Pre Game: Yankees vs. Mets (Game Three)
The Yankees (42-32) and Mets (37-36) close out the Subway Series tonight at Citi Field.
Ryan Church was a late scratch from the lineup due to illness.
Instead, it will be Fernando Tatis in right field in the fifth spot in the lineup.
Daniel Murphy will lead off tonight, followed by Alex Cora, David Wright, Gary Sheffield in left field, Tatis, Fernando Martinez, Brian Schneider behind the plate, and Luis Castillo.
Livan Hernandez (5-2, 4.05 ERA) will start tonight for the Mets. Although the Mets have lost four of his past five starts, Hernandez has allowed just four earned runs in the last two of those outings. In his last ten outings, he is 4-1 with a 3.17 ERA, averaging over 6 innings in each of those outings.
Chien-Ming Wang (0-6, 11.20 ERA) will start tonight for the Yankees. Wang is making just his eighth start of the year in 11 appearances, and has not lasted more than five innings in any of his starts. He has allowed 51 hits and 39 earned runs in 31 1/3 innings this season.
Update, 6:35 pm:
Oliver Perez pitched five innings and allowed no runs on two hits, and struck out six for the Brooklyn Cyclones today.
He walked just one batter.
