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Flores, Colon lead Mets over Phillies 6-3

NEW YORK (AP) — Wilmer Flores hit a tiebreaking three-run homer off Justin De Fratus in the sixth inning to help Bartolo Colon win a day after the pitcher's 42nd birthday, and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 Monday to stop a three-game losing streak. Daniel Murphy led off the sixth with a single off Elvis Araujo (1-1), De Fratus walked Michael Cuddyer and Flores homered off the original 16-foot left-field wall, over the 8-foot blue fence erected in front of it for the 2012 season. Colon (7-4) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings, benefiting from plate umpire Larry Vanover's seemingly wide strike zone. Gonzalez (2-2), in the Phillies' rotation following injuries to Chad Billingsley and David Buchanan, struck out a career-high eight in 4 1-3 innings. Murphy hit an RBI single in the first — matching the Mets' total of first-inning runs in their previous 23 games, according to STATS. Utley's two-run single put the Phillies ahead in the third, but Lucas Duda tied it in the bottom half with a home run into the bridge seats in right-center.

 

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