NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Bartolo Colon is finally missing a few spots — and beginning to act his age.
Matt Adams hit a long three-run homer, Jason Heyward also connected and the St. Louis Cardinals enjoyed their second consecutive offensive outburst, roughing up Colon in a 9-0 rout of the New York Mets on Wednesday night.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him struggle so much with the command side,” manager Terry Collins said.
Coupled with Washington’s victory over the New York Yankees, the Mets’ loss dropped them out of first place in the NL East for the first time since April 14.