New York Mets
Jose Reyes, SS
Paul Lo Duca, C
Carlos Beltran, CF
David Wright, 3B
Carlos Delgado, 1B
Jose Valentin, DH
Shawn Green, RF
Ruben Gotay, 2B
Carlos Gomez, LF
Orlando Hernandez, RHP (3-2, 2.38)
New York Yankees
Johnny Damon, DH
Derek Jeter, SS
Bobby Abreu, RF
Alex Rodriguez, 3B
Jorge Posada, C
Hideki Matsui, LF
Robinson Cano, 2B
Melky Cabrera, CF
Miguel Cairo, 1B
Chien-Ming Wang, RHP (6-4, 3.49)
Chien-Ming Wang is making his first career start against the Mets tonight and has been nothing less than outstanding in his last 6 starts (5-1, 2.30). El Duque has pitched extremely well this season in his own right, but has encountered some bad luck against the Yankees (0-3, 4.26 in 3 starts) during his career.
It almost doesn't seem fair that the Yanks play the Mets this weekend while the Red Sox played and swept the dismal San Francisco Giants. Never fear, folks. The odds will even out a bit this week with the Yankees facing the Rockies and Giants while the Red Sox travel cross-country to play the Braves and Padres.
Both Seattle and Oakland have already lost today, so it would be really sweet to take 2 of the 3 games this weekend against the Mets and gain some ground on two teams they are chasing in the Wildcard standings at the same time.
The featured graphic for today's game is the primary cap logo for the New York Mets.