Conley has best start of career, Marlins beat Mets 6-0

The Mets laid an egg and lost a game off their division lead for the second straight night courtesy of an annoyi…er, pesky Miami squad. He agreed with Collins that the Mets’ off day on Thursday is coming at a good time, but shot down the notion that the Mets are exhausted . It will be the second straight time Cosart has opposed the Nationals.

Miami Marlins relief pitcher Adam Conley winds up in the seventh inning against the New York Mets in New York, Wednesday, September 16, 2015.

Wright’s one-out double to left went over a leaping Ichiro Suzuki, but Yoenis Cespedes followed with a fly out to right and Juan Uribe flied to left to end the inning.

David Wright had two hits, but when the Mets posed the only thing resembling a threat in the eighth when they got two aboard on walks, the Captain grounded out to end it.

So the captain does not appear to be exhausted , and he is making no excuses about the state of his team.

Colon allowed three runs and seven hits in 5 2-3 innings. Two of the runs came on homers and Colon hadn’t given up a home run since allowing three in the thin air of Colorado last month.

“There’s going to be days when you get outplayed”, Wright said.

The Fish dropped 18 runs on Mets pitching throughout the series, which has proven impressive because the Marlins offense has struggled this season while the Mets pitching has been elite.

And remember the last shutout against the Dodgers, before the one Wednesday night? “Obviously, they’re meaningful this time of year on both sides”.

The phrase “with 17 games left” will always bring back bad memories for Mets fans, and the Amazin’s started that 2015 stretch Wednesday with an uninspiring loss. “But we gotta treat it like any other game cause we’re down the homestretch now”. Gordon, Prato and Realmuto all finished with two hits. There was no fight the past two nights and no sense of the comeback Mets that have 38 come from behind wins, third best in the majors.

Before the game, manager Terry Collins raved about Colon’s recent fastball command, adding that he had made some minor adjustments following that Mile High disaster. “I think you’re seeing just a little bit of a drainage of the system”. “I think all any manager ever wants is for your team to step up and play the right way”. I think we need to just get away for a little but. “It’s gonna be pretty exciting starting Friday”. They’ll have their three young studs on the mound: Steven Matz on Friday, Noah Syndergaard on Saturday and Matt Harvey on Sunday. The Yankees will counter with Masahiro Tanaka, Michael Pineda and CC Sabathia. “We need to pick the energy level up a little”. How much energy, though is the question.