Deadspin | Mets slug 3 homers in win over Rockies

Ronny Mauricio, Jared Young and Jeff McNeil each and every homered and Clay Holmes tossed six sturdy innings because the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 8-1 on Saturday night time in Denver.

Holmes (7-3) allowed one run on 9 hits and not using a walks and 6 strikeouts for the Mets, who received for the 11th time of their final 14 video games and moved a season-high 17 video games above .500.

Ryan McMahon homered for Colorado, which misplaced its 2nd directly following a three-game successful streak. The Rockies went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring place and left 8 runners on base.

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor returned to the beginning lineup for the primary time since struggling a damaged proper pinky toe on Wednesday and went 3-for-5 with two stolen bases. Brandon Nimmo added two hits and two RBIs, and Luis Torrens drove in two runs.

Mauricio gave the Mets a 1-0 lead with a leadoff homer within the 3rd inning in opposition to German Marquez (2-8). The 456-foot blast was once Mauricio’s 3rd profession homer and primary since being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday.

McMahon tied the sport when he started the fourth inning along with his 7th house run and primary since May 11.

New York regained the lead with two runs within the 5th inning. Young hooked up on Marquez’s first pitch of the inning for his 2nd homer sooner than Mauricio singled and stole 2nd base.

Maurcio complex to 3rd on Lindor’s groundout and scored on Nimmo’s unmarried to left box.

The Mets prolonged their result in 4-1 within the 6th inning on McNeil’s leadoff homer. The 414-shot was once McNeil’s fourth homer this season.

Marquez allowed 4 runs on 8 hits over five-plus innings. He walked 3 and struck out 3.

New York scored 3 runs within the 7th on Tyrone Taylor’s sacrifice fly and Torrens’ two-run unmarried. The Mets tacked on any other run within the 8th on Nimmo’s RBI double.

The Rockies fell to 12-52 after forcing Holmes to paintings out and in of hassle within the early innings. Colorado opened the ground of the primary with back-to-back singles by means of Jordan Beck and Thairo Estrada sooner than Holmes retired the following 3 batters so as.

–Field Level Media