones, the Atlanta Braves’ center fielder, beat out Pittsburgh’s Brian Giles by more than 70,000 votes. St. Louis’ Albert Pujols was third, followed by San Diego’s Ryan Klesko and Colorado’s Larry Walker.

Damon, the center fielder for the Boston Red Sox, beat out Cleveland’s Jim Thome by more than 26,000 votes. Oakland’s Eric Chavez was third, followed by Chicago’s Magglio Ordonez and the Angels’ Darin Erstad.

Damon’s addition gives Boston six players on the All-Star roster, tying Torre’s Yankees and Brenly’s Diamondbacks for the most. The Red Sox have not had six All-Stars since 1978.

Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez, who was selected by Torre, has declined the invitation.

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Brenly made some of his Diamondbacks players a little extra money by picking them for the All-Star team.

Randy Johnson, Curt Schilling, Luis Gonzalez and Damian Miller each got $50,000 bonuses because Brenly chose them for the NL team this week. Junior Spivey and Byung-Hyun Kim, the other Diamondbacks selected by Brenly don’t earn any extra money.

In all, 37 of the 60 All-Stars will receive bonuses this year ranging from $10,000 to $100,000, according to a survey. The total bonus amount was $1,525,000.

The biggest winners are Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants, Alex Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers, Shawn Green of the Dodgers, and Omar Vizquel of the Cleveland Indians, who will receive $100,000 each.

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About two dozen fans were treated for effects of the near-record heat at Boston during the Red Sox’s 2-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. Temperatures in the city reached the mid-90s and climbed to 104 degrees on the field during the first game of the day-night doubleheader.

Half of those needing fluids and cooling down were children, Foley said, including some who had vomited from dehydration. About 10 people collapsed, but no one was hospitalized.

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New York Met reliever Mark Corey was cleared to resume pitching after completing a series of neurological tests following his seizure last week. Tests found no reason for the seizure and doctors said they thought the pitcher had an anxiety attack.... John Henry Williams, the son of baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams, broke a rib during a minor-league game and will be out five to six weeks.