Bartolo Colon could not hit his second career homer nor follow up on Noah Syndergaard’s two-homer night and the Mets fell to the Dodgers, 5-0, on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.
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Pirates (18-15) at Cubs (25-8), 2:20 p.m. ET: Francisco Liriano (3-1, 3.60 ERA) will face off against Jason Hammel (4-0, 1.85 ERA), who, like previous year, is off to a great start.
Clayton Kershaw will never argue with a four-run lead in the first inning.
No one would have expected Colon to hit the home run and no one would have blamed the fan if he chose to back out on his word, since the whole event was insane enough as is.
When you add Kershaw’s victory over the Mets to the first 249 starts in his big league career, here’s what you get: 119-57, 2.41 ERA, 1,670 innings, 100 home runs, 468 walks, 1,819 strikeouts. He gives them up too.
Baltimore’s Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking two-run triple in the seventh inning to help the Orioles rally and beat Detroit 7-5. Grandal homered on Syndergaard’s first pitch leading off the fourth for a 2-1 lead.
In their previous three games this season, the Mets have a 2-1 record.
The lackluster offensive showing came at an unfortunate moment for the Brewers, who got their best starting pitching performance of the season by way of an eight-inning, five-strikeout effort from Jimmy Nelson.
When Bartolo Colon stepped into the batter’s box Saturday night in San Diego, though, Mets commentator Gary Cohen was paying close attention – if only for the possibility that the portly pitcher’s helmet could fly off yet again. The Mets are known for their power, smashing a league-leading 51 home runs.
The Dodgers are 11-8 in games where they hit one or more home runs.
Boston’s bats ensured Price easily took this one.
San Francisco’s Johnny Cueto pitched seven strong innings to steer the Giants to a 4-2 win at Arizona.
Colon left his pitches up in the zone in the first inning and allowed hits to four of the first five Dodgers, with Justin Turner lacing an RBI single and Yasmani Grandal hitting a three-run homer for a 4-0 lead.
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The Angels’ offense finished with 15 hits, including two each from Yunel Escobar, Daniel Nava, C.J. Cron, Cliff Pennington, Kole Calhoun and Albert Pujols. The last time a pitcher hit two homers in one game was when the Diamondbacks’ Micah Owings twice went deep against the Braves nine years ago.
