Reliever Scott Schoeneweis was taken by ambulance early this morning near his home in Greenwich, Conn., and hospitalized for seven hours after a severe case of the stomach ailment that has been going around the Mets’ clubhouse lately. Doctors at first thought Schoeneweis might have appendicitis but ruled it out and sent him on his way with medication.

Amazingly, Schoeneweis — who had a battle with testicular cancer as a teenager — came to Shea Stadium and said he could have pitched in an emergency.