Bartolo Colon pitched against Adalberto Mondesi 16 years after facing his dad, Raul
In the third inning of Monday night's 6-3 win over the Royals, Colon faced
From 2000-02, Colon faced Raul Mondesi and held him to a .182 average with no walks, RBIs or extra-base hits in 11 at-bats. With his RBI double, then, Adalberto has already outperformed his father in this matchup in two categories. Reflecting on facing two generations of Mondesis, Colon came right to the truth of the matter. "It means I have been pitching a long time," he told MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan.
The Mondesis are now the fourth father-son duo Colon has faced in his lengthy career -- joining Clay and
To add to the significance of Colon's outing, he earned his 244th career win and passed Juan Marichal to become the winningest Dominican-born pitcher in Major League history.