Bartolo Colon: Bartolo Colon gives up five runs in loss

Arizona C Welington Castillo was activated from the bereavement list after complications from the first of his second child last Tuesday resolved.

Monday’s 10-6 loss dropped the Mets to 0-4 against Arizona, and they seemingly are the only team having trouble with the Diamondbacks.

Bartolo Colon already made Major League Baseball history earlier this season by hitting maybe the most improbable home run the sport has ever seen, but on Monday night, he did something he had never previously done before: draw a walk. No matter what words you use, you shouldn’t leave out history, because that’s what the New York Mets pitcher keeps on making.

Yasmany Tomas hit his 22nd homer, Chris Owings had two hits and drove in two runs, and Ray doubled and walked in his two plate appearances as the Diamondbacks (49-69) broke a three-game losing streak. “I have the baby at home, my wife too. My [left] wrist has been bothering me for a long time”.

Bartolo Colon discards his bat after drawing his first career walk. I tend to agree with those who have said that he should be playing over Michael Bourn and Rickie Weeks Jr. “The pitcher didn’t strike me out because he didn’t want to”.

The Mets did manage to score six runs of their own, including a run apiece on singles by Jose Reyes singles in the third and fourth innings, but the story of the night, offensively, was the men left on base early in the game.

Robbie Ray (W, 6-11) allowed two runs (one earned) in five innings to earn the win. Colon drew the first walk of his 19-year career. Colon laid off the first pitch, which came in somewhere around forehead height.

“That’s really just unacceptable, to walk him like that”, Ray said. “But it won’t happen again”.

Compared with the other side of the spectrum walk-wise, Giants legend Barry Bonds would have received 57 free passes in 282 plate appearances based on his career average. Miraculously, it took Colon 282 plate appearances to draw his first free pass, which is an Major League Baseball record.

Back on May 7, the plump and popular Colon was 17 days shy of his 43rd birthday when he connected for a stunning drive off James Shields in San Diego, becoming the oldest player to hit his first major league home run. Noah Syndergaard gets the ball, and he’s 9-7 with a 2.75 ERA and 163 strikeouts this season. He was relieved by Erik Goeddel, Seth Lugo, and Hansel Robles, all of whom gave up runs, as well. The Diamondbacks recalled LHP Edwin Escobar from Triple-A Reno for the third time this season Monday, when LHP Adam Loewen was designated for assignment.

Arizona scored three unearned runs in the first inning and led the rest of the way.

NY (59-59) was swept in a three-game series by Arizona early last week.

Seth Lugo gave up another run in the sixth to make it 8-2, but the Mets began to try a comeback in the seventh inning.