August 8th 2014 -- Mets 5, Phillies 4

Friday night in Philadelphia, Bartolo Colon allowed just 1 run in 8 innings of work earning his 200^th career win.  The Mets beat the Phillies 5-4.  The Mets took a 5-0 lead scoring 4 in the 4^th  on RBI hits by Juan Lagares, Wilmer Flores,  Curtis Granderson and Daniel Murphy.  In the 5^th Travis d’Arnaud hit a long solo homer off Burnett, his 8^th on the year.  The Phils made it 5-1 in the 8^th on a solo homer by Marlon Byrd, his 22^nd.  In the 9^th, the Phils came roaring back to scoring 2 runs off Dana Eveland and a run off Jenrry Mejia. But Mejia held on to notch this 17^th save and secure the win.  The Mets tallied 12 hits on the night Granderson, Murphy, David Wright, d’Arnaud and Flores had 2 hits apiece.  Colon went 8 innings allowing 6 hits the 1 run (earned) he walked none and struck out 6 getting the win he’s now 11-9. Burnett takes the loss falling to 6-12.  The Mets are now 27-34 on the road and are 55-61 overall. Saturday is game 2 of this 4 game set. Dillon Gee (4-4 3.73) goes for the Mets, Cole Hamels (6-6 2.42) goes for Philadelphia.