Brian Schneider, who bruised his right forearm on a foul ball in the ninth inning Saturday night, will sit tonightâs series finale with the Phillies that matches Mike Pelfrey and Philadelphiaâs Adam Eaton. Willie Randolph also is sitting Angel Pagan in left in an attempt to get Endy Chavez playing time now that the Mets are starting to face some right-handers.
Additionally, Randolph has Luis Castillo back in the No. 2 spot after using Ryan Church in that hole and batting Castillo eighth the past week.
Here are the lineups:
SS Jose Reyes
2B Luis Castillo
3B David Wright
CF Carlos Beltran
1B Carlos Delgado
RF Ryan Church
C Raul Casanova
LF Endy Chavez
RHP Mike Pelfrey (2-0, 1.50)
The Phillies, who are stumbling out of the gate at 8-10 and put Jimmy Rollins on the 15-day DL today, are going with a much different order tonight:
CF Jayson Werth
3B Greg Dobbs
2B Chase Utley
1B Ryan Howard
LF Pat Burrell
RF Geoff Jenkins
C Chris Coste
SS Eric Bruntlett
RHP Adam Eaton (0-0, 4.12)
The Mets, who have beaten the Phillies four times in a row, will be going for the series sweep in front of the ESPN cameras …