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NEW YORK -- Scott Kazmir has been so good for the Oakland Athletics, manager Bob Melvin wasnt prepared to see his ace flop so badly. Kazmir was tagged for three homers and allowed a season-high seven runs in the As 10-1 loss to the New York Mets and Bartolo Colon on Tuesday night. "Its almost a shock when you see him give up some runs but he just got some balls up, missed locations with a few of them and they didnt miss them," Melvin said. "Usually hes so unpredictable in his pitches that if he does get a ball up sometimes he gets away with it but he didnt today." A first-round draft pick by New York in 2002 but sent to Tampa Bay in a very unpopular trade two years later, Kazmir struggled from the start in his first start ever in Queens. He entered with the ALs best ERA (2.08) and on a four-game winning streak, but was out after just three innings. His ERA rose to 2.66. Kazmir (9-3) gave up consecutive homers to Curtis Granderson and Chris Young in the second inning and a three-run shot to Travis dArnaud in the third. The left-hander went 22 starts without giving up more than one homer in a game since Aug. 18, with the Indians. Kazmir blamed his lack of command on his troubles, not his first outing against the Mets in New York -- he beat the Mets in September in Cleveland. "Ive never played in Shea Stadium. Id never played in Citi Field so its not really coming back for me," Kazmir said. "I think itd be a little bit different if I had actually played at the big league level with the Mets and had a little bit of history in that regard, but it was just going out here today to take care of business." The As second straight loss ended with reliever Jeff Francis striking out. Melvin had Derek Norris and Craig Gentry on the bench but Gentry was given a cortisone shot in a knee. Norris was out of the lineup after being hit by a backswing on Sunday. "I wasnt going to use him in that type of game," Melvin said of Norris. Colon (8-5) shut down the team that didnt want him back this year despite an 18-win season, pitching four-hit ball for eight innings against the AL West leaders. Signed by the Mets 10 days after the As inked Kazmir in December, Colon won his sixth straight decision. He also singled for his second straight game, much to the delight of the 25,751 in attendance. "Just when you think youve got him figured out hes going to throw something that you have no idea hes going to throw and thats just a testament to how good he is," Stephen Vogt said of Colon. "Obviously Im frustrated that we didnt beat him but obviously it was great to see him." Colon only faced trouble in the first when Yoenis Cespedes followed Brandon Moss single with a double to the wall in centre field for the early lead. Colon gave up a hit to Cespedes in the fourth and another single in the fifth to Coco Crisp, but he otherwise cruised through the best run-producing lineup in the majors. "It feels really good in particular because its a team like the Oakland As, which for me right now is the No. 1 team," Colon said through a translator. Slumping Mets outfielder Chris Young also homered off failed closer Jim Johnson in the fifth for only the Mets fifth four-homer game at Citi Field since it opened in 2009, according to STATS. Granderson and David Wright had RBI groundouts, and Daniel Murphy added a run-scoring single for the Mets, who scored at least 10 runs in consecutive games for the first time since June 28-29, 2011, in Detroit. They beat Miami 11-5 on Sunday. The Mets have won a season high-tying three straight. NOTES: The As activated RF Josh Reddick before the game. He was 0 for 2 with a walk. ... Oakland placed 1B Kyle Blanks on the 15-day DL with a left calf strain. ... Wright tied a career high with an RBI in his seventh straight game. ... First base umpire Joe West was hit in the chest by a line drive but he barely flinched. ... Up next: Oakland LHP Brad Mills (0-0) vs. New York RHP Zack Wheeler (3-7). Adrian Clayborn Falcons Jersey . LOUIS -- The St. Steve Bartkowski Falcons Jersey . - Steve Stricker usually doesnt show up at a tournament on Sunday. http://www.thefaclonsshoponline.com/You ... ns-Jersey/. The St. Louis Cardinals were scheduled to arrive in Boston in time for a workout on Tuesday afternoon. Much of Mondays discussion focused on Bostons lineup considerations as the series progresses, specifically when the venue shifts to St. Desmond Trufant Falcons Jersey . The Rays hope to stay alive for the postseason and salvage the finale of this series Sunday at Rogers Centre, where they dropped a 7-2 decision Saturday. Chris Archer lasted 2 1/3 innings in the no-decision, charged with a run and five hits, and Alex Torres suffered the loss in relief. OBrien Schofield Falcons Jersey . With newly minted president of hockey operations Trevor Linden looking on from above one day after being handed the keys to the franchise, it was more of the same on Thursday night.Sir Ian Botham says England are the most feared Test side in the world and deserve to be top of the ICC rankings. Alastair Cooks team are fourth in the official world rankings behind Australia, India and this summers tourists Pakistan, who they face in the first Test at Lords on Thursday, live on Sky Sports.England have won four of their seven Test series since a shock home defeat to Sri Lanka in 2014, with their victory over Angelo Mathews men earlier this summer following triumphs against India, Australia and South Africa. Cooks side have also drawn with New Zealand and West Indies in that time, with their only defeat coming against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates last November.England can leapfrog Pakistan and tie India with a 2-0 or 3-1 series win, but former skipper Botham insists they are already the best side in the world regardless of where they are ranked come the end of the four Test matches.The Sky Sports commentator said: England are the best side in the world right now and certainly the most feared - they proved it against Australia and then beat South Africa on their own soil. Alastair Cook steered England to a 2-0 series win over Sri Lanka England are a confident side and a very well-organised unit. I dont pay too much attention to the ranking system, they deserve to be number one in the world now. Pakistans recent record in England is poor, with 3-0 and 3-1 defeats in 2006 and 2010 respectively, and Botham does not expect things to improve this summer, despite the hosts being without record wicket-taker Jimmy Anderson and all-rounder Ben Stokes for the opening Test. Beefys Bets Beefys tipping James Vince to top score in the series for England at odds of 8/1 It will be an exciting series but I cant see Pakistan winning a match, said Botham, who has tipped England to win the series 3-0 at 7/2 with Sky Bet.England have had their problems at the top of the order and have countered that by moving Yorkshires Joe Root up to No 3 following Nick Comptons decision to take a break from the sport.ddddddddddddRoot had an indifferent series against Sri Lanka, scoring 87 runs in the series, and slipped down to number four in the ICC rankings, but Botham believes it is the right move to promote him up the order. Botham agrees with the decision to move Root up to No 3 in the batting order. He said: Ive no problem with Joe batting at three. All the best batsmen in world cricket bat at three - look at [Ricky] Ponting and [Viv] Richards.Joe is the best batsman in the world right now, and Im sure hell be fine with moving up the order.Botham feels the move could also provide an opportunity for James Vince, who only scored 54 runs in his four innings against Sri Lanka, to stake his claim for the number four spot and is tipping the Hampshire captain to go well in the series, at 8/1 in his Sky Bet tips. James Vince has a chance to cement his place in the side. Botham said: Root and Cook are too short in the betting for me, theres no value backing them in my book.Vince is a quality player and has an opportunity to make number four his own, he just needs a big score and Im sure hell kick on from there.Watch the first Investec Test between England and Pakistan from Lords, live on Sky Sports 2 from 10am on Thursday. 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