Mets' Bartolo Colon: Struggles for second straight outing
Colon (3-3) had a rough time against the Nationals on Wednesday, giving up five hits, five walks, a hit batsman and three runs over 4.2 innings in a 7-1 loss.
Analysis:
He was fortunate to put 11 men on and yet give up just the three runs thanks to playing Houdini through the first four innings, but Colon let the Nats break a 1-1 tie in the fifth and was lifted after requiring 107 pitches to get just 14 outs. After the nearly 43-year-old righty put up a 2.82 ERA through his first seven appearances (six starts), regression seemed inevitable, and it's struck hard in his last two outings. That said, Wednesday's control problems were highly unusual for Colon -- he actually walked more batters in this one start than he had in 43.1 innings coming in. Unfortunately for Colon and his fantasy owners, he'll have to face these same hard-hitting Nationals again Monday.
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