According to Adam Rubin’s blog Surfing the Mets, Brian Schneider has been scratched from tonight’s start with what Jerry Manuel called a knee infection. Robinson Cancel will start instead.

Also, according to Rubin, the Mets lost a coin flip today that determined where a potential tie-breaker between the Mets and Phillies would be played. Because they lost the coin-flip, the game will be in Philly.

Well, hopefully Schneider’s injury isn’t serious, especially with the status of Ramon Castro being fairly uncertain. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t mind having Schneider take a day off because I prefer having Castro behind the dish, but I definitely don’t prefer having Cancel back there.

And in regards to the coin flip - hopefully it won’t end up mattering.

Update 5:18 PM:

According to Rubin, Schneider says that there is no infection in the knee, only swelling and he hopes to play tomorrow.