The Mets hope Oliver Perez (pictured) can salvage at least one game out of this nightmarish series here in Houston when he takes on the Astrosâ Randy Wolf in an afternoon finale at Minute Maid Park. Jerry Manuel is sticking with a similar look to Saturday night, with Carlos Beltran still in the No. 2 hole. Nick Evans is in left, continuing his platoon with fellow rookie Daniel Murphy, while Robinson Cancel starts behind the plate with Ramon Castro nursing a sprained ankle from that wild home-plate collision the night before.
Here is the entire lineup for the third-place, 58-52 Mets:
Jose Reyes SS
Carlos Beltran CF
David Wright 3B
Carlos Delgado 1B
Fernando Tatis RF
Damion Easley 2B
Nick Evans LF
Robinson Cancel C
Oliver Perez LHP (7-6, 4.02)
The 52-57 Astros will look like this:
Kaz Matsui 2B
Miguel Tejada SS
Lance Berkman 1B
Carlos Lee LF
Ty Wigginton 3B
Hunter Pence RF
Darin Erstad CF
Humberto Quintero C
Randy Wolf RHP (6-10, 4.79)
