July 23rd 2014 -- Mets 3, Mariners 2

Wednesday afternoon in Seattle, Bartolo Colon retired the first 20 batters to face him until a Robinson Cano single, but behind the great outing the Mets beat the Mariners 3-2.  The Mets scored single runs in the 1^st, 6^th and 7^th innings. Eric Young Jr. walked and then stole second (his 26^th steal on the year) then Daniel Murphy brought in the first run in the first with an RBI double. In the 6^th Juan Lagares hit a short sac-fly to center to score Lucas Duda from third. In the 7^th David Wright added an RBI single.  Colon tired in the 8^th allowing a walk and 2 hits include a RBI double by Brad Miller off the top of the right field wall. Colon came out after 100 pitches and was replaced by Jeurys Familia who after a the Mets won a contested ground out to short by Willie Bloomquist , which brought home the 2^nd run, struck out Endy Chavez to keep the Met lead. Jenrry Mejia pitched out of trouble in the 9^th and earned his 13^th save. The Mets have now won 2 straight and are now 3-3 on this road swing. Colon gets his 9^th win. He goes 7 2/3 allowing 3 hits 2 runs (both earned) he walked 1 and struck out 5.  Rookie Taijuan Walker takes the loss, he falls to 1-2.  The Mets are now 48-53 on the season and 23-30 on the road.  Next up the Mets start a 4 games set at Miller park in Milwaukee. Thursday night Dillon Gee (4-2 2.92)goes for the Mets,  Matt Garza (6-7  4.04) goes for the Brewers.