The Mets (17-10) defeated the Orioles (12-12) by a score of 3-2 Tuesday evening at Citi Field.
Pitching:
Bartolo Colon started for the Mets, improving his record to 5-1 on the season, leaving his ERA at an impressive 2.90. Colon was cruising until he gave up a solo home run in the 8th inning to Manny Machado. He went 7.2 innings, allowing 6 hits and one run, stuck out 9 and walked NONE!
34 STRIKEOUTS AND ONE WALK FOR COLON THIS SEASON!
He was relieved by Carlos Torres, who retired the only batter he faced.
Jeurys Familia came in and nailed down the save, despite allowing a solo home run to Chris Davis, drastically raising his ERA to an absolutely unacceptable 1.88. He struck out one batter en route to his MLB-leading 11th save.
Offense:
The Mets finally scored a run, putting up a 3-spot in the 4th inning. However they started a new scoreless streak as that was the only inning they would score.
Curtis Granderson, Lucas Duda, Michael Cuddyer, and Wilmer Flores each tallied base hits. However, the big blows came from Kevin Plawecki who slammed a 2-RBI double in the 4th inning off Bud Norris, two batters after Daniel Murphy drove in Lucas Duda with a single.
Notes:
Kevin Plawecki extended his hitting streak to five games with a double in the fourth inning…Plawecki is hitting .333 (6-18) over those contests.
Take away the 4th inning and the Mets bats remained quiet. The Mets pitchers continue to do their job, but if the Mets can’t put runs on the board, wins will be hard to come by.
Bartolo Colon has tossed 34.1 straight innings without issuing a walk, the third-longest stretch in team history. The only batter he walked this year was Washington’s Ryan Zimmerman on Opening Day, April 6.
Juan Lagares made an(other) amazing diving catch, and had a minor collision with left fielder Michael Cuddyer in the 5th inning. He stayed in the rest of the game, however this raises a concern that was brought up in spring training. Michael Cuddyer is deaf in his left ear, and this could be the first instance of him not hearing Lagares calling for the ball.
On Deck:
The Mets will take on the Orioles again tomorrow night at Citi Field as Jacob deGrom (2-3, 3.34 ERA) takes on Ubaldo Jimenez (2-1, 1.59 ERA) at 7:10 pm.
