AP: Schneider hospitalized in New York with infected thumb

Mets catcher Brian Schneider remained hospitalized Friday with an infected left thumb and is likely to miss the weekend series against the Atlanta Braves.

Manager Willie Randolph termed it a staph infection, although team spokesman Jay Horwitz said the team was calling it an infection without specifying. Schneider was hospitalized Thursday and was being given antibiotics intravenously, and Randolph said Friday that doctors were trying to reduce swelling.

“I don’t know what to anticipate on this,” Randolph said. “This is something very new.”