Colon’s gem guides Mets in milestone win

NEW YORK — Their Sunday stumble against the Giants squarely behind them, the Mets wasted no time Monday returning to their winning ways. Bartolo Colon delivered eight shutout innings, and the Mets backed him with three first-inning homers in a 4-1 win over the Braves.

David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda all homered in the first inning off Mike Foltynewicz, whom the Braves recalled from the Minors prior to the game.

“Giving up four runs in the first inning for us is like giving up 10,” Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “We haven’t been scoring runs. Today we outhit them [9-8], but they almost hit more home runs than we did the whole month of April.”

That was all the offense the Mets mustered off Atlanta pitching, but it was plenty for Colon, who became the first New York starter to pitch into the eighth inning this season. The result was Colon’s 220th career victory, moving him past Pedro Martinez for sole possession of second place on Major League Baseball’s all-time wins list among Dominican-born pitchers.

“Of course I’m very excited,” Colon said through an interpreter. “I’m really happy about it. It’s pretty neat to pass Pedro, but he’s always going to be one of the big ones for us.”

The Mets have won all four of their games against the Braves this season, outscoring them by a combined 21-7.

“It’s nice to get four in the first,” Wright said, “and just let Bartolo do his thing.”

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDTriple apple: Coming into the game with more than six times as many home runs as the Braves, the Mets quickly added to their total off Foltynewicz. Wright opened the scoring with a solo shot to left. Following a Michael Conforto single, Cespedes extended the lead with a two-run homer. Then Duda hit one off the facing of the second deck in right field, the …

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