Bartolo Colon passes Pedro Martinez on Dominican wins list

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NEW YORK — The Atlanta Braves have produced five home runs this season, their fewest through 25 games since 1931. They surrendered three to the New York Mets in the first inning on Monday.

David Wright, Yoenis Cespedes and Lucas Duda took newly promoted Mike Foltynewicz deep during a four-run opening frame, and Bartolo Colon tossed eight scoreless innings as the Mets coasted to a 4-1 win at Citi Field.

In his third attempt at the milestone, Colon earned career win No. 220. That broke a tie with Pedro Martinez for second among Dominican-born pitchers. Juan Marichal tops that list with 243 wins.

Colon (2-1) departed at 99 pitches. If Colon had continued, he would have bid to break his own franchise record for the oldest pitcher to toss a shutout for the Mets. He did so last Sept. 5 against the Miami Marlins at 42 years, 104 days old. He is now three weeks …

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