By Tony Jackson ESPNLosAngeles.com Left-handed reliever Hong-Chih Kuo, who wasn't even added to the team until Sunday, admitted he was a tad nervous as he came in to pitch the fifth inning for the NL. "Just a little bit," he said. "Kind of like my big league debut." Kuo was brought in for that particular inning because, although Tampa Bay's Evan Longoria was due to lead off for the AL, he was to be followed by three consecutive left-handed hitters. Lefties were a combined 0-for-31 against Kuo in the first half, and they didn't get any hits off him in the All-Star Game, either. But that isn't to say Kuo's evening was without incident. He began by walking Longoria. And when Minnesota's Joe Mauer followed with an easily playable tapper just to the third-base side of the mound, Kuo easily played it -- and then threw a rainbow up the right-field line, putting runners on second and third with none out and leading to an unearned run, the only one the AL would score. "I was hoping it would break like a curveball," Kuo said. Kuo retired New York's Robinson Cano on a sacrifice fly to left, putting the AL up 1-0, then got a second out when Mauer made a bad baserunning play and got thrown out at third on a grounder to short by Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford. At that point, Manuel came to get Kuo, bringing in right-hander Heath Bell of San Diego to face Torii Hunter, the Los Angeles Angels' right-handed-hitting center fielder. Kuo became the seventh pitcher in All-Star history to give up at least one run while giving up no hits, according to ESPN Stats & Information. http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/columns/story?id=5378581 --

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