Robinson Cano broke up history with two outs in the seventh inning on Wednesday afternoon.
Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon flirted with perfection against the Mariners on Wednesday afternoon, retiring the first 20 batters he faced at Safeco Field in Seattle, before Robinson Cano hit an opposite-field, two-out single to left field to break up the perfect game and no-hitter.
New York leads Seattle 3-0 through seven innings in the finale of a three-game series.
Colon had five strikeouts through seven, needing just 84 pitches through seven innings. It is quite a turnaround for Colon, who entered Wednesday having lost his last three decisions with a 5.88 ERA over his last four starts.
There have been 23 perfect games in Major League history, the last by Felix Hernandez of the Mariners on Aug. 15, 2012, also at Safeco Field in Seattle.
At 41 years, 60 days old, Colon would have been the oldest pitcher with a perfect game, surpassing Randy Johnson, who was 40 years, 251 days old when he pitched a perfect game for Arizona against the Braves on May 18, 2004.
Colon would have been the oldest pitcher to throw a no-hitter of any kind since Nolan Ryan no-hit Toronto at 44 years, 90 days old on May 5, 1991.
The Mets have one no-hitter in their history, an 8-0 whitewashing of the Cardinals by Johan Santana at Citi Field on June 1, 2012.
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