Colorado 10, NY Mets 3
When: 8:40 PM ET, Friday, May 2, 2014
Where: Coors Field, Denver, Colorado
Temperature:
72°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Ted Barrett, 2B -
Paul Schrieber, 3B -
Will Little
Attendance:
42040
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Rockies 10, Mets 3: Troy Tulowitzki drove in three runs and raised his National League-leading average to .385 with three hits while Charlie Blackmon homered among his three hits and is batting .380 as host Colorado made it two straight over New York.
Nolan Arenado extended his hitting streak to 22 games for the Rockies, who have won five of their last six and are 11-4 in their last 15 games. Blackmon, Justin Morneau (two hits) and Wilin Rosario each had two RBIs while Jorge De La Rosa (3-3) won his third straight start after yielding three runs and eight hits in six innings.
Curtis Granderson hit a two-run homer among his two hits - his first multi-hit game since April 3 - to raise his average to .156 while David Wright and Juan Lagares also had two hits for the Mets, who had won five of their previous six contests entering the series. Zack Wheeler (1-3) yielded seven runs (six earned) and seven hits in four innings.
Tulowitzki, Morneau and Rosario delivered run-scoring hits in the first and Corey Dickerson capped the outburst with a sacrifice fly to give Colorado a 4-1 lead. Tulowitzki's two-out, two-run single in the second made it 6-1 and Blackmon's RBI groundout in the fourth put the Rockies, who lead the majors with 5.6 runs per game, on top 7-1.
Granderson belted De La Rosa's 2-1 pitch out to right in the sixth to bring the Mets within 7-3. Blackmon led off the seventh by crushing an 0-2 offering from Carlos Torres into the Rockies bullpen in right-center and two more runs scored on consecutive singles by Arenado, Tulowitzki and Morneau, and a sacrifice fly by Rosario.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Colorado LF Carlos Gonzalez did not play after suffering a left index finger contusion Thursday, but the injury is not expected to land him on the disabled list. ... The Rockies placed OF Josh Rutledge on the 15-day DL with a viral infection and recalled INF Ryan Wheeler from Triple-A Colorado Springs. ... Arenado's streak - the longest active one in the majors - is tied for third-longest in franchise history with Vinny Castilla (1997), behind teammate Michael Cuddyer (27 last season) and Dante Bichette (23 in 1995).
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
NY Mets
|
9 |
1 |
13 |
.265 |
14 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
Colorado
|
12 |
1 |
17 |
.364 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
0 |