July 18th 2014 -- Mets 5, Padres 4

Friday night in San Diego, Travis d’Arnaud hit a 2 out RBI single in the top of the 9^th inning the Mets beat the Padres 5-4.  d’Arnaud had a huge night  going  3 for 5 with 2 RBI driving in the Mets first run in the 3 run top of the first. A bloop single by Juan Lagares scored the other two. Kirk Nieuwenhuis brought in the Mets 4^th run on an RBI grounder in the 3^rd. Bartolo Colon looked to be cruising along with a 4-0 lead, retiring 12 of the first 13 batters to face him. But in the 5^th the Padres scored 4 times with RBI singles by Chris Nelson, Alexi Amarista and a 2 run single by Chase Headley.  Once again the Met bullpen came up big. Dana Eveland threw 2 scoreless innings, Jeurys Familia pitched a scoreless 8^th and Jenrry Mejia pitched the 9^th for this 11^th save.  Familia gets the win he improves to 2-3.  Colon went 5 innings, he allowed 5 hits, the 4 earned runs he walked 1 and struck out 6. Joaquin Benoit takes the loss for San Diego. Curtis Granderson also had a terrific night going 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a stolen base. The Mets have now won 8 of their last 9 and are now 46-50 on the season and 21-27 on the road.  Saturday night it’s game 2 of the 3 game set. Dillon Gee (4-1  2.56) goes for the Mets, Tyson Ross (7-10 2.85) goes for the Padres.