NEW YORK - AUGUST 23: Manager Jerry Manuel of the New York Mets walks out to the mound to take starting pitcher Oliver Perez #46 out of the game in the top of the first inning as Anderson Hernandez #11 (L), Brian Schneider #23 and Daniel Murphy #38 of the Mets look on against the Philadelphia Phillies on August 23, 2009 at Citi Field in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.