On the Mets beat

METS (6-6)
1-Reyes SS
2-Church RF
3-Wright 3B
4-Beltran CF
5-Delgado 1B
6-Pagan LF
7-Schneider C
8-Castillo 2B
9-Maine P

NATIONALS (4-10)
1-Guzman SS
2-Belliard 2B
3-Zimmerman 3B
4-Johnson 1B
5-Milledge CF
6-Kearns RF
7-Pena LF
8-Estrada C
9-Chico P

Luis Castillo's right knee will be an ongoing issue. It's still bothering him, and Willie said he and Castillo agreed that they will talk often and Castillo will tell him when he needs a day off. Sounds like he'll play 2 or 3 games in a row and then sit one. Willie also says he likes Castillo hitting eighth because he has speed and is selective.

I also spoke with Brian Schneider about his trouble with catching the ball - he said he was using a new glove model this year for the first time in 10 or 11 years, and he never got comfortable with it. He said it got to the point where catching the ball became something he was thinking about, and that was it for him. So he "shut it down" - his words - in the seventh inning Sunday and went back to old faithful.