September 10th 2015 -- Mets 7, Braves 2

Thursday night in Atlanta, Bartolo Colon was brilliant once again; the Mets win their 4^th straight with a 7-2 win over the Braves.  Colon set his scoreless inning streak at 31. He yielded a pair of runs in the bottom of the 7^th but the Braves were no match for him. The Mets took a 3-0 lead in the top of the 4^th off Shelby Miller. Juan Uribe singled to center. With 2 out Kelly Johnson reached on an infield hit. Then Kevin Plawecki spelling Travis d’Arnaud hit a 2 run double in the gap right to make it 2-0. Colon came up and then singled, his 8^th hit on the year driving in his 4^th RBI and the Mets had the 3-0 lead.  In the 7^th Curtis Granderson and Yoenis Cespedes walked and Uribe blooped a single scoring Granderson to make it 4-0.  In the bottom of the 7^th Jace Peterson hit an RBI double scoring Nick Swisher from first ending Colon’s scoreless streak at 31 innings. Andrelton Simmons followed with an RBI single scoring Peterson and it was 4-2. In the top of the 8^th, Plawecki drove in his 3^rd run on the game when his fielder’s choice brought home pinch runner Eric Young Jr. from third. In the top of the 9^th, Uribe had his 3^rd hit on the game driving in Granderson and Lucas Duda with a double making it 7-2. Colon went 6 2/3 allowing 7 hits 2 runs (earned) walking 1 and striking out 2. Dario Alvarez got the final out in the 7^th inning and pitched the 8^th. Addison Reed pitched the 9^th. Colon gets the win improving to 14-11, now leading the team in wins. His scoreless inning streak ends 1 2/3 innings shy of the Mets all-time mark by R.A. Dickey in 2012, but it does set an all-time record for a 42 year old pitcher.  Miller takes the loss he’s now 5-14. The Mets had 10 hits on the night. Uribe led the way going 3 for 4 with 3 RBI, Plawecki drove in 3 and Flores and Johnson had 2 hits apiece.  With the win the Mets improve to 79-61 on the year.  Now a season high 18 games over .500.  Their once dismal road record improves to just three games under .500 to 34-37. The Nats were idle, so the Met lead in the NL east is now 7 ½ games, also a season high. Friday night it’s game two of the series.  Steven Matz (2-0 1.89) goes for the Mets, Matt Wisler (5-6 5.81) goes for Atlanta.