NEW YORK -- Bartolo Colon departed after four pitches with a bruised right thumb. And Hansel Robles, Erik Goeddel and the rest of the bullpen bailed the New York Mets out big time.
With newly promoted Sean Gilmartin not ready to contribute in long relief because he tossed 100 pitches for Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday, Robles took over for Colon one out into Tuesday’s game and produced career highs with 3 2/3 innings and 65 pitches. Overall, the relief corps contributed 8 2/3 innings and the Mets went on to beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1.