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May 6, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; New York Mets second baseman Marcus Semien (10) scores a run in the ninth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images<\/p>\n
In just one night, Marcus Semien had 15% of his entire season\u2019s hit total to suggest that he is finally breaking out of a nightmarish start at the plate.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
The veteran second baseman had the best offensive game of his young Mets career in Wednesday night\u2019s 10-5 victory over the Colorado Rockies, procuring the team\u2019s first four-hit game of the season with a home run and a double. The 35-year-old, acquired from the Texas Rangers over the winter in the Brandon Nimmo trade, had just 26 hits in his first 35 games of the year with one round-tripper and six extra-base hits.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was 2-for-his-last-15 to start New York\u2019s road trip going into Wednesday night\u2019s action.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cJust trying to stay locked in. Keep it simple, really,\u201d Semien said. \u201cIf they throw the ball down the middle, keep it simple, and keep working on what I\u2019m working on in the cage.\u201d<\/p>\n
The most promising development of Semien\u2019s big night was the quality of his contact. This season, Semien is putting the ball in play with a career-worst 8.1% weak contact rate<\/a>, but he started the night with a 96.6 mph single to left in the second inning. In the fourth, he lined a double to right to help set up a three-run inning, two of which came on a Carson Benge single just one batter later.<\/p>\n In the sixth, he went to right field again with a 100.9 mph single to lead off a four-run inning, then put the exclamation point on his big night with a 395-foot blast over the left field fence that left his bat at 100.8 mph.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was aggressive early in the zone, he was short to the ball, he was able to use the whole field,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cHe drove the ball, especially that homer to the pull side in that last at-bat, that\u2019s a really good sign. I\u2019ve seen this guy play for a long time, and when he\u2019s going well, he\u2019s doing that. He\u2019s an aggressive hitter, he\u2019s going to attack pitches, and it was good to see him have those results.\u201d<\/p>\n In just one night, Semien was able to raise his batting average more than 20 points from .208 to .231, while his OPS surged more than 70 points from .531 to .602.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a tough stretch for him,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cBut that guy is as consistent as anyone in there. He works extremely hard, and I\u2019m glad that he finally got a really good game for us.\u201d<\/p>\n