HONOLULU — Hawai‘i’s four mayors — Bernard Carvalho Jr., Mufi Hannemann, Billy Kenoi, and Charmaine Tavares — joined Wednesday to urge baseball fans to cast their ballots for Maui’s Shane Victorino to fill the last position on the National League’s All-Star Game roster, states a press release.

Victorino is the son of Jocelyn and Maui County Councilman Mike Victorino of Wailuku.

An outfielder with the Philadelphia Phillies, Victorino finished fourth in the public balloting for the three starting outfield positions. He was not selected as a backup by the National League coaches.

The mayors stated, “Shane is a local boy who’s done a remarkable job with the world champion Phillies, and he deserves a spot on the All-Star team. We’re very proud of him, as all the people of Hawaii are, and we’re urging fans to cast their votes for Shane so he can have a well-deserved place on the roster of the National League.”

The public can vote from among five candidates for the last position on the National League roster at www.mlb.com or www.phillies.com, until today at 10:00 a.m. Hawai‘i time.

Sprint and Nextel subscribers can text in their votes by following the instructions on either Web site.

According to Major League Baseball, Victorino was just two percentage points behind National League leader Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants, as of Wednesday night.

Detroit Tiger Brandon Inge barely leads the American League voting over the Texas Rangers’ Ian Kinsler.