Draped in their City Connect uniforms that pull from a similar color palette to those of their opponents, the Mets scored early and often and got a very good start from Kodai Senga as the beat the Rockies for the second time in as many days. As a point of comparison, the Mets are currently on pace to win 101 games, while the Rockies are now on pace to lose 137.
There’s no shame in beating up on a bad team, even one that has the potential to be the worst one in the history of the sport, though. Colorado led briefly as Ezequiel Tovar took Senga deep with a solo home run.
That lead was fleeting, however, as the Mets quickly loaded the bases against the struggling Antonio Senzatela in the bottom of the first. Senzatela managed to strike out Pete Alonso for the first out of the frame, but Brett Baty hit a bases-clearing triple off the wall in left-center field to give the Mets the lead. Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle might’ve played it better, but given the windy conditions and how well Baty struck the ball, there was no shame in the hit or those RBIs, either.
Tyrone Taylor drove in a run with a single later in the inning, and the Mets went on to add three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Brandon Nimmo drove in the first two with a no-doubt home run to right-center field, and Juan Soto hit his first home run in a long time on the very next pitch.
Senga wound up going six-and-one-third innings, and he gave up a run in the top of the seventh before Jose Buttó took over with runners on first and second. While he loaded the bases after recording the second out of the inning, Buttó got a strikeout to get out of the inning without further damage to Senga’s line.
Jeff McNeil tacked on the Mets’ eighth run of the day with a solo shot in the eighth, Buttó threw another full scoreless inning of his own, and Chris Devenski got in on the fun with a scoreless ninth.
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