Mets 10, Rockies 5: Rumfield’s three hits not enough to heat up Rockies

Despite a good number of quality at-bats and a surplus of hits to generate traffic, the Colorado Rockies (14-23) left too many men on base as the New York Mets (14-22) continued to heat up with a 10-5 victory.

A cold night for Lorenzen

After delivering an incredible start his last time out against the Mets, Michael Lorenzen labored in his outing this time around against New York. The tone of his start was set when Juan Soto blasted a 435-foot home run on the third pitch of the game, the first leadoff home run of his impressive career, to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.

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That score would remain until Lorenzen surrendered three runs in the fourth inning. Brett Baty drew a lead-off walk and moved up to third on a Marcus Semien double. Both runners then scored on a single by Carson Benge, who later scored on a groundout by Luis Torrens, making it 4-0.

Things then quickly got out of hand for Lorenzen in the sixth inning when he allowed three straight hits to start the inning, leaving the game after allowing an RBI single to Francisco Alvarez. Zach Agnos relieved Lorenzen but couldn’t prevent the other two runs from scoring on a Soto sacrifice fly and a Bo Bichette single. Agnos would allow a fourth run of the inning on a botched double-play ball to give the Mets an 8-0 lead.

On the night, Lorenzen struggled to miss bats, leaving too many pitches over the plate, and the Mets took advantage of his errors in the cold air.

He tossed five complete innings, giving up seven runs on 11 hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Lorenzen threw 87 pitches, 53 for strikes, while inducing six ground outs. He now sports a 6.92 ERA on the season.

Innings eater

After escaping the sixth inning, Agnos settled in to save the bullpen by finishing the rest of the game on the mound. He went four innings, allowing three runs on four hits while throwing 59 pitches. The Mets managed to tack on a pair of runs after Baty singled, and Semien hit a home run.

Peralta’s Coors Field Comfort

Freddy Peralta continued his excellence at Coors Field, limiting the Rockies to just four hits through five innings. They had threatened to score multiple times but failed to bring home any runs. However, he also struggled to miss bats, as he struck out just one batter and the Rockies hitters made him work.

Peralta issued just two walks but threw 91 pitches, 56 strikes, while inducing seven groundouts. He did well to induce weak contact and get Colorado to hit the ball directly at the defense. However, once he was out of the game, the Rockies started to get rolling.

Rally in the Sixth

After being held scoreless through five, that finally changed with a sixth-inning rally against Tobias Myers.

TJ Rumfield led off the inning with his fifth home run of the season to get the Rockies on the board. Tyler Freeman and Troy Johnston laced back-to-back doubles to make it an 8-2 game.

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Kyle Karros and Ezequiel Tovar then recorded the first two outs of the inning, and it looked like the Rockies’ rally would stall out with two runs. However, Jake McCarthy stepped up to the plate to make sure that wasn’t the case. Myers delivered an 80.4 mph splitter in an 1-2 count that hung over the middle of the plate, and McCarthy promptly deposited it 401 feet into the Rockies’ bullpen.

The two-run home run was his first of the season, making it an 8-4 ball game.

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Edouard Julien kept things moving with a single, bringing Mickey Moniak to the plate. Unfortunately, Moniak struck out swinging against Brooks Raley to end the inning.

For the Rockies, the four extra-base hits were the most in an inning this season.

Left in the Cold

After Semien’s home run in the top half of the inning, the Rockies found a little bit more life in the bottom of the ninth. Facing the struggling lefty Sean Manaea, Mickey Moniak laced a one-out single to extend his hit streak to 18 games to tie a career-high. Hunter Goodman followed with a single and TJ Rumfield collected his third hit of the night to load the bases.

Freeman was then hit by a pitch to drive in a run and make it 10-5 with one out. The Rockies sent out Jordan Beck as a pinch-hitter, but the Mets countered with their closer, Devin Williams, who then struck out Beck. The rally ended as Karros struck out looking to end the game.

Leaving runners on base became the story of the game for Colorado. Despite notching 13 hits, the team went 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base as a team.