Mets 7, Marlins 0
MIAMI -- Catcher Travis d'Arnaud and shortstop Wilmer Flores homered on consecutive first-inning pitches, Bartolo Colon pitched a nine-hit shutout, and the New York Mets routed the Miami Marlins 7-0 on Saturday night at Marlins Park.
Colon (13-11), who did not issue a walk, won his third straight start, extending his season-best scoreless streak to 25 innings. He faced the minimum three batters in four innings, and no Marlins runner reached third base.
He also made perhaps the most crowd-pleasing play of the game in the sixth inning, when he fielded a Justin Bour slow roller down the first-base line and made a behind-the-back flip for the out at first.
Offensively for the Mets, center fielder Juan Lagares also homered, his sixth of the season. D'Arnaud hit homer No. 10, and Flores hit his 15th.
D'Arnaud also set a career-high with four RBIs for the Mets (75-60), the leaders in the National League East. The Marlins, trying to play the role of spoilers, dropped to 56-80.
Left-hander Brad Hand (4-5) took the loss and is now 0-5 in his career against the Mets. He allowed six hits -- including three homers -- two walks and seven runs in just 1 2/3 innings.
The Mets opened the scoring in the first on d'Arnaud's two-out, three-run homer, which came on a 3-1 pitch. When Flores homered on the next pitch, it was the eighth time this year the Mets had gone deep back-to-back.
Ironically, the most recent time was also d'Arnaud and Flores but in reverse on Aug. 24 at Philadelphia.
The Mets added three runs in the second on Lagares' two-run shot to right and an RBI single by d'Arnaud.
New York's power show continued a recent trend.
Entering Saturday, the Mets ranked second in the National League in home runs since the All-Star break, only three behind the Chicago Cubs.
NOTES: Mets RHP Matt Harvey said Saturday he has been advised by his surgeon not to pitch more than 180 innings this season. Harvey has pitched 166 1/3 innings and is set to start Tuesday at the Nationals. The Mets plan to start Harvey four more times in the regular season and will give him a "reasonable workload" in the playoffs, assuming New York qualifies. Harvey said he has "no idea" if the 180 limit includes or excludes postseason. He declined to say if he would pitch if or when he exceeds the limit. ... Marlins RHP Jarred Cosart, who hasn't pitched in the majors since July 4 due to an inner-ear issue that caused dizziness and nausea, returns to the mound against the Mets on Sunday. ... Marlins 3B Martin Prado on Friday became the first major-leaguer since 2011 to get five hits in a game, including a walk-off. It was Prado's seventh career walk-off hit.