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Dependable Colon delivers needed gem for Mets
- Updated: July 27, 2016
NEW YORK — So disenchanting was Bartolo Colon’s July 20 loss to the Cubs, the 43-year-old All-Star’s second poor outing in three tries, that Mets manager Terry Collins entertained a question regarding the perils of sticking with Colon in the rotation.
“We can’t go there right now,” Collins said after that game. “We don’t have the options. Bartolo’s going to pitch. He’s going to start every five days. We have no other options right now. If he was 53, he’s going to be out there.”
And so Colon lumbered back to the Citi Field mound five games later, giving the Mets seven strong innings Tuesday in a 3-1 win in Game 2 of a doubleheader. So efficient was Colon that manager Terry Collins removed him after seven innings and 87 pitches, with plans to bring him back Saturday on short rest. The Mets would have otherwise needed a spot starter to fill in that slot, with Monday’s rainout forcing them to play six games in five days.
“He is a unique human being, no question about it,” Collins said. “He’s different. Where would you find — maybe a knuckleballer, but I don’t think any other place you would find a guy that’s 43 years old who would come …
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