The lineups are in as the Mets try to bounce back from Mondayâs loss here to the Dodgers by sending Nelson Figueroa against LAâs Hiroki Kuroda in a 10:10 EST start at Dodger Stadium. Willie Randolph is sticking with the same lineup, even though the Mets mustered just one run against shaky LA starter Chad Billingley the night before. Randolph considered resting Moises Alou but is sticking with the 41-year-old.
The 16-14 Metsâ order will look like this:
Jose Reyes SS
Ryan Church RF
David Wright 3B
Carlos Beltran CF
Moises Alou LF
Carlos Delgado 1B
Brian Schneider C
Luis Castillo 2B
Nelson Figueroa RHP (2-1, 4.08)
The streaking Dodgers (18-14), meanwhile, will be going for their 12th win in the past 14 games under Joe Torre, who is going with a different look in hopes of getting the miserable Andruw Jones going. Jones is batting second tonight after hitting seventh Monday.
Torre, who is also giving Rafael Furcal the night off, will send this lineup against Figueroa:
Juan Pierre LF
Andruw Jones CF
Matt Kemp RF
Jeff Kent 2B
James Loney 1B
Russell Martin C
Blake DeWitt 3B
Chin-lung Hu SS
Hiroki Kuroda RHP (1-2, 3.82)
Kuroda has never faced the Mets, so no numbers are available.
