NY Mets 3, Seattle 2
When: 3:40 PM ET, Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Joyce, 1B -
Marvin Hudson, 2B -
Doug Eddings, 3B -
Cory Blaser
Attendance:
36224
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Mets 3, Mariners 2: Bartolo Colon retired the first 20 batters and allowed three hits in 7 1/3 innings as New York upended host Seattle.
Daniel Murphy delivered a run-scoring double and David Wright had two hits and one RBI as the Mets won two of three from the Mariners. Eric Young Jr. scored twice, Juan Lagares added a sacrifice fly and Jenrry Mejia recorded his 13th save for New York.
Colon (9-8) was charged with two runs, walked one and struck out five while improving to 13-1 in 15 career outings at Safeco Field. Robinson Cano’s two-out single to left in the seventh ended Colon’s attempt to throw the 24th perfect game in major-league history.
New York struck in the first when Young drew a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on Murphy’s double into the left-field corner. Seattle starter Taijuan Walker (1-2) was pulled after the Mets loaded the bases with none out in the sixth and New York pushed its lead to 2-0 on the sacrifice fly by Lagares.
Wright’s seventh-inning single off Dominic Leone made it 3-0 and Seattle tallied twice in the eighth on Brad Miller’s double off the right-center field fence and Willie Bloomquist’s infield out – the latter originally ruled a single and reversed upon New York’s replay challenge. Mejia allowed singles to Cano and Corey Hart in the ninth before striking out Logan Morrison to end the contest.
GAME NOTEBOOK: New York SS Ruben Tejada departed in the fifth inning after being struck in the head by a pitch from Walker. … Walker, who was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma after the contest, gave up two runs and two hits in five-plus innings but also issued six walks while striking out five. … Mets RF Curtis Granderson (illness) sat out for the second straight game.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
NY Mets |
|
Seattle |
Bartolo Colon
|
Player |
Taijuan Walker |
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
7.1 |
IP |
5.0 |
5 |
Strikeouts |
5 |
3 |
Hits |
2 |
2.45 |
ERA |
3.60 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
NY Mets
|
4 |
0 |
5 |
.138 |
16 |
8 |
3 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
Seattle
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.156 |
7 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |