NEW YORK -- Mets pitcher Jonathon Niese will miss at least one turn in the starting rotation because of a sore shoulder. Shortstop Ruben Tejada will be out at least two weeks with a strained right quadriceps and could lose his starting job. Niese was examined Thursday and diagnosed with shoulder tendinitis. While the left-hander is 3-5 with a 4.40 ERA in 11 starts, Niese allowed one run in seven innings against the Yankees on Monday. "Hes been bothered with a little discomfort for a couple of starts," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "He was a lot sore after his last start." Nieses turn Sunday at the Miami Marlins will be taken by Collin McHugh. The Mets have a day off Monday, so the next time his turn comes up will be June 8 at home against the Marlins. For now, New York didnt think about putting Niese on the DL. "If hes not ready in the 10 days, well do something else," Collins said. Asked whether the Mets gave consideration to bringing up prospect Zack Wheeler, who turned 23 Thursday, Collins said "no" twice and "none" twice. Wheeler is 3-1 with a 4.13 ERA in 10 starts at Triple-A Las Vegas, striking out 53 in 52 1-3 innings. "Absolutely theres reasons why," Collins said, without elaborating. Because more than eight weeks of the season have been played, the Mets already have virtually ensured Wheeler cannot be eligible for salary arbitration after the 2015 season. The top 22 per cent of players with 2-to-3 years of major league service are eligible after each season along with those with at least 3 years but less than 6; the service-time cutoff last winter was 2 years, 139 days, and 122 days remained this season after Thursday. Tejada limped off the field with two outs in the bottom of the ninth Wednesday after getting hurt chasing a foul fly down the left-field line. He received an injection Thursday and the Mets said he will travel Friday to their spring training complex in Port St. Lucie, Fla. The Mets selected the contract of infielder Omar Quintanilla from Triple-A Las Vegas of the Pacific Coast League, and he started at shortstop and batted ninth in the series finale against Yankees left-hander Vidal Nuno. Collins said Quintanilla could bat leadoff against right-handers. Tejada didnt play between May 6 and June 24 last year because of a similar injury. He is hitting .209 this season, is in an 11-for-76 (.145) slide and before the injury was in danger of demotion to the minors. While he had a leadoff single in a five-run first Wednesday, his mental lapse in the field that allowed the Yankees to score twice in the sixth. "When he comes back, the situation will dictate what his status is going to be here," Collins said. "If its six weeks this time, a lot of things can happen in the next six weeks." 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Michael Finke scored 12 and pulled down seven rebounds, while sixth-year guard Tracy Abrams scored 13 in his return after two-straight seasons out with injuries.Southeast Missouri opened hot, riding Antonius Clevelands eight early points for a 25-18 lead and keeping a sparse opening-night crowd quiet.But the Illini turned their defense up and started finding the basket, going on a 12-0 run to turn that seven-point deficit into a 30-25 lead on a 3-pointer from the left corner from guard Tracy Abrams.Illinois coach John Groce was happy his team survived the early charge, something he credited to having a team heavy on seniors.When our shots werent going in early, I thought our defense was kind of porous early, yet we kind of just kept hanging in there, Groce said.Illinois finished the night 58.6 percent from the field, including 19-22 from 2-pount range.The key to turning on Illinois defense was communication, Abrams said.We talked a little bit more down the stretch, we took on the challenge even more. 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