Matt Harvey tosses shutout

Matt Harvey tosses shutout, Wilmer Flores notches first major league hit in Mets win over Rockies 

In what has been nothing short of a spectacular season for Matt Harvey, his performance Wednesday night against the Rockies might rank as his best to date.The Mets phenom-turned-ace has thrown harder, struck out more batters, been more overpowering.Wholesale Bags cheap Bags He’s flirted with no-hitters and pitched two scoreless innings as an All-Star Game starter. On this night he was precise, poised and efficient and it earned him his first career shutout and complete game.More simply, Harvey was brilliant in a four-hitter that beat Colorado, 5-0, before an enthralled crowd of 27,581 at Citi Field.velour tracksuits wholesale“It’s been 30-something starts and it’s something I’ve always shot for and I’ve never gotten it,” Harvey said. “I guess in the past,Buy Cheap Louis Vuitton Bedclothes-BE0052 I’ve never been this efficient. The great thing for me is knowing I can do it now. It’s something I can keep shooting for and maybe hopefully keep getting.” 

Harvey (9-3) faced only three batters more than the minimum and did not issue a walk while striking out six to bring his league-leading total to 178.Buy Cheap Dolce&Gabbana Men's Shorts-DG1009 He needed 11 pitches or less to get through seven of the nine innings. Of the 106 pitches he fired to catcher John Buck, just 28 were balls.“It was awesome,” he said of the accomplishment. “Nine innings, that’s where you want to go as a starter, whether I struck out 10 or 3 or 1. It’s nine innings with a bunch of zeros and that’s all that matters.”“He was what you would call ‘in the zone,’ ” Buck said.Rookie Wilmer Flores recorded his first major league hit, got his first standing ovation and scored his first run during the second inning as the Mets went up 1-0. He recorded his first three RBI on his second hit, a bases-clearing double in the eighth. Omar Quintanilla and Buck drove in the other runs.He was at 91 pitches after eight innings and at 97 after retiring the first two in the ninth. The crowd stood and chanted “Let’s go, Har-vey!” throughout the final frame and then gasped when Charlie Blackmon’s liner ricocheted off his right kneecap and into right field for the fourth hit. Harvey tried to shoo manager Terry Collins and athletic trainer Ray Ramirez off with a “no biggie,Wholesale Womens T-Shirts cheap Womens T-Shirts” but they didn’t go until he showed them he could throw a pitch. Harvey got Troy Tulowitzki to pop up for the final out.