The Associated Press

NEW YORK - Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui and Philadelphia's Bobby Abreu earned the final spots on the All-Star teams in Internet fan voting completed Wednesday.

Matsui is the seventh member of the Yankees to make the AL squad.

Matsui is batting .282 with 16 home runs and 54 RBI.

"To be chosen as part of the All-Star game is one of the great achievements you can have as a player," Matsui said through a translator earlier in the day.

Abreu made the All-Star team for the first time. The right fielder was batting .301 with 17 homers and 57 RBI going into Wednesday night's game against the New York Mets.

Matsui beat out Minnesota's Lew Ford, Cleveland's Travis Hafner, and Frank Thomas and Paul Konerko of the White Sox for the last spot.

Matsui joined New York teammates Gary Sheffield, Jason Giambi, Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Mariano Rivera and Tom Gordon on the AL team. Jeter, Giambi and Rodriguez were elected by fans to starting infield spots.

Abreu topped Arizona's Steve Finley, Pittsburgh's Jason Kendall, Florida's Juan Pierre and the Cubs' Aramis Ramirez for the final NL slot.

The All-Star Game will be played Tuesday at Houston.

PIRATES: All-Star shortstop Jack Wilson of Pittsburgh was removed from the lineup Wednesday because of an irritated left knee.

Wilson is day to day. General manager Dave Littlefield wouldn't speculate about when he might return or his status for next week's All-Star Game.

"It has been ongoing. It's the bumps and bruises from a long season," Littlefield said. "He banged it up (Tuesday) night, and it was still stiff today."

Wilson was batting .343 and leading the NL with 117 hits.

BREWERS: Junior Spivey's first headfirst slide, which landed him on the disabled list, won't necessarily be his last.

The Milwaukee starting second baseman is expected to miss between two and four weeks after an MRI this week revealed he won't need season-ending surgery on his left shoulder, which popped out of socket when he swooped into first base at Pittsburgh on Friday night.

"That's the first time I've ever slid headfirst," Spivey said.

But he can't say for sure that it will be the last.

"I hope I won't do it again. They tell you not to do it, but sometimes your body and mind tell you other things," he said.