Colon first NL pitcher to 8 wins; Mets edge Marlins
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Flushing, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Ruben Tejada snapped a seventh-inning tie with an RBI double, and the New York Mets beat the Miami Marlins 4-3 Sunday afternoon to salvage the finale of a three-game series at Citi Field
Wilmer Flores hit a solo home run for New York, while Bartolo Colon became the first National League pitcher to eight wins and Jeurys Familia recorded a five-out save.
Colon (8-3), who matched Seattle's Felix Hernandez for the MLB lead in victories, gave up three runs on six hits in seven innings and helped his own cause with an RBI double.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Justin Bour had a solo home run for Miami, which was seeking to sweep a three- game series against the Mets in New York for the first time since Sept. 8-10, 2009.
Marlins starter David Phelps allowed three runs -- two earned -- on four hits over six innings, retiring the final 10 batters he faced before he was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the seventh.
Steve Cishek (1-5) entered from the bullpen with the game tied at 3-3 in the bottom of the inning and gave up a leadoff single to Juan Lagares, who stole second base.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After Cishek intentionally walked Curtis Granderson -- the only free pass issued in the game -- with two outs, Tejada hit a fly ball over the head of Christian Yelich in left field to score Lagares.
When Miami's Martin Prado hit a one-out single in the eighth, Mets manager Terry Collins summoned Familia. Prado went to third on a two-out single by Bour, but pinch-hitter Jeff Baker hit a tapper back to Familia to end the threat.
Familia then pitched around a two-out single by Marcell Ozuna in the ninth to earn his 15th save.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Mets took a 1-0 lead in the first on an error by the first baseman Bour, who had a Flores grounder go through his legs. The ball went into right field and scored Lucas Duda, who was hit by a pitch with two outs and advanced to second on a Daniel Murphy single.
Miami tied it in the second on a fielder's choice by Yelich that scored Ichiro Suzuki, who singled and went to third on a perfectly executed hit-and-run with Donovan Solano.
New York regained the lead in the bottom of the inning on the second extra- base hit of Colon's career. After Anthony Recker singled with one out, Colon initially tried to drop down a bunt. However, a sacrifice was not necessary because Recker moved up on a wild pitch. The veteran pitcher then hit a liner to center that got past Suzuki and rolled to the wall.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A two-out blast to left field by Flores gave the Mets a 3-1 lead in the third, but the Marlins erased the two-run deficit.
Yelich doubled to begin the fifth, went to third on Phelps' sac bunt and scored on a groundout by Jhonatan Solano. Bour homered to center in the sixth to even things up at 3-3.
Game Notes
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Miami second baseman Dee Gordon went 2-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to nine games ... Bour has homered in each of his last three games ... The Marlins were 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position.