Today's Mets-Rockies game at Coors Field has been postponed due to weather.
The game will be made up on Thursday at 3:10 p.m., which was an original off day for both teams.
Wednesday's game will now start at 9:20 p.m. instead of the original 3:10 p.m. start time.
The weather report in Denver has rain turning into 1-3 inches of snow on Tuesday night.
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| Mets RHP Huascar Brazoban (Photo Credits to Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first five innings and then came alive in the top of the sixth.
CF Carson Benge led off with a homer and then DH Francisco Alvarez followed with a double.
Catcher Luis Torrens followed with a double of his own to score Alvarez.
LF Juan Soto then walked and SS Bo Bichette grounded out.
RF M.J. Melendez followed with a strikeout and then 1B Mark Vientos came up and broke the game open with a two-run single.
RHP Huascar Brazoban got the start as an "opener" and threw a scoreless inning in the bottom of the first.
RHP Austin Warren followed with two scoreless innings in the bottom of the second and third.
LHP David Peterson came in next in the bottom of the fourth and had a dominating inning striking out the side.
Peterson stayed in and threw a scoreless bottom of the fifth and had another scoreless inning in the bottom of the sixth.
Peterson came back for a fourth inning ran into trouble in the bottom of the seventh after two quick outs allowing a single and a RBI triple to RF Jordan Beck.
Peterson gave up another run on a RBI single by 3B Kyle Karros, and was taken out after the inning.
Peterson's final line was four innings, three hits, two runs, no walks and six strikeouts.
He picked up his first win.
RHP Craig Kimbrel followed with a scoreless bottom of the eighth.
RHP Devin Williams closed it out with a 1-2-3 bottom of the ninth and picked up his fourth save.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Tuesday, May 5 at the Rockies at 8:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Juan Soto-LF
2. Bo Bichette-SS
3. M.J. Melendez-RF
4. Mark Vientos-1B
5. Brett Baty-3B
6. Marcus Semien-2B
7. Carson Benge-CF
8. Francisco Alvarez-C
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Huascar Brazoban (2-0, 1.15 ERA) vs. RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (3-1, 2.84 ERA)
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| Mets infielder Ronny Mauricio (Photo Credits to Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images) |
Infielder Vidal Brujan has been called up from Triple-A Syracuse as corresponding roster.
Mauricio is expected to miss 6-8 weeks according to Mets manager Carlos Mendoza.
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| Mets 1B Mark Vientos (Photo Credits to William Liang-Imagn Images) |
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first three innings and then came alive in the top of the fourth after RF Carson Benge walked with one out and then 1B Mark Vientos followed with a two-run homer.
The offense was held scoreless for the next three innings until the top of the eighth after 3B Brett Baty led off with a hit by pitch and then 2B Marcus Semien followed with a ground-out to the catcher which allowed Baty to advance to second.
RF Carson Benge came up next and delivered a RBI double to score Baty for a much needed insurance run. Vientos came up next and capped off his stellar day at the plate with a two-run homer, his second of the game.
RHP Clay Holmes got off to a rocky start in the bottom of the first allowing back-to-back walks to start the inning and then gave up a RBI single to RF Jorge Soler. Holmes was able to escape further trouble in the inning by getting DH Joe Adell to ground into a double play to end the threat and had a high pitch count of 27 pitches after the bottom of the first.
Holmes was able to settle down after that and retired 12 out of the last 15 hitters he faced. Holmes had help defensively after LF M.J. Melendez made a diving catch in the bottom of the sixth and Benge made a leaping catch in the bottom of the seventh.
Holmes was taken out with two outs in the bottom of the seventh after SS Bo Bichette made a throwing error.
Holmes's final line was 6.2 innings, four hits, one run, three walks and six strikeouts. He picked up his fourth win and lowered his ERA to 1.69.
RHP Luke Weaver came in next and struck out pinch-hitter Yoan Moncada to end the inning.
Weaver stayed in for the bottom of the eighth and threw a scoreless inning.
LHP Brooks Raley closed it out in the bottom of the ninth with a scoreless inning.
The Mets next game is tomorrow night, Monday, May 4 at the Colorado Rockies at 8:40 p.m.
Mets Starting Lineup:
1. Bo Bichette-SS
2. Juan Soto-DH
3. M.J. Melendez-LF
4. Brett Baty-3B
5. Marcus Semien-2B
6. Carson Benge-RF
7. Mark Vientos-1B
8. Tyrone Taylor-CF
9. Luis Torrens-C
The pitching match-up is RHP Clay Holmes (3-2, 1.75 ERA) vs. RHP Jack Kochanowicz (2-0, 3.09 ERA)
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| Mets SS Bo Bichette (Photo Credits to Kirby Lee-Imagn Images |
Mets RHP Nolan McLean got off to a tough start in the bottom of the first after he gave up three straight hits and the third hit created an out as RF Austin Slater threw out Jorge Soler at third. It appeared that the out occured before1B Nathan Schanuel crossed the plate. However, for some reason, the play was not reviewed which allowed the run to stand.
McLean was able to settle down retiring seven in a row before running into more trouble in the bottom of the fourth allowing a two-run single to 2B Vaughn Grissom. McLean was taken out after the inning. His final line was 4 innings, six hits, three runs, one walk and six strikeouts.
RHP Tobias Myers followed with 2.2 scoreless innings.
RHP Huasbar Brazoban came in next and threw 1.1 scoreless innings.
RHP Craig Kimbrel threw a scoreless bottom of the ninth.
RHP Austin Warren came in next in the bottom of the tenth and gave up a lead-off walk and single and after picking up two outs, gave up a walk-off hit to 3B Oswald Perazza.
The Met offense was held scoreless for the first two innings until the top of the third after Slater doubles and then SS Bo Bichette drove him in on a RBI double with two outs.
The offense then came alive again in the top of the seventh after 1B Mark Vientos led off with a double and 2B Marcus Semien followed with a double.
LF Andy Ibanez followed with a sacrifice fly and after Semien stole second, CF Tyrone Taylor drove him in with a RBI single to tie the game.
They had a chance to score after loading the bases with one out, but Bichette grounded into a force play and DH Juan Soto struck out to end the threat.
In the top of the tenth, they had another scoring chance, but Bichette grounded into a double play and after Soto was intentionally walked, catcher Francisco Alvarez popped up to end the threat.
The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, May 3 at the Angels at 4:07 p.m.
