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player ready...Unfortunately for the Cubs, they won`t get to see Bobby Bonilla when the New York Mets come to Wrigley Field to begin a four-game series Thursday.
Bonilla broke a rib diving for Andre Dawson`s foul in the first inning Sunday and was put on the 15-day disabled list. Bonilla is batting only .172
(5 for 29) against the Cubs this season, including 0 for his last 11.
Before the game, the Mets lost another outfielder to the 15-day DL. Howard Johnson, who jammed his right wrist sliding in a game against Philadelphia last Tuesday, was examined after complaining of pain during batting practice Sunday and found to have suffered a hairline fracture.
And pitcher Bret Saberhagen, who left the first game of Saturday`s double-header with a recurrence of his finger injury, will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging test Monday and miss at least one start.
The Mets recalled outfielder Pat Howell and infielder Jeff McKnight from their Triple-A affiliate in Tidewater, Va., to replace Bonilla and Johnson.
– Third baseman Steve Buechele sat out again Sunday with a strained left rib cage muscle. He is expected to be ready for the opener Monday night at Montreal. Buechele missed 10 days earlier in his career with a similar injury. ”We can`t afford to lose him for 10 games right now,” said manager Jim Lefebvre.
– Kal Daniels was a late scratch from the starting lineup Sunday. He had a stiff right knee after playing both games of the double-header Saturday. Since the All-Star break, Daniels has played in 13 games and is hitting only .174, but he has driven in two game-winning runs.
– Third base coach Chuck Cottier helped make one of the most exciting plays of the weekend happen when he waved Sammy Sosa home on a wild play Saturday night.
Sosa was trying to steal second when the Mets pitched out. Sosa should have been out easily, but catcher Mackey Sasser threw the ball into center field, and Sosa kept coming. Cottier spotted center-fielder Vince Coleman out of position to back up the play and waved Sosa home. ”I`ve never seen that in all my years of baseball,” said Cottier. ”A guy scores from first on a pitchout. It was amazing.”