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PHILADELPHIA -- Bartolo Colon moved into an elite club on Friday night. Daniel Hudson Nationals Jersey . Colon pitched eight innings for his 200th career victory, Travis dArnaud homered and the New York Mets held on for a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Daniel Murphy recorded his fifth straight multihit game with two singles for the Mets, who have won 10 of their last 11 games in Philadelphia. New York has outscored Philadelphia 63-32 during those contests. Marlon Byrd homered, Grady Sizemore drove in two runs and hot-hitting Ben Revere had two of the Phillies nine hits. Revere is batting a major league-best .388 since June 26. The 41-year-old Colon joined Pedro Martinez and Juan Marichal as the only Dominican-born pitchers to reach 200 victories. "Im really happy to be in that category," Colon said through an interpreter. "Im expecting a call from those guys." He gave up one run and six hits, struck out six and walked none. "Its amazing that hes still able to perform like he does," Mets manager Terry Collins said. "Two hundred wins, thats a lot of wins." Colon (11-9) didnt allow a batter to reach second base except for Byrd, who led off the seventh with a drive over the wall in left for his 22nd homer. Colon departed after throwing 107 pitches. "He throws a lot of fastballs but he changes speeds with them making it difficult to gauge the velocity," Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg said. Philadelphias A.J. Burnett (6-12) surrendered 11 hits, tying a season high, resulting in five runs in his third consecutive loss. The right-hander struck out eight and walked two while falling to 0-4 with a 6.66 ERA in his last five starts. The Mets nearly blew it in the ninth, when Philadelphia scored three runs on three hits. Chase Utley doubled and Ryan Howard walked against left-hander Dana Eveland. Closer Jenrry Mejia relieved Eveland and Byrd singled to load the bases. Sizemore then lined a two-run double off the wall in right that trimmed New Yorks lead to 5-3. "I was praying for the ball to stay in the ballpark," Colon said. "Thanks to Mejia for doing his job and holding his composure on the mound." Right fielder Curtis Granderson made a diving catch on Carlos Ruizs sinking liner to save at least one run for the first out. "That really saved us," Collins said. After Cody Asche had a run-scoring groundout, Mejia struck out pinch-hitter Reid Brignac for his 17th save in 19 opportunities. The Mets got on the board in the fourth inning, with Juan Lagares, Wilmer Flores, Granderson and Murphy each driving in a run. DArnauds eighth homer in the fifth put New York ahead 5-0. The only spot where Colon struggled was the batters box, where the historically poor hitter went 0 for 4 with four strikeouts - two of which came on failed sacrifice attempts. A career .087 hitter entering Friday, Colons averaged dipped to .043 with 28 strikeouts in 46 at-bats this season. Murphy is batting .456 in his last 13 games and upped his NL-leading hits total to 144. Cheap Nationals Jerseys . Louis, MO (SportsNetwork. Andrew Stevenson Nationals Jersey . 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So, our testing couldnt be benchmarked with a standard test. Thats where really the crux of the issue lies.Jones said Bauer will be first in line to follow any new protocol developed by the Canadian Standards Association or the Hockey Equipment Certification Council.Rich Wuerthele, Bauers executive vice-president, said it was time to move on.While we disagree with the bureaus conclusions regarding the testing conducted by and on behalf of Bauer Hockey, we look forward to putting this matter behind us and continuing to provide our customers with the best products possible. Juan Soto Jersey. Concussion in hockey and other sports has been a hot topic for the past few years. A panel of international experts, led by Dr. Willem Meeuwisse of the University of Calgary, said last year that concussion is one of the most complex injuries to diagnose and treat, and understanding of it is constantly evolving.Dr. Paul Echlin, a concussion expert who has conducted extensive research on the injury, says changing the way the games are played is the only way to eliminate or substantially reduce trauma.Thats the fundamental change, not building bigger and better helmets, he said from Burlington, Ont., where he runs a sports medicine clinic.The bureau said that current hockey helmet testing standards are aimed at protecting players from catastrophic brain injuries, such as skull fractures, not concussions.Bauer has agreed to remove or modify the remaining performance claims from all RE-AKT marketing material, including packaging and online advertising as well as implement an enhanced corporate compliance program, and take steps to ensure retailers do not make the performance claims, the bureau said.The company said the RE-AKT helmet, which costs about $200 for a basic model, represents less than five per cent of its overall hockey helmet sales in Canada. Bauer is part of Performance Sports Group (TSX:PSG), which also includes Maverik Lacrosse, Mission Roller Hockey, Cascade Helmets, Easton, jersey maker Inaria and Combat, a maker of baseball and softball gear.— By Abdul Latheef in Toronto. ' ' '