Lineup: Phillies come to town

Hot Foot found this 9/5/2008 on www.nydailynews.com [flag]

Here's the lineup for Friday's series opener against the Phillies: Reyes, ss Murphy, lf Wright, 3b Delgado, 1b Beltran, cf Church, rf Castillo, 2b Schneider, c Pelfrey, rhp *** Looks like Jon Niese will have to wait for his next start, with the Mets riding four starters because of upcoming off-days. Oliver Perez is scheduled to start Tuesday against the Nationals, after a day off Monday. [link]

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