The gift that is Bartolo Colon just keeps on giving.
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Colon not only picked up his third win of the year by allowing three runs on six hits while walking one and striking out five in 6.2 innings, but he also contributed the game winning two run homer in the second inning.
New York Mets’ Bartolo Colon (40) is greeted by third base coach Tim Teufel after hitting a home …
Of course, Colon isn’t just there to hit home runs. And then there are momentous events like Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon hitting his first career home run at the age of 42.
The Padres made it close in the 3rd inning when Jon Jay hammered a 3-run homer off Colon to cut the NY lead to 4-3. The sore thumb that sticks out of New York’s starting rotation of young fireballers, Colon is 3-1 in 2016 with a 2.82 ERA in 38.1 innings pitched overall.
Colon’s impressive two-run drive off James Shields into the seats in the left field corner gave the Mets a 4-0 lead with two outs in the second.
The ball landed 365 feet from home plate, and because Statcast is great, we know that it took him 30.5 second to complete his home run trot.
In the 9th the Mets put it out of reach with back-to-back home runs by David Wright and Michael Conforto. Over the course of his very long career, Colon is hitting.089.
Randy Johnson hit his only homer shortly after turning 40 in 2003.
Colon could also still have a first to come; he’s still looking for that elusive triple.
Colon on his homer: “Any time I see a fastball, I swing hard because I’m not a curveball hitter …”
The Mets tacked on some insurance runs in the ninth by hitting more homers.
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Mets: RHP Matt Harvey (2-4, 4.76) is scheduled to start the finale of the four-game series.
