Published 7/1/2009
at Surfing the Mets - NY Daily News Blogs
Losing a Johan Santana - Mike Burns matchup, and with the losing streak at five games, has prompted Jerry Manuel to reverse course and start David Wright in Wednesday afternoon's series finale:
Cora, ss
Castillo, 2b
Wright, 3b
Church, rf
Evans, lf
Murphy, 1b
Martinez, cf
Schneider, c
Pelfrey, rhp
Wright had three hits, including a two-run homer, on Tuesday.
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