Two interesting wrinkles for tonight's lineup against the Pirates.
-- Carlos Beltran is batting fourth for the first time this season, with David Wright elevated to third.
-- Lastings Milledge is starting over Shawn Green in rightfield against Pirates rigthander Ian Snell.
Could be that manager Willie Randolph has skipped over using a platoon in right and gone straight to installing MIlledge, who is batting .429 (12-for-28) with three doubles and four RBI this month.
Contrary to my earlier prediction, MIke DiFelice is starting tonight behind the plate, and that means Ramon Castro is in worse shape than I thought. Castro had a cortisone shot on Monday, but Randolph said he still is able to play tonight -- in an emergency. They'd rather give him the night off and see how much he improves for tomorrow.