The New York Mets offense enjoyed a Coors Field evening as they put up ten runs to beat the Colorado Rockies.
The New York Mets took advantage of the Coors Field environment to have a big offensive night, as they hit early and often on the way to a 10-5 win over of the Colorado Rockies.
This wasn’t a typical Coors Field game, though. The snowstorm that hit Denver on Tuesday kept the temps to just under 40 degrees, but the ball was still flying despite the cold. Juan Soto proved that right away with a solo shot in the first inning off Colorado starter Michael Lorenzen to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.
That lead held until the fourth, when the Mets rallied for three more to make it 4-0. The key hit was an RBI single by Carson Benge, who had two hits to finally raise his batting average above the Mendoza line--Mario, not Carlos--to go with the two RBIs that hit produced and his two runs scored.
Freddy Peralta’s start was brief but brilliant, as he shutout the Rockies on just four hits over five innings. Peralta is one of the few pitchers who likes throwing at Coors, according to the Mets broadcast crew, and he kept his approach simple by relying on his fastball and keeping the ball in the park.
The Mets pulled away with four more runs in the sixth to briefly make it 8-0. Everyone got in on the act in that rally, with Francisco Alvarez and Bo Bichette driving in runs with singles, and Soto added a run-scoring sac fly to go with his earlier homer.
No lead is safe at Coors, though, and the Rockies struck back with four runs of their own in the bottom of the innings once they had Peralta out of the game after his 91st pitch. Colorado’s rally included a pair of homers, a solo shot by TJ Rumfield and a two-run bomb by Jake McCarthy as the Rockies beat up reliever Tobias Myers.
Brooks Raley and Luke Weaver followed Myers to the mound and managed to calm things down, and the Mets added a pair of runs in the ninth on a two-run homer by Marcus Semien. Sean Manaea tried to take the Mets home in the ninth, but when Manaea got hit hard and forced in a run by hitting a batter with the bases loaded, Carlos Mendoza decided he’d seen enough, and he brought in closer Devin Williams for a two-out save that was Williams’ fifth of the season.
The Mets have now won three in a row and four of their last five, and they’ll send Christian Scott to the hill against Jose Quintana of Colorado in an afternoon game that’s a makeup for Tuesday’s snowed-out affair.