Pre Game: Cardinals vs. Mets (Game Four)
Update, 11:34 am:
Both John Maine and Oliver Perez are scheduled to start for the Cyclones this weekend, with Maine pitching in Aberdeen on Saturday and Perez pitching in Brooklyn on Sunday.
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Alex Cora will be leading off once again this afternoon, followed by Luis Castillo, David Wright, Ryan Church, Fernando Tatis will be in left field, followed by Fernando Martinez in center field, Nick Evans at first base, Omir Santos and Johan Santana.
Santana (8-5, 3.22 ERA) will start today for the Mets. Despite the loss in his last outing against Tampa Bay, Santana rebounded well off of his outing against the Yankees in which he gave up 9 earned runs in 3 innings – the most earned runs he has ever given up. He did not face the Cardinals when the Mets were in St. Louis at the end of April.
Chris Carpenter (5-1, 1.53 ERA) will start today for the Cardinals. Carpenter is 4-1 with a 1.85 ERA in seven starts since returning from the disabled list. He has not allowed more than three earned runs in any of his starts this season and has pitched atleast six innings in all but two of his starts.





