April 24th 2014 -- Mets 4, Cards 1

Thursday afternoon at Citi Field, Daniel Murphy’s RBI double broke a 1 all tie in the bottom of the 6^th inning and Bartolo Colon struck out a season high 8 batters. The Mets take a 4 game series from the Cardinals with a 4-1 win. The game was scoreless until the top of the 5^th when Tony Cruz hit a gapper between Chris and Eric Young to score Kolten Wong to make it 1-zip.  Chris Young then took a Lance Lynn pitch into the 2^nd deck in left field in the bottom of the inning to knot the game up, for Young his first on the year and first as a Met. In top of the 8^th the Mets iced the game scoring twice. Curtis Granderson came through with a RBI single to score Anthony Recker to make it 3-1. Granderson was thrown out in a rundown between 1^st and 2^nd. Eric Young then tripled and came home another RBI hit by Murphy. Colon was the best he’s been all year going 7 innings allowing just 4 hits, the 1 run, it was earned and stuck out the 8.  Carlos Torres and Scott Rice navigated a scoreless 8^th,  Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched the 9^th to earn his first career save (He had 1 save in Japan.) Murphy had the double, single and 2 RBI, Granderson after going 0-22 is now 2 for his last 4.  With the win the Mets improve to 12-10 on the season, now 2 games over .500 for the first time in 2014. They are also now 6-7 at Citi Field after taking 3 of 4 from the Cards.  Bobby Abreu made his first start as a Met in right field and went 1 for 3 with a double.  Colon gets the win he’s now 2-3, Lance Lynn takes the loss he’s now 4-1, it’s his first loss in April ever. He’s now 12-1 in April for his career. Friday night the Marlins come to town.  Zach Wheeler (1-2  4.63) goes for the Mets. Henderson Alvarez (1-2 2.63) goes for Miami.