Wednesday night at Citi Field, Bartolo Colon had his
shortest outing since 2012 as the Padres beat the Mets 7-3. Lucas Duda tried to make it a game all by himself as he hit 3 solo homers in the game his 16th, 17th and 18th on the year. It's the 11th time in Mets history a Met has hit 3 homers in a game..but only the 2nd time in their history where it's been done at home. Both done this year. First by Nieuwenhuis 3 weeks ago and now Duda. Duda had all 3 RBI in the loss. Colon didn’t have it from the get go in this
one. The Padres took a 2-0 lead in the
top of the first on a RBI single by Matt Kemp and a sac-fly by Justin Upton. In the 2nd the Friars took a 4-0
lead on RBI singles by Will Venable and Yangervis Solarte. The Mets got a run
back in the bottom of the 2nd when Lucas Duda hit # 16. In the third, the Padres sent Colon to the
showers as he yielded back to back homers by Justin Upton (17) and Yonder
Alonzo (4) to make it 6-1. Colon lasted just 2 1/3 allowing 10 hits, all 6 runs
(earned) while striking out 1. Alex Torres pitched 2 2/3 scoreless innings in
relief. Bobby Parnell was accountable for run # 7 when Upton got his 3rd
RBI of the game on a single in the 6th. Lucas Duda continued his
homer tear with a 2nd solo shot in the 6th, #17 off
Kevin Quackenbush, Duda hit his 18th in the 9th to cap the scoring. Gilmartin pitched a pair of scoreless innings and Hansel
Robles pitched a scoreless 9th.
Colon is now 9-10. Tyson Ross improves to 7-8.With the loss the Mets
fall to 52-49 on the year and 35-17 at home. That combined with a Nationals
win, the Mets drop a game and are now 2 games out of 1st in the NL
East. Thursday afternoon the Mets finish the season series with the
Padres. Jon Niese (5-9 3.75) goes for
the Mets; Andrew Cashner (4-10 3.93) goes for San Diego.
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