Buster Posey, Yadier Molina National League's top All-Star Game vote-getters

Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants follows through on... — Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants follows through on a swing during a game against the Atlanta Braves. (June 14, 2013) Credit: Getty Images

By SAL CACCIATORESalvatore.Cacciatore@newsday.comJune 16, 2013

Buster Posey and Yadier Molina are the National League's top All-Star vote-getters but only one can start in the Midsummer Classic.

The Giants' catcher and the Cardinals' catcher are first and second in the voting, respectively. Posey is ahead of Molina by a margin of 2,606,434 to 2,543,588 in the latest MLB.com poll results released Sunday. The Mets' John Buck is a distant third with 866,471 votes.

Molina, who leads the league with a .352 batting average, cut Posey's lead from 277,161 last week to just 62,846.

Third base is another close race, with Posey's teammate Pablo Sandoval holding a slim edge over the Mets' David Wright. Wright, who lost out to Sandoval by a narrow margin last year, currently trails by roughly 125,000 votes.

Fans have until July 4 at 11:59 p.m. to get Wright into the starting lineup on his homefield. The All-Star Game will be played on July 16 at Citi Field.

Here are the leading NL vote-getters at each position (as of Sunday, June 15):

CATCHER

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Buster Posey, Giants 2,606,434

Yadier Molina, Cardinals 2,543,588

John Buck, Mets 866,471

Jonathan Lucroy, Brewers 630,902

Brian McCann, Braves 627,056

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Joey Votto, Reds 2,047,945

Paul Goldschmidt, D-backs 1,524,517

Allen Craig, Cardinals 1,191,229