HOUSTON — Gary Sheffield is headed to the disabled list with a strained right hamstring, adding to the rash of substantial injuries that has wrecked the Mets’ season.
The Mets placed Sheffield on the 15-day DL and recalled left-hander Jonathon Niese from Triple-A Buffalo to start Saturday night against Houston.
Niese was set to pitch in place of Fernando Nieve, one of 10 Mets on the disabled list. Nieve tore a muscle in his right thigh last Sunday while trying to beat out a grounder in Atlanta. Two days before that, Sheffield got hurt while chasing Yunel Escobar’s double. He was placed on the DL retroactive to July 18.
The 40-year-old Sheffield leads the team with 10 home runs and is batting .286 with 36 RBIs in 75 games.
Footnotes.
The Brewers placed Seth McClung on the 15-day DL after the right-hander felt discomfort in his right elbow.
• The Phillies placed reliever Clay Condrey on the DL, further depleting a bullpen racked by injuries. Condrey is the third reliever to land on the DL this past week, joining J.C. Romero (forearm) and Chad Durbin (back). Condrey has a strained muscle on his left side.
• The Cubs placed left-hander Ted Lilly on the 15-day DL because of inflammation in his pitching shoulder and called up right-handed reliever Justin Berg from Triple-A Iowa.
The Associated Press
