Colon, Collins get the heave-ho in Mets’ loss to Nationals

Bartolo Colon had nothing Thursday night, but wasn't about to take it lying down.

Whether the Mets right-hander was intentionally trying to plunk batters or merely move them off the plate, he succeeded in receiving an early ejection that spared him from having to watch the rest of this Citi Field letdown.

The Colon-oscopy was performed in the fourth, but the Mets were toast already in a 6-2 loss to the Nationals that snapped their four-game winning streak.

Matt Thornton drilled Daniel Murphy in the eighth and received a warning, but remained in the game. Murphy, who was hit in the left wrist, was removed from the game with a contusion.

For those keeping track of such abstract statistics, the Mets (71-76) fell 6 ½ games behind the Pirates in the race for the NL's second wild card.

The Mets are 2-11 against the Nationals this season and still have six games remaining against the NL East leaders. The Nationals have won 12 straight games at Citi Field over the last two seasons. So even getting to .500 before the season concludes in 16 days will be a serious challenge for the Mets.

"It's going to be hard — really hard," manager Terry Collins said. "Because they are playing for something really big and so are the Braves, so we've got our work cut out for us here."

The Nationals improved to 83-62, leading the Braves by 8 ¹/₂ games in the NL East and one game ahead of the Dodgers in the loss column for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

"I'm really hoping the fact that we gave [the pitchers] an extra day off going into this series is going to help out a little bit, and we'll be a little more fresh," Collins said.
The Nationals took control in a wild fourth inning that included a home run, a hit batter and two ejections.

After Anthony Rendon's two-run homer put the Mets in a 6-0 hole, Colon drilled Jayson Werth in the back with the next pitch. Colon was ejected by plate umpire John Tumpane, and Collins was tossed for arguing the ejection.

Colon might have had a better case for remaining in the game had he not drilled Ian Desmond following Adam LaRoche's two-run homer in the first inning. Colon had hit only three batters over his previous 179 ²/₃ innings this season.

Colon (13-12) allowed six runs, five earned, on seven hits and two walks over three-plus innings. The outing was the shortest of the season for the 41-year-old Colon, who had gone at least six innings in 12 of his previous 15 starts, dating to June 13.

Anthony Recker's homer leading off the fifth against Tanner Roark (13-10) gave the Mets their first run. Recker entered the game behind the plate a half-inning earlier to replace Travis d'Arnaud, who left the game for an unspecified reason.

Dilson Herrera delivered an RBI single in the seventh that sliced the Nationals' lead to 6-2, but Wilmer Flores hit into a double play with the bases loaded to kill the rally.

The Mets' last gasp came in the eighth, when Murphy was hit to load the bases. Lucas Duda was then retired for the second out before Tyler Clippard entered and struck out Recker.

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