GDT 10/7/11-Cards (Carpenter) @ Phillies (Halladay) 7:37 CDT

[JL21]

No Jon Jay in the lineup tonight...Schumaker is starting in CF with Punto at 2B.

[Fat Strat]

No Jon Jay in the lineup tonight...Schumaker is starting in CF with Punto at 2B.

Hmmm.... Not seeing that anywhere on the Twitter 'verse.

[haltz]

someone confirm this so I can get mad.

[planet planet]

miklasz Bernie Miklasz
So that means, obviously, Jon Jay is out, Punto is in, and Schu moves to CF. Jay is 2-11 with 2 RBIs NLDS. Jay was 0-3 vs Halladay G1

[Fat Strat]

someone confirm this so I can get mad.

IF it's true, why in the world would Tony play things so cool until a game 5 and then get all Tony on us again? Skip has started 1 game in CF a single time this season and was questionable for the game anyway.

Punto at 2nd, though, is an upgrade defensively and not much of a defensive drop.

[heyzeus]

someone confirm this so I can get mad.

http://twitter.com/#!/CardsInsider/stat ... 1438467074

tL Lineup at PHI (10/7) Game 5: Furcal, 6; Schumaker, 8; Pujols, 3; Berkman, 9; Holliday, 7; Molina, 2; Freese, 5; Punto, 4; Carpenter, 1.

[haltz]

Tony wants a good defense behind Carp and Skip has an entire portfolio of LaRussa wealth, so there's no way he sits an elimination game. I don't think this has to do with notecards.

[Radbird]

They're talking about it now on mlb network. Shoe batting 2nd in CF, Punto 8th at 2B.

[BW23]

So, we hope Skip's hammy is okay. I'd rather just have Skip at 2B and Jay in CF with Punto ready off the bench.

Now I'm sure Punto will hit a 2-run HR in his first AB.

[Fat Strat]

Miklasz has it on twitter.

BTW, Skip is 4-11 against Halladay. Punto has hit him ok in his career. Jay hasn't.

This entire decision is based on a handful of ab's. With Carp on the mound, I guess I don't really care. The huge gain in defense with Punto at 2B is more acceptable to me than whatever loss there is between Skip and Jay in CF.