Bartolo Colon shocked everyone with his first career home run as the Mets broke loose with four more longballs on Saturday night to double up the Padres, 6-3, at Petco Park. >> Read the full AP recap at SNY.TV.
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- Colon's two-run homer off James Shields in the second came in his 226th career at-bat. At 42 years old, he became the second-oldest Met ever to hit a home run. Julio Franco was 48 when he went deep in 2007.
- On the mound, Colon allowed a three-run homer to Jon Jay, but little else in his 6 2/3 innings.