ANAHEIM -- The Angels ambushed Mets starter Bartolo Colon with a first-inning, extra-base binge Sunday afternoon, and went on to a 14-2 victory at Angel Stadium.Mike Trout, Albert Pujols and Raul Ibanez hit consecutive home runs, and Kole Calhoun and Ian Stewart capped the four-run Angels first with doubles.Pujols' homer was No. 495, Ibanez's No. 303. None of Trout's first 27 Major League homers came in the first inning. Twenty-one of his past 32 homers have been struck in the first inning. 
The Angels' first seven hits went for extra bases, including a two-run triple by Erick Aybar in the fourth. J.B. Shuck's ensuing RBI single ended that streak. Hank Conger added a two-run homer in the fifth inning.All of that came off Colon (1-2), who had to take a beating for his team's shop-worn bullpen after two consecutive extra-inning games in this series plus heavy use at Atlanta, the Mets' previous stop.Colon allowed nine earned runs on 11 hits in five innings. ballooning his ERA from 2.08 to 6.00.Angels starter C.J. Wilson improved to 2-1 with seven innings, allowing two runs. He added 116 pitches to his Major League-leading average of 116.3. Wilson struck out nine, walked three and surrendered six hitsMets third baseman David Wright and second baseman Daniel Murphy were ejected from the dugout in the top of the seventh after Travis d'Arnaud was called out on strikes by plate umpire Toby Basner, who tossed both Mets.The Mets scored a run in the first on Wright's RBI single, and added one in the fifth on a double-play grounder.The Angels added two runs in the sixth against Scott Rice, one on Ibanez's bases-loaded walk, the other on a wild pitch.Earl Bloom / MLB.com
The Angels' first seven hits went for extra bases, including a two-run triple by Erick Aybar in the fourth. J.B. Shuck's ensuing RBI single ended that streak. Hank Conger added a two-run homer in the fifth inning.All of that came off Colon (1-2), who had to take a beating for his team's shop-worn bullpen after two consecutive extra-inning games in this series plus heavy use at Atlanta, the Mets' previous stop.Colon allowed nine earned runs on 11 hits in five innings. ballooning his ERA from 2.08 to 6.00.Angels starter C.J. Wilson improved to 2-1 with seven innings, allowing two runs. He added 116 pitches to his Major League-leading average of 116.3. Wilson struck out nine, walked three and surrendered six hitsMets third baseman David Wright and second baseman Daniel Murphy were ejected from the dugout in the top of the seventh after Travis d'Arnaud was called out on strikes by plate umpire Toby Basner, who tossed both Mets.The Mets scored a run in the first on Wright's RBI single, and added one in the fifth on a double-play grounder.The Angels added two runs in the sixth against Scott Rice, one on Ibanez's bases-loaded walk, the other on a wild pitch.Earl Bloom / MLB.com
If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing it!
