PHOENIX -- Welington Castillo took a week off to be with his wife and newborn son after there were complications with the boy's birth.
Everything is fine now, he said, and he celebrated his return with a big night at the plate in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 10-6 victory over the New York Mets on Monday.
Castillo matched his career high with four hits. He doubled twice, drove in two runs and scored twice for the last-place Diamondbacks, who swept three games from the Mets last week in New York.
"It felt good. My mind was free," Castillo said. "Everything went fine. I have the baby at home, my wife, too. They're both really healthy so I'm just here to do what I love to do."
Bartolo Colon drew the first walk of his 19-year major league career but he lasted just four innings against Arizona. Colon said his left (non-pitching) wrist was sore when he was at bat and walked on a 3-2 pitch.
"That surprised me as well," Colon said through a translator. "I don't know why that pitcher didn't strike me out. He could have. I really couldn't do much more at that point."
Left-hander Robbie Ray (5-11), who threw seven scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Mets last Wednesday, allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings for his first victory in five starts. He struck out five and walked two.
One of the walks went to the 43-year-old Colon on a 3-2 pitch in the fourth. It came in Colon's 282nd career plate appearance.
"That's really just unacceptable, to walk him like that," Ray said. "There were two outs and, yeah, I walked him. But it won't happen again."
According to ESPN Stats & Info, no other player in major league history had that many plate appearances without walking.
It was the second first at the plate for Colon this season. On May 7, he became the oldest player in major league history to hit his first home run.
Colon (10-7) allowed five runs, two earned, and nine hits.
Castillo returned with his new baby in good health and the Diamondbacks, coming off a 16-2 loss at Boston on Sunday, welcomed him with a 16-hit performance, including seven doubles, a triple and a home run.
Paul Goldschmidt had three hits, including a triple and a double. He scored three times. Yasmany Tomas hit a two-run homer off Hansel Robles in the eighth.
Neil Walker had three hits for the Mets, including a solo home run in the ninth off Edwin Escobar, just called up from Triple-A Reno.
Arizona scored three unearned runs in the first inning and led the rest of the way.
Mets third baseman T.J. Rivera bobbled Jean Segura's grounder for an error to start the game.
Michael Bourn, Jake Lamb and Castillo had RBI singles in the first, all on grounders up the middle.
"We didn't make a play, and after that they had four hits," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "When you play behind Bartolo, you can't have many mistakes because they are going to put the ball in play against you."
Trailing 8-2, the Mets scored three runs in the seventh. New York loaded the bases with no outs against lefty Steve Hathaway. Randall Delgado relieved Hathaway and walked in a run. Sacrifice flies by Rivera and Ty Kelly cut the lead to 8-5.
Enrique Burgos, with a fastball hitting 97 mph, struck out the side for Arizona in the eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: OF Yoenis Cespedes (strained right quad) made his first rehab appearance since his injury, going 0 for 3 with a strikeout and an RBI groundout for Class A St. Lucie. He said in a statement released by the team that, "If things go OK, I hope to be with the team in San Francisco." The Mets open a four-game series against the Giants on Thursday. Cespedes is eligible to come off the DL on Friday.
Diamondbacks: OF A.J. Pollack (wrist surgery) has appeared in five rehab games for Class A Visalia. He's batting .462 with two home runs, a double, four RBI and three walks.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Noah Syndergaard (9-7, 2.75 ERA) gets the start Tuesday. He allowed three runs and eight hits, matching his most this season, during a 9-0 loss to the Diamondbacks in his last outing.
Diamondbacks: RHP Braden Shipley (2-1, 2.96) makes his fifth major league start. He threw seven innings in that 9-0 win over the Mets last week.
New York Mets
Everything is fine now, he said, and he celebrated his return with a big night at the plate in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 10-6 victory over the New York Mets on Monday.
Castillo matched his career high with four hits. He doubled twice, drove in two runs and scored twice for the last-place Diamondbacks, who swept three games from the Mets last week in New York.
"It felt good. My mind was free," Castillo said. "Everything went fine. I have the baby at home, my wife, too. They're both really healthy so I'm just here to do what I love to do."
Bartolo Colon drew the first walk of his 19-year major league career but he lasted just four innings against Arizona. Colon said his left (non-pitching) wrist was sore when he was at bat and walked on a 3-2 pitch.
"That surprised me as well," Colon said through a translator. "I don't know why that pitcher didn't strike me out. He could have. I really couldn't do much more at that point."
Left-hander Robbie Ray (5-11), who threw seven scoreless innings in a no-decision against the Mets last Wednesday, allowed two runs and eight hits in five innings for his first victory in five starts. He struck out five and walked two.
One of the walks went to the 43-year-old Colon on a 3-2 pitch in the fourth. It came in Colon's 282nd career plate appearance.
"That's really just unacceptable, to walk him like that," Ray said. "There were two outs and, yeah, I walked him. But it won't happen again."
According to ESPN Stats & Info, no other player in major league history had that many plate appearances without walking.
It was the second first at the plate for Colon this season. On May 7, he became the oldest player in major league history to hit his first home run.
Colon (10-7) allowed five runs, two earned, and nine hits.
Castillo returned with his new baby in good health and the Diamondbacks, coming off a 16-2 loss at Boston on Sunday, welcomed him with a 16-hit performance, including seven doubles, a triple and a home run.
Paul Goldschmidt had three hits, including a triple and a double. He scored three times. Yasmany Tomas hit a two-run homer off Hansel Robles in the eighth.
Neil Walker had three hits for the Mets, including a solo home run in the ninth off Edwin Escobar, just called up from Triple-A Reno.
Arizona scored three unearned runs in the first inning and led the rest of the way.
Mets third baseman T.J. Rivera bobbled Jean Segura's grounder for an error to start the game.
Michael Bourn, Jake Lamb and Castillo had RBI singles in the first, all on grounders up the middle.
"We didn't make a play, and after that they had four hits," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "When you play behind Bartolo, you can't have many mistakes because they are going to put the ball in play against you."
Trailing 8-2, the Mets scored three runs in the seventh. New York loaded the bases with no outs against lefty Steve Hathaway. Randall Delgado relieved Hathaway and walked in a run. Sacrifice flies by Rivera and Ty Kelly cut the lead to 8-5.
Enrique Burgos, with a fastball hitting 97 mph, struck out the side for Arizona in the eighth.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Mets: OF Yoenis Cespedes (strained right quad) made his first rehab appearance since his injury, going 0 for 3 with a strikeout and an RBI groundout for Class A St. Lucie. He said in a statement released by the team that, "If things go OK, I hope to be with the team in San Francisco." The Mets open a four-game series against the Giants on Thursday. Cespedes is eligible to come off the DL on Friday.
Diamondbacks: OF A.J. Pollack (wrist surgery) has appeared in five rehab games for Class A Visalia. He's batting .462 with two home runs, a double, four RBI and three walks.
UP NEXT
Mets: RHP Noah Syndergaard (9-7, 2.75 ERA) gets the start Tuesday. He allowed three runs and eight hits, matching his most this season, during a 9-0 loss to the Diamondbacks in his last outing.
Diamondbacks: RHP Braden Shipley (2-1, 2.96) makes his fifth major league start. He threw seven innings in that 9-0 win over the Mets last week.
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| New York - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Reyes walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Granderson lined into double play, to first, Reyes doubled off first. | 0 | 0 |
| Walker struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Bartolo Colon pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Segura safe at first on error by third baseman T.J. Rivera. | 0 | 0 |
| Bourn singled to center, Segura to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Goldschmidt lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Lamb singled to center, Segura scored, Bourn to second. | 0 | 1 |
| Tomás lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Castillo singled to center, Bourn scored, Lamb to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Owings singled to center, Lamb scored, Castillo to second. | 0 | 3 |
| Drury struck out looking. | 0 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Bruce reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 3 |
| Flores singled to right, Bruce to second. | 0 | 3 |
| T.J. Rivera grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Flores out at second, Bruce to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Kelly struck out swinging. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Bartolo Colon pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Ray doubled to deep right. | 0 | 3 |
| Segura sacrificed to pitcher, Ray to third. | 0 | 3 |
| Bourn grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 3 |
| Goldschmidt walked. | 0 | 3 |
| Lamb flied out to left. | 0 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| d'Arnaud singled to center. | 0 | 3 |
| Colón grounded into fielder's choice to catcher, d'Arnaud safe at second on throwing error by pitcher Ray. | 0 | 3 |
| Reyes singled to center, d'Arnaud scored, Colón to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| Walker singled to left center, Colón to third, Reyes to second. | 1 | 3 |
| Bruce flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| Flores struck out swinging. | 1 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Bartolo Colon pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Tomás flied out to right. | 1 | 3 |
| Castillo doubled to deep center. | 1 | 3 |
| Owings doubled to deep right, Castillo scored. | 1 | 4 |
| Drury popped out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Ray walked, Owings stole third. | 1 | 4 |
| Segura grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Ray out at second. | 1 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| T.J. Rivera popped out to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Kelly flied out to center. | 1 | 4 |
| d'Arnaud singled to right. | 1 | 4 |
| Colón walked, d'Arnaud to second. | 1 | 4 |
| Reyes singled to center, d'Arnaud scored, Colón to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Granderson grounded out to first. | 2 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Bartolo Colon pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Bourn singled to right. | 2 | 4 |
| Bourn caught stealing second, pitcher to first to shortstop. | 2 | 4 |
| Goldschmidt tripled to deep right center. | 2 | 4 |
| Lamb hit sacrifice fly to center, Goldschmidt scored. | 2 | 5 |
| Tomás grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Robbie Ray pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Walker lined out to left. | 2 | 5 |
| Bruce grounded out to third. | 2 | 5 |
| Flores singled to right. | 2 | 5 |
| T.J. Rivera struck out swinging. | 2 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Erik Goeddel pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Goeddel relieved Colón. | 2 | 5 |
| Castillo doubled to deep left. | 2 | 5 |
| Owings struck out looking. | 2 | 5 |
| Drury hit a ground rule double to deep right, Castillo scored. | 2 | 6 |
| Gosselin hit for Ray. | 2 | 6 |
| Gosselin flied out to right. | 2 | 6 |
| Segura doubled to deep center, Drury scored. | 2 | 7 |
| Bourn flied out to center. | 2 | 7 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Daniel Hudson pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Hudson relieved Ray. | 2 | 7 |
| Kelly struck out swinging. | 2 | 7 |
| d'Arnaud singled to left center. | 2 | 7 |
| Johnson hit for Goeddel. | 2 | 7 |
| Johnson walked, d'Arnaud to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Reyes grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Johnson out at second. | 2 | 7 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Seth Lugo pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Lugo relieved Goeddel. | 2 | 7 |
| Goldschmidt singled to right center. | 2 | 7 |
| Lamb safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Walker, Goldschmidt to second. | 2 | 7 |
| Tomás grounded into double play, third to second to first, Lamb out at second, Goldschmidt to third. | 2 | 7 |
| Castillo singled to left, Goldschmidt scored. | 2 | 8 |
| Owings grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Castillo out at second. | 2 | 8 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Steve Hathaway pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Hathaway relieved Hudson. | 2 | 8 |
| Granderson singled to center. | 2 | 8 |
| Walker singled to left center, Granderson to second. | 2 | 8 |
| Bruce walked, Granderson to third, Walker to second. | 2 | 8 |
| Delgado relieved Hathaway. | 2 | 8 |
| Flores walked, Granderson scored, Walker to third, Bruce to second. | 3 | 8 |
| T.J. Rivera hit sacrifice fly to center, Walker scored, Bruce to third. | 4 | 8 |
| Kelly hit sacrifice fly to left, Bruce scored. | 5 | 8 |
| d'Arnaud struck out swinging. | 5 | 8 |
| 3 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Seth Lugo pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Drury struck out swinging. | 5 | 8 |
| Weeks Jr. hit for Delgado. | 5 | 8 |
| Weeks Jr. struck out swinging. | 5 | 8 |
| Segura hit by pitch. | 5 | 8 |
| Segura stole second. | 5 | 8 |
| Bourn flied out to center. | 5 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Enrique Burgos pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Burgos relieved Delgado. | 5 | 8 |
| De Aza hit for Lugo. | 5 | 8 |
| De Aza struck out swinging. | 5 | 8 |
| Reyes struck out swinging. | 5 | 8 |
| Granderson struck out swinging. | 5 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Arizona - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Hansel Robles pitching for New York | NYM | ARI |
| Robles relieved Lugo. | 5 | 8 |
| Goldschmidt doubled to deep right. | 5 | 8 |
| Goldschmidt to third on wild pitch by Robles. | 5 | 8 |
| Lamb struck out swinging. | 5 | 8 |
| Tomás homered to left center (388 feet), Goldschmidt scored. | 5 | 10 |
| Castillo popped out to second. | 5 | 10 |
| Owings struck out swinging. | 5 | 10 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Edwin Escobar pitching for Arizona | NYM | ARI |
| Escobar relieved Burgos. | 5 | 10 |
| Walker homered to left (387 feet). | 6 | 10 |
| Bruce grounded out to second. | 6 | 10 |
| Flores lined out to right. | 6 | 10 |
| T.J. Rivera grounded out to first. | 6 | 10 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
New York Mets
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reyes SS | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .241 | .291 | .456 |
| Granderson CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .226 | .317 | .420 |
| Walker 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .279 | .341 | .470 |
| Bruce RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .252 | .308 | .526 |
| Flores 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | .260 | .317 | .446 |
| T.J. Rivera 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .222 | .211 | .278 |
| Kelly LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25 | .186 | .280 | .256 |
| d'Arnaud C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .256 | .299 | .355 |
| Colón P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .073 | .095 | .171 |
Goeddel P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
a-Johnson PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .242 | .302 | .386 |
Lugo P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
b-De Aza PH
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .186 | .284 | .280 |
Robles P
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| Totals | 35 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 179 | |||
| a-walked for E Goeddel in the 6th b-struck out swinging for S Lugo in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Walker (22, 9th inning off Escobar 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Reyes 2 (10), Flores (35), T.J. Rivera (3), Kelly (4), Walker (54) SF: T.J. Rivera, Kelly 2-out RBI: Reyes GIDP: T.J. Rivera, Reyes Mets RISP: 3-10 (Flores 0-1, T.J. Rivera 0-1, Kelly 0-1, Bruce 0-1, Reyes 2-3, Granderson 0-2, Walker 1-1) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: T.J. Rivera (1, ground ball); Walker (7, throw) DP: 1 (T.J. Rivera-Walker-Flores). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ |
| Attendance | 17,340 (35.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:29 |
| Weather | indoors |
| Umpires | Home Plate - James Hoye, First Base - Marvin Hudson, Second Base - Jim Joyce, Third Base - Chad Fairchild |
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