April 5 -- OPENING NIGHT LINEUPS

BY SCOTT LAUBER

Here they are, your opening-night lineups, posted by Charlie Manuel and Bobby Cox:

BRAVES
2B Kelly Johnson
SS Yunel Escobar
3B Chipper Jones
C Brian McCann
LF Garret Anderson (moves to NL after many years with Angels)
RF Jeff Francoeur (will he have a bounce-back year?)
1B Casey Kotchman
CF Jordan Schafer (my early favorite for NL Rookie of the Year)
RHP Derek Lowe (Braves' new ace)

PHILLIES
SS Jimmy Rollins
RF Jayson Werth
2B Chase Utley (admit it: you weren't sure he'd be here)
1B Ryan Howard
LF Raul Ibanez (Pat Burrell's replacement)
CF Shane Victorino
3B Pedro Feliz
C Carlos Ruiz
RHP Brett Myers (may be the key to the season, pitching-wise)

Couple of other notes: With Utley, Howard and Ibanez, the Phillies are going lefty-lefty-lefty in the middle of the lineup. Odds are, Manuel will use this alignment against right-handed pitchers when the opposition doesn't have many lefty relievers in the bullpen. Atlanta, for instance, has only Eric O'Flaherty and closer Mike Gonzalez.

Pitching matchups for the rest of the week: Tuesday vs. Braves, RHP Jair Jurrjens vs. LHP Jamie Moyer; Wednesday vs. Braves, RHP Javier Vazquez vs. RHP Joe Blanton; Friday at Colorado, LHP Cole Hamels vs. RHP Jason Marquis; Saturday at Colorado, Myers vs. RHP Jorge De La Rosa; Sunday at Colorado, RHP Chan Ho Park vs. RHP Aaron Cook.

More later.