Mets Beat Rockies 10-5 Behind 15 Hits And Strong Outing by Freddy Peralta

 

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta (Photo Credits to Ron Cheroy-Imagn Images)

The New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 10-5 tonight at Coors Field for their third consecutive win and improved their record to 14-22.

The Met offense got off a fast start in the top of the first after LF Juan Soto led off with a homer.

The offense was held scoreless for the next two innings and then came alive again in the top of the fourth.

3B Brett Baty led off with a walk and then 2B Marcus Semien followed with a double. RF Carson Benge then delivered a two-run single to score Baty and Semien. DH Francisco Alvarez followed with a single to advance Benge to third and catcher Luis Torrens then drove in Benge with a RBI ground-out.

In the top of the fifth, Semien led off with a single and Benge followed with a double. Alvarez then drove in Semien with a RBI single and Torrens followed with a hit by pitch.

Soto followed with a sacrifice fly to score Benge and SS Bo Bichette followed with a RBI single to score Alvarez.

CF Tyrone Taylor then grounded into a fielder's choice and Torrens scored on an error by 2B Eduardo Julien.

In the top of the night, Semien capped off his stellar night at the plate with a two-run homer.

Mets RHP Freddy Peralta had an excellent start throwing five scoreless innings allowing four hits and two walks with one strikeout.

Peralta picked up his second win and lowered his ERA to 3.12.

RHP Tobias Myers followed in the bottom of the sixth and had a difficult outing allowing four runs on five hits with two homers. Myers had to come out after retiring only two batters.

LHP Brooks Raley had to come in and picked up the last out in the bottom of the sixth and came back out for the bottom of the seventh and threw a scoreless inning.

RHP Luke Weaver threw a scoreless bottom of the eighth.

LHP Sean Manaea came on in the bottom of the ninth and had a difficult time allowing one run on a hit by pitch after he gave up three consecutive singles to load the bases with a strikeout before coming out with one out in the inning.

RHP Devin Williams appeared next and closed it out with back-to-back strikeouts to pick up his fifth save.

The Mets next game is tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, May 7 at the Rockies at 3:10 p.m.