Chris Schwinden News

First baseman Steve Pearce's solo homer in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the only run of the game today as the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees held off the Buffalo Bisons, 1-0, before an announced crowd of 5,159 in Coca-Cola Field.

Since Pelfrey suffered a season-ending elbow injury, the replacements have been Chris Schwinden, Miguel Batista and now Jeremy Hefner, and not surprisingly, the rotation slot is still an unresolved issue.

The New York Mets have been in desperate need of a No. 5 starter since Mike Pelfrey went down and is now in need of Tommy John surgery.

In a parking lot outside Coca Cola Field in Buffalo, N.Y., sits a Ford F-150, a "standard Oklahoma truck," Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner said.

Battling the Pittsburgh affiliate as the Mets visited PNC Park, the Bisons rang a hit, a walk, a balk, and a wild pitch out of SP Jo-Jo Reyes in the first, but bounced a double play ball to break off the rally.

The Buffalo Bisons suffered their third straight loss Tuesday afternoon, dropping a 6-3 decision to the Indianpolis Indians in front of 5,408 at Coca-Cola Field.

Ever since Mike Pelfrey got DL'd for the season in early-April, there has been a big hole in the back-end of the Mets rotation.

New York Mets pitcher Jeremy Hefner has had an interesting 2012 season thus far.

To compensate, they've tweaked their roster. Utility man Vinny Rottino has been called up to fill out the bench.

The New York Mets announced a pair of roster decisions on Monday after taking the final contest of a three-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays .

Terry Collins and the Mets saw another one of their players go down with an injury over the weekend in Toronto; this time, it was 41-year-old right-hander Miguel Batista .

Chris Schwinden was called up in his place. The team still needs to make a move for a bench player for Monday, with Vinny Rottino as the most likely candidate.

Miguel Batista took the start for the New York Mets against the Toronto Blue Jays , in a game that ended up being a 2-0 loss for the Mets at the hands of a complete game shutout for Jays starter Brandon Morrow .

Jeremy Hefner spent Friday night in the stands of Coca-Cola Field in Buffalo, charting the exploits of his Triple-A teammate Matt Harvey.

Chris Schwinden will beA on the team's taxi squadA for tomorrow's game against the Blue Jays, the team announced.

If you happened to lose your broadcast feed of this game after the 2nd inning, don't worry, you didn't miss all that much.

"They give us a different dimension than we had at the start of the year. We have more speed at the top of the order," Bisons manager Wally Backman said.

Well, that was quick. Mets reliever D.J. Carrasco lasted just four appearances with New York after he came back from injury before he was released by the team last night after their 6-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.

New York's Miguel Batista baffled the Brewers on four hits over seven shutout innings Monday in the Mets' 3-1 triumph over Milwaukee.

Over the past few seasons, Mets fans have rolled their eyes when they saw Mike Pelfrey slated in the pitcher's slot on the lineup card.