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The Mets lost to the Rockies 6-2, ending their winning streak. Christian Scott was pulled early after giving up a run, and Craig Kimbrel allowed a grand slam in the eighth inning.
DENVER â Max Scherzer once likened pitching at Coors Field to playing baseball âon the moon.â The thin mountain air has a way of eliminating the movement on pitches, and naturally, it can be a source of frustration for young pitchers. Christian Scott isnât one of those pitchers. Few things rattle the 26-year-old right-hander, not even a one-run lead in quite possibly the toughest ballpark for pitchers in the league.
Still, the Mets decided not to chance it when he gave up a run to the Colorado Rockies in the fourth inning Thursday afternoon, cutting their lead in half. Though he got out of the inning with a strikeout and then struck out the next two to start the fifth inning, ultimately, he wasnât allowed to face the order a third time through.
The Rockies tied the game in the bottom of the sixth with a run off right-hander Huascar BrazobĂĄn, and right-hander Craig Kimbrel (0-2) gave up a grand slam to Jake McCarthy before even getting an out in the eighth inning. The Rockies won, 6-2, putting an end to the Metsâ winning streak.
McCarthy teed off on a 94.5-mph fastball, sending it 448 feet into the right-field stands. It just barely stayed fair, confirmed after a review.
âI was hoping it was foul,â Kimbrel said.
So were Mets fans from Colorado to Queens. The home run was automatically reviewed, but there was no definitive angle showing the ball going to the right of the foul pole.
âIt was close, especially from our angle,â manager Carlos Mendoza said. âI couldnât tell. Whatever they called on the field, I was pretty sure it was going to stand.â
The Mets (14-23) are short on high-leverage relievers with three long relievers in the bullpen. Kimbrel has been tasked with holding leads or keeping games close late when setup man Luke Weaver isnât available, and he wasnât Thursday afternoon. Wednesday night, the Mets used the few high-leverage arms they have to protect leads of eight runs, then six runs, then five.
Tobias Myers, one of those three long relievers, couldnât make it through the fourth inning, giving up four runs and forcing the Mets to bring in left-hander . Then they used Weaver, and the left-hander , who gave up another run, which was enough to prompt the Mets to bring in closer .
The Mets pulled Christian Scott after he gave up a run in the fourth inning to avoid letting him face the order a third time.
The final score was 6-2 in favor of the Rockies.
Jake McCarthy hit the grand slam against the Mets in the eighth inning.
The loss ended the Mets' winning streak.
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âItâs part of it because we had to use a lot of our guys, and obviously, some of them werenât available today,â Mendoza said. âWe got the win yesterday. Iâm not gonna blame that on them. Obviously, we had chances today and we couldnât add on there.â
One day after an offensive outburst in cold weather, the sun came out in Denver, but the Metsâ bats cooled considerably. They scored twice in the second inning against left-hander Jose Quintana, but couldnât drive in runners on first and third in the third, and left runners on base in the fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth innings. The Mets emptied their bench trying to make something happen offensively to no avail.
In the ninth, they had two on with none out, before right-hander Antonio Senzatela (2-0) retired the next three in order, preserving the win for Colorado (15-23).
The Mets went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position, leaving seven runners on base.
Quintana, who pitched for the Mets in 2023 and 2024, held them to two earned runs on five hits, walked two and struck out two.
âWe expanded [the strike zone],â Mendoza said. âWith Q, this is a guy thatâs going to nibble, nibble, nibble, and when we were ahead in counts, we chased. He got the ground ball when he needed to.â
Scott was pulled after walking leadoff hitter Eduard Julien on four pitches with two outs in the fifth. He had thrown only 82 pitches, giving up one run on three hits, walking two and striking out six. The Mets often play it conservative with their young starters, especially with one like Scott, who sat out last season to rehab from 2024 Tommy John surgery.
Mendoza confirmed this was the case in Scottâs third major league start of the season.
âGiven where heâs been the past couple of weeks, coming back from a whole year after missing [the season], we had a number of pitches in mind, and he pretty much went over that number of pitches,â Mendoza said. âSo he did his part; we just couldnât close it out.â
Scott didnât protest the decision.
âThatâs not for me to decide,â he said. âI feel like, whenever I get the ball, Iâm going to go out there and compete. Whatever Mendy thinks is going to give the team the best chance to win the game that day, Iâm all for it. Obviously, I would have liked not to have had a four-pitch walk to get the trigger pulled, but yeah, I feel like I did a good job in the zone for the most part.
âI respect the decision for sure.â
With this bullpen, the Mets may want to reconsider their approach.