New York Mets manager Terry Collins fell ill prior to Sunday’s game in Milwaukee and was transported to a hospital less than 30 minutes prior to first pitch against the Brewers.
Collins said he didn’t feel well and the club decided to have him checked out at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee.
Collins, 67, was examined by the Brewers’ team doctor prior to the decision to take him to the hospital.
“He’s alert, fine,” Mets assistant general manager John Ricco told reporters. “He just wasn’t feeling well before the game. So they’re going to have some tests run. That’s really all I have right now. … Afterward, he was feeling OK. We’re just being cautious here.”
Bench coach Dick Scott served as manager for Sunday’s game.
–The Brewers demoted Opening Day starter Wily Peralta to Triple-A Colorado Springs on Sunday and announced that right-hander Matt Garza will make his season debut on Tuesday.
Peralta has been a major disappointment this season with a 4-7 record and 6.88 ERA in 13 starts. He has allowed a major-league-worst 97 hits.
Garza, 32, has been sidelined with a right lat sprain. He will be activated from the 60-day disabled list prior to Tuesday’s game.
Peralta was a 17-game winner in 2014 but struggled to a 5-10 record last season. He was named to start the season opener despite the poor campaign and was unable to recapture his form of two seasons ago.
–The Tampa Bay Rays and Houston Astros held a moment of silence before Sunday’s game in honor of the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting in Orlando, just 90 miles east of St. Petersburg, Fla.
The video board at Tropicana Field also showed where fans can donate blood to help out.
The Arizona Diamondbacks and Miami Marlins also observed a moment of silence before their game in respect of 50 killed and 53 injured in the Orlando nightclub.
Garza has an 81-89 record in 10 big league seasons. He struggled for the Brewers last season when he went 6-16 with a 5.63 ERA in 25 starts.
–The Rays announced that top prospect Blake Snell will be called up from the minors to join the rotation Thursday against the Mariners, with Matt Andriese headed to the bullpen despite leading Tampa Bay starters with five wins.
Rays manager Kevin Cash said the 23-year-old Snell will be in the rotation with a chance to join it permanently, despite Andriese’s success with a 5-0 record and 2.82 ERA in seven starts.