Regardless of the current weather, it seems the Mets (21-19) will attempt to get tonight’s game in. They will take on the Yankees (20-23) in the final game of the series (no make up date has been announced for Friday’s rain out). The Mets will send Oliver Perez (3-3, 4.61) to the mound to face off against Chien-Ming Wang (6-1, 2.90).
Lineups courtesy of David Lennon at his blog for Newsday :
Mets:
- SS Jose Reyes
- LF Marlon Anderson
- 3B David Wright
- CF Carlos Beltran
- RF Ryan Church
- DH Moises Alou
- 1B Carlos Delgado
- C Brian Schneider
- 2B Luis Castillo
Yankees:
- LF Johnny Damon
- RF Bobby Abreu
- SS Derek Jeter
- DH Hideki Matsui
- 1B Jason Giambi
- 2B Robinson Cano
- CF Melky Cabrera
- 3B Alberto Gonzalez
- C Jose Molina
For those of you in Manhattan, in case you haven’t noticed, the Empire State Building has been lit up for the past two nights with Mets orange and blue on the east and west sides and Yankees blue and white. While I am not sure how Friday’s rain out will affect this, the plan is that the team who wins the series will have the whole building lit up in their colors. This means that if the Mets win tonight, they will have won the series and the Empire State Building will gleam orange and blue. However, should the Mets lose, the colors will either stay as they are tomorrow or be removed completely.
Tonights game is slated for a 8:05pm start and can be seen on ESPN and heard on WFAN. As always, join us in the Hot Foot Bleachers to discuss how thankful we are that Beaton has lucky tube socks rather than a golden thong and to mercilessly make fun of Joe Morgan and Jon Miller.
