With injuries mounting and cutting into the starting lineup, it would be easy to say, 'Same Old Mets.'Įxcept these Mets haven't allowed the injuries to infiltrate their thinking and hobble them on the field. They're joined on the disabled list by Jason Bay (fractured rib), Josh Thole (concussion), Miguel Batista (lower back strain), Pedro Beato (right shoulder stiffness) and Mike Pelfrey, who is out for the year with an injured right elbow. Turner was replacing Ruben Tejada, who is on the DL with a strained quad muscle. Quintanilla replaced Justin Turner, who went on the 15-day DL with a sprained ankle on Tuesday. Quintanilla was the sixth starting shortstop the Mets have deployed this season. Injuries have made the Buffalo to Queens express the most popular route on the Mets line.

'Due to the injuries, we've had to go to our minor leagues and ask for help and not just help but guys who have been huge producers for our team.' 'That's exactly what this game is about and what this team has been about for (the) two years I've been here,'' Terry Collins said. Omar Quintanilla, who arrived from Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, started at shortstop and went 3-for-4, delivering a pair of doubles and two runs scored, and starter Jeremy Hefner (1-2), who came from Buffalo a week ago, gave up three runs on six hits over six innings and also hit a homer in the fourth inning of the Mets' 6-3 victory on Tuesday night. ROOKIE HEFNER WINS AND HOMERS AS METS BEAT PHILS It sounded like a joke until the game started, and a couple of those Triple-A Buffalo replacements took the field and made significant contributions for the Mets in their rain-delayed game against the Phillies. 'The bus from Buffalo arrived today, as it normally does. Mets GM Sandy Alderson was talking with reporters about how injuries had affected the team this year in the hallway outside of the clubhouse before the game against the Phillies at Citi Field on Tuesday night.

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