Mets blank Rockies, 3

New York Mets third baseman J. Uribe (right) talks with teammates in the dugout during the first inning against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park.

Lucas Duda will not play in the Mets series finale against the Rockies on Thursday at Citi Field.

New York will remain at least 2 1/2 games ahead of the Washington Nationals in the National League East. The Nationals played the Los Angeles Dodgers later Wednesday night. Cuddyer singled to center, Uribe scored. In his previous at-bat, Uribe delivered an RBI double that scored the first run of the game. “I said to him ‘today we’ll give you another day because I need you for this weekend, but tomorrow if it’s not much better we have to start thinking about how we stay healthy as a whole team, ‘” Collins went on.

De La Rosa (7-5) didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning and ended up surrendering the two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven over six innings.

1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on.

“That’s a great start by Jorge”, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said.

Terry Collins has reported that Duda has been suffering from a stiff back for the past few days and was hoping Duda would be well enough to appear in today’s game against the Colorado Rockies. Recker’s promotion and the accompanying demotion of C Kevin Plawecki is an indication that starting C Travis d’Arnaud, who came off the disabled list July 31, is ready to catch nearly every day.