PREGAME: Mets vs. Padres (Citi Field Opener)

The New York Mets (3-3) host the San Diego Padres (5-2) in their first game ever at Citi Field. On the mound for the Mets is second-year RHP Mike Pelfrey (1-0, 7.20), going against Walter Silva (0-0, 3.50) of the Padres.

Game time is 7:10 PM EST, and will be broadcast nationally on ESPN. You can follow the live Gameday application here.

Pitching Matchup
Mike Pelfrey (Career vs. Padres): 2 GS, 1-0, 2.13 ERA, 12.2 IP, 4 K, 1.658 WHIP

Walter Silva (Career vs. Mets): First career start against Mets

Tonight's Lineup
Jose Reyes, ss
Daniel Murphy, 2b
David Wright, 3b
Carlos Delgado, 1b
Carlos Beltran, cf
Ryan Church, rf
Brian Schneider, c
Luis Castillo, 2b
Mike Pelfrey, sp

Mets Hitters vs. San Diego
Jose Reyes: 120 AB, 3 2B, 2 3B, 6 RBI, 20 SB, .225/.279/.283
Daniel Murphy: 11 AB, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI, .545/.615/.818
David Wright: 111 AB, 10 2B, 4 HR, 23 RBI, 12 SB, .324/.417/.523
Carlos Delgado: 90 AB, 3 2B, 5 HR, 13 RBI, .278/.387/.500
Carlos Beltran: 117 AB, 15 2B, 3 HR, 19 RBI, .265/.338/.487
Ryan Church: 46 AB, 2B, 2 RBI, 16 SO, .174/.208/.196
Brian Schneider: 113 AB, 10 2B, HR, 6 RBI, .265/.325/.381
Luis Castillo: 225 AB, 8 2B, HR, 22 RBI, 23 SB, .302/.399/.360

Game Notes

• Citi Field is the third home of the New York Mets, preceded by the Polo Grounds and then Shea Stadium.
• Tom Seaver and Mike Piazza are scheduled to throw out the first pitch at Citi Field. The duo also tossed the final pitch at Shea Stadium back in September.
• Other notable Mets alumni attending tonight's game are Rusty Staud, Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, John Franco, and Ralph Kiner.
• The Mets are currently 0-2 when playing in a new home stadium, losing to the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in both 1962 and 1964.

Finally, Citi Field is open. The day has come to completely put Shea Stadium behind us, and welcome in the days of Citi Field. Mets' starter Mike Pelfrey gets the start tonight in this historic game against a team he has had some success against so far in his young career, needing to bounce back from his shaky outing last week. He'll need to be on top of his game tonight against this red-hot Padres team.

Personally, I don't care much for the opening ceremonies and I don't care much for Seaver and Piazza throwing out the first pitch; I just want to see the Mets play some quality baseball. It's too bad Johan Santana couldn't have thrown his gem from yesterday tonight, that would have been awesome.

Enough chatting, let's play ball...Let's Go Mets!!