August 12th 2015 -- Mets 3, Rockies 0

Wednesday night in Flushing meadow, Jacob deGrom dealt 7 scoreless innings the Mets won their third straight against the Rockies with a 3-0 win. Harvey last night and deGrom tonight did their best Seaver, Koosman impression and the Rockies were shut down again. deGrom went 7 allowed just 2 hits walked 4 and struck out 10 for this 11^th win.  The Mets scored their first two runs in the bottom of the 4^th inning off Jorge De La Rosa.  Juan Lagares singled.  With 2 outs, he was on 2^nd when Juan Uribe doubled to deep center to make it 1-0. Michael Cuddyer followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0. De La Rosa went 6 allowed 4 hits 2 runs walked 2 and struck out 7 and falls to 7-5. deGrom is now 11-6 with a 2.03 ERA.  Tyler Clippard pitched the 8^th. In the top of the 9^th Yoenis Cespedes hit a solo homer, his 1^st as a Mets his 19^th on the year to make it 3-0. Jeurys Familia pitched the 9^th for this 32^nd save. Once again the Mets maximize their hits with just 6 on the night.  Uribe led the way with 2 hits.  With the win the Mets are now ten games over .500 at 62-52. They are 41-18 at Citi Field.  They are now 3 games head of the Nationals in 1^st place in the NL East. If the Nats lose to Clayton Kershaw in Los Angeles the Mets will find themselves 3 ½ ahead.  Thursday afternoon at 12:10pm the Mets look to sweep the Rockies in the final game of this 4 game set. Noah Syndergaard (6-6 3.01) goes for the Mets, Eddie Butler (3-9 5.50) goes for Colorado.