Mets’ Cone, Burnitz Are Sidelined

The New York Mets put right-hander David Cone and right fielder Jeromy Burnitz on the 15-day disabled list and said Roger Cedeno will be replaced in center field by Tsuyoshi Shinjo or Timo Perez.

Cone, 40, came out of Tuesday night’s 6-2 loss to Houston after two innings because of a sore left hip. He is 1-3 with a 6.75 earned-run average and his starting job could be in jeopardy because Pedro Astacio is expected back from the disabled list soon.

Burnitz was hit on the left hand by a pitch from Billy Wagner on Tuesday night and will be sidelined four to six weeks. Cedeno is hitting .177 with one home run and four runs batted in.

The Mets recalled utilityman Joe McEwing and right-hander Pat Strange from triple-A Norfolk and purchased the contract of outfielder Raul Gonzalez from Norfolk.

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Antonio Osuna was put on the 15-disabled list by the New York Yankees a day after straining his right groin.

Osuna was injured in the eighth inning of the Yankees’ 8-3 win over the Angels on Tuesday. The 30-year-old right-hander is 1-1 with a 1.59 earned-run average.

The Yankees replaced Osuna by purchasing the contract of 33-year-old right-hander Al Reyes from triple-A Columbus. To clear a spot for Reyes on the 40-man roster, they transferred right-hander Jon Lieber to the 60-day disabled list from the 15-day disabled list.

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Center fielder Doug Glanville of the Texas Rangers underwent surgery to repair a ruptured hamstring tendon behind his right knee and will be sidelined for about four more weeks.

Glanville went on the 15-day disabled list April 17 -- retroactive to April 15 -- the day after he got hurt running out a grounder against the Angels.

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Second baseman Jose Vidro of the Montreal Expos has apologized for making an obscene gesture to a television cameraman recording the team’s bus before the Expos’ home opener. Videotape of Vidro making the obscene gesture Tuesday night was shown repeatedly on the TVA and LCN networks in Quebec, Canada....Chicago Cub closer Antonio Alfonseca will report to triple-A Iowa on Friday to begin a rehabilitation stint. He has been on the disabled list since March 21 because of a strained right hamstring.