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The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks last night 1-0 in a Paul Skenes gem, but it was Pirates outfielder Bryan Reynolds that made the history.

Reynolds went-2-for-4 in the game, giving him 1,000 hits for his career. It also makes him just the fifth Bucco to go for 1,000 hits, 200 doubles and 140 homers, joining Andrew McCutchen, Willie Stargell, Dave Parker and Roberto Clemente. Elite company indeed.

It also bumped Reynolds up to a .260 average on the season. He also has 4 homers and and 22 RBIS, as well as an .OBP on the year of .402, which is good for 11th in all of Major League Baseball. 30 walks in 37 games will do that to you. He’s also slugging .420 and has an .OPS of .822, which is third best on the team behind Brandon Lowe and Ryan O’Hearn.

The other news from last night is that the Pirates are finally out of the basement of the NL Central. The Bucs are tied with the Cincinnati Reds with a 20-17 record, but the Bucs are techincally above the Reds due to owning the season series thus far. The Milwaukee Brewers are an identical 5 games back as well, but they have slightly higher winning percentage than the Bucs and Reds, so they are techincally in third place. The St. Louis Cardinals are in second, 3.5 games back of the division leading Chicago Cubs. It is still very much anyone’s division.

And lastly, I think we need Jamain calling for more Paul Skenes innings more often. Just a couple days after he asked for more Skenes, we got an eight-inning gem out of the Pirates’ ace. Skenes also dropped his ERA to a more Skenes-like 2.36 and now stands with a 5-2 record on the season. Nicely done.

The Bucs are back in action this afternoon with another one versus the D’Backs.

PHOENIX — Pittsburgh Pirates Cy Young winner Paul Skenes, already producing the greatest start to a career of any pitcher in MLB history, came oh, so close Wednesday to carving out a page in the record book.

Skenes, in one of the finest starts of his brilliant career, came oh, so close to pitching a no-hitter.

Really, he came oh, so close to pitching a perfect game.

“I’d be lying,’’ Pirates manager Don Kelly said, “if I said it didn’t go through my mind.’’

Skenes instead had to settle for a brilliant eight-inning gem, allowing just two baserunners in the Pirates’ 1-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.

“I don’t know what else to say,’’ Kelly said, “but he was unbelievable.’’

Skenes was blowing his 98-mph four-seam fastball past the D-backs. He had them swinging at air on his changeup. He had them diving at his sinker. They flailed away at his sweeper.

Everything was working, generating 13 swings-and-misses, with seven strikeouts on three different pitches.

He threw 97 pitches, 65 for strikes.

He retired 13 Diamondback hitters on three or fewer pitches.

He never threw more than 17 pitches in a single inning, and threw nine pitches or fewer in three innings.

He barley broke a sweat.

“I thought there were times that every pitch was working,’’ Skenes said, “but they weren’t at the same time, unfortunately. I was happy with it. We were executing our pitches.’’

Perhaps it’s not a question worth pondering. After all, much of the joy watching Shohei Ohtani play baseball is wondering what he might do next, and if a ceiling even exists for the greatest player in the game’s history.

Yet with every passing game accompanied by quiet at-bats, with his hard-hit ball rate slipping below 50%, and with his every-six-days “hobby” of pitching absorbing more of his energy, it’s fair to at least wonder.

Has Shohei Ohtani plateaued?

Yeah, it seems like sacrilege. No player in the history of the game has ever thrown fastballs 100 mph and hit them 400 feet with regularity. Has produced 50 homers and 50 steals in a season. Nor put together arguably the greatest game in baseball history to clinch his team’s place in the World Series.

Pondering his peak wastes precious headspace contextualizing whatever facet of the game he’s currently dominating (Right now, it’s locking down opposing hitters). And besides, Ohtani doesn’t ebb and flow so much as he shape-shifts.

Watch Ohtani long enough and you realize he gives us what he can at a given time. Can’t pitch in 2024 due to Tommy John surgery recuperation?

Fine, Ohtani simply stole 59 bases – more than twice his previous career best – and hit 54 home runs to produce the first 50-50 season in major league history, capped by his first World Series title.

Fully stretched out as a pitcher, and possessing the freshest arm after the Dodgers played all the way into November to claim a second consecutive championship?

OK, then, Ohtani will simply not hit on days he pitches, pour more into his mound work and put up a major league-leading 0.97 ERA in his first seven starts this season.

It’s amazing stuff. Yet as Ohtani’s 32^nd birthday approaches in July, it’s also fair to wonder if we may have seen his best work as a hitter and true two-way player.

Let’s examine:

SNY | Phillip Martinez: Some news broke late last night, with the Yankees scratching Ryan Weathers from this scheduled start this afternoon. Weathers was apparently dealing with a nasty stomach virus. “I pitched, then went home and pretty much threw my guts out for several hours,” the starter said. “I thought I just had food poisoning, but woke up the next day and was running a 102 [degree] temp.”

Aaron Boone said Weathers should be good to be reinserted into the rotation next Monday. Paul Blackburn is slated to get the spot start against the Rangers today.

New York Post | Greg Joyce: Giancarlo Stanton is now eligible to return from the 10-day IL, but it doesn’t seem like the slugger’s return is imminent just yet. “He’s doing OK, and he’s hit some. [It’s lingering] a little bit. It still feels minor, but not ready to push it yet,” said Boone on Tuesday. Stanton’s injury has been described as a low-grade calf strain. It’s the kind of soft-tissue problem that’s become synonymous with Stanton at this point, but it sounds like he shouldn’t be out too much longer.

CBS Sports | Matt Snyder: On the other side of the ledger, we know that Carlos Rodón is nearing his return, and it’s sounding like Sunday’s game against the Brewers will be his season debut. “I think he’s felt ready to go now the last couple of times,” said Boone. “But to get him up over 80 pitches this time out, we wanted to do, and give him a third game. We feel like he’s ready to go.” The Yankees have four starters on the roster at the moment and will need a starter on Sunday, so as long as Rodón’s arm feels good, it seems likely he’ll be the choice.

New York Daily News | Gary Phillips: It’s one thing that the Yankees’ pitching has been league-best all season, and that their offense has been flat-out dominant for the last three weeks as the team ripped off a 15-2 stretch. It’s another thing altogether that they’ve done this without two of their top arms. The Yankees are firing on all cylinders and are about to get reinforcements in the form of Rodón and Gerrit Cole, a scary thought for their competitors. “We can’t wait,” Jazz Chisholm Jr. said after Tuesday night’s win. “Those guys are what makes us who we are, especially when it comes to the playoffs, too. So right now, we’re just hoping they stay healthy and come back as soon as possible.”

MLB.com | Jason Catania: Not only are the Yankees dominating without some of their top pitchers, they’ve also posted elite offensive numbers without much help from a crucial spot: the leadoff spot. Trent Grisham has been their primary leadoff hitter in 2026, and though he’s probably been dealt some bad luck, Grisham’s .148 batting average out of the leadoff slot hasn’t helped put Ben Rice and Aaron Judge in position to do maximum damage. On the whole, Yankee lead off hitters have hit just .160, about 40 points lower than the next worst team. In a way, it’s actually encouraging that the Yankees are scoring heaps of runs even while getting little from their leadoff hitters. How much better could they get if Grisham starts to get some hits to fall?

And one last piece of news: the Yankees optioned Yerry de Los Santos after last night’s game. Tough draw for de Los Santos, who helped give the Yankee bullpen a breather last night, soaking up 3.1 scoreless innings against the Rangers in relief of an ineffective Will Warren. The job of a Scranton Shuttle Rider isn’t an easy one, and we salute those who work it.

After missing all of spring training with an oblique injury, Bryce Miller’s month of rehab likely wrapped up tonight in Everett. So far, Miller has made four starts on his rehab assignment:

• 4/18 (AAA): 1.2 innings, 10 batters faced, three runs on four hits with a walk and two strikeouts; 33 pitches (21 strikes)
• 4/24 (A+): 3 innings, 11 batters faced, no runs on a hit with a walk and six strikeouts; 47 pitches (35 strikes)
• 4/30: (AAA): 4 innings, 15 batters faced, no runs on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts, 53 pitches (36 strikes)
• 5/6 (A+): 5 innings, 19 batters faced, no runs on two hits with three walks and two strikeouts, 61 pitches (38 strikes)

Miller was maybe too efficient tonight against eager High-A hitters excited to swing against the big-leaguer, keeping him from increasing his pitch count significantly—he had to finish out his outing in the AquaSox bullpen to get in his required pitches—but all the indicators were there: he held his fastball velocity well, still hitting 96-98 into the later innings of his outing, and mixed in all his secondaries. Postgame, Miller joked about how quickly he got through his five innings in typical Bryce-style:

If you’re a little concerned about the walks on Miller’s ledger, that’s fair, but also, Miller was adamant about wanting to work in all of his pitches during his rehab starts, so take the walks with a grain of salt. The one thing to maybe be aware of is how often his fastball seemed to exhibit extreme downward movement to land for balls, which is something that felt like a consistent issue during his rehab assignments. But the bigger benchmarks were working at a consistent fastball velocity, throwing all his pitches and throwing strikes or near-strikes, and getting through his projected innings, and Miller hit all those targets with flying colors.

Miller didn’t face much adversity from the low minors hitters of the Diamondbacks system, but he did have to work around some traffic in the first after giving up a BABIP double and then walking the next hitter he saw on four pitches. He got out of the jam when the next hitter went after the first pitch he saw for a GIDP. Miller continued on like that, playing with his food a bit; he walked a hitter with two outs in the second, trying to get the feel for his splitter, only to come back for an easy 4-3 groundout. In the third, he issued a walk with two outs (boo! hiss!) but got his first strikeout of the day on the very next batter:

Miller’s second strikeout of the day, against Brady Counsell (yes son of Craig) to close up a very quick nine-pitch one-two-three third, was on a fastball that popped up on the gun at Funko Field at 98 mph.

Miller got through one more clean inning, thanks partially to a great sliding catch by Mariners prospect Jonny Farmelo, who continued to show he can hold down center field after the ACL tear that cost him significant time last season:

It was a big night for Farmelo and the AquaSox offense, who showed out in support of their big-league rehabber. That fifth inning almost-hit for Miller, saved by Farmelo, came after a long layoff where the AquaSox were busy scoring five runs, in addition to the three they’d already scored in the third, and the two in the first. Ten runs after four innings, cue the Mariners rotation/“I used to pray for times like this” meme.

The 2-3-4 trio of Jonny Farmelo – Felnin Celesten – Luke Stevenson ganged up for seven combined hits, six RBI, two doubles, a triple, and a homer, and since it’s hard to see any of the three of them spending much more time in Everett – Farmelo’s been there a while, Celesten has been on a heater lately, and Stevenson looks too advanced for the level – if you’re local, get up and see them while you can.

The Mariners have yet to announce if Miller will make another start or rejoin the club on this road trip, and have definitely not said what their plans are going forward, especially with Emerson Hancock, Miller’s de facto replacement, pitching as one of the top pitchers in Seattle’s rotation. But what seems clear from tonight’s outing is Miller has completed his rehab assignment, insofar as the assignment was “have a spring training”; he’s made five total starts now, including the one he did this spring before landing on the injured list, and he’s hit his pitch count benchmarks every time. Whatever the decision is, it’s coming soon.

Juan Soto may have gotten the Mets on the board first with his leadoff home run to start the game against the Colorado Rockies, but it was Marcus Semien who had the best night offensively for New York.

Finishing 4-for-5, including a double and home run of his own (just his second of the season), Semien’s most productive game at the plate this season helped the Mets beat the Rockies, 10-5, and give them their third win in a row.

Semien’s big night came after he began the road trip 2-for-15 and in the middle of a rough start to his first season in New York after getting traded from the Texas Rangers during the offseason. 

So, not only was his performance important for the Mets, it served as a reminder of what kind of player Semien can be when he’s at his best.

“Just trying to stay locked in. Keep it simple, really,” Semien said. “If they throw the ball down the middle, keep it simple and just keep working on what I’m working on in the cage to get my swing going.”

Up until this point, Semien’s swing hadn’t been doing much for New York. In fact, he entered Wednesday’s game with a paltry .208/.259/.272 slash line and was constantly hitting the ball on the ground. So seeing the 14-year veteran get balls in the air again and swing the bat with authority is certainly a sight for sore eyes.

Manager Carlos Mendoza has seen Semien play for a long time and knows when he’s hitting the ball like he did on Wednesday, he’s locking in.

“He was aggressive early in the zone,” Mendoza said. “He was short to the ball, he was able to use the whole field, he drove the ball, especially that homer to the pull side the last at-bat. That’s a really good sign. 

“I’ve seen this guy play for a long time and when he’s going well he’s doing that. He’s an aggressive hitter, he’s going to attack pitches and like I said it was just good to see him have results.”

The four-hit night raised Semien’s batting average more than 20 points, from .208 to .231. His OPS also took a big jump, going from .531 to .602. 

There’s still a lot of work to be done to restore Semien’s first season in Queens and get him back to his career OPS of .753, but what better place to get it going than Coors Field where the Mets play one more game before leaving town.

“You want to have good games in this ballpark,” Semien said. “It’s a good place to hit, it’s a big outfield and the ball carries.”

Sure, it might be harder than ever for Semien to recapture his former glory days after two full seasons with an OPS below .700 with the Rangers, but hard work doesn’t scare Semien.

“It’s been a tough stretch for him but the guy is as consistent as anyone in there,” Mendoza said. “He works extremely hard and I’m glad that he finally got a really good game for us.”

"Great player, great hitter," Soto said about Semien. "I feel like he’s getting his rhythm back so I can’t wait to keep seeing him doing that."

Baseball is undoubtedly a team sport. In fact, I would argue it is the most intensely team-based sport among the major North American sports. Unlike leagues like the NFL or NBA, collecting a few stars on a baseball team can only make a marginal difference. If you have any doubt, baseball history is replete with examples of teams that include multiple Hall of Famers and fail to even make a World Series let alone win one. But tonight, Paul Skenes looked as if he didn’t even need a team behind him. He started the night with 4.2 of no-hit innings that were only broken on a swinging bunt from Lourdes Gurriel Jr and a screaming single to left from Nolan Arenado. Outside of that one threat, the D-Backs failed to muster even a nominal challenge to Skenes’ dominance, swinging early and freely. For Michael Soroka, it was an incredibly tough luck loss. His only fatal mistake came on the fourth pitch of the game when Brandon Lowe took a hanging changeup on the outside edge of the plate right to the centerfield camera well for the only run of the game.

After Lowe’s homer, the Pirates followed up with a Bryan Reynolds single and a Ryan O’Hearn walk and I started to get a sinking deja vu feeling of that nightmarish first inning in Milwaukee last Thursday. Instead, the D-Backs performed the first of many defensive gems all over Chase Field that kept the game as close as it was. In the first, Arenado took away a hit from Nick Gonzales on a hot shot down the line and nearly turned it into a double play. There was the diving catch at the warning track by Alek Thomas to take away a double from Spencer Horwitz, and there were multiple plays at the plate – including an inexplicably bad baserunning blunder that ended the second inning.

Maybe it’s a little unfair to call a 2.91 ERA and 0.824 WHIP season as up and down, but that’s exactly what happens when you set the bar as high as Skenes has with a Rookie of the Year award and then follow it up with a unanimous Cy Young award. It’s also probably a little unfair to be upset about losing to a pitcher like that when nearly every pitch offering seems to be working. Thankfully, the D-Backs will have a chance to take the series tomorrow against Mitch Keller while Zac Gallen will look for another bounceback performance after yet another blowup against the Cubs on Friday.

DENVER — The anticipated return of a key Mets reliever has been placed on hold. 

A.J. Minter is dealing with left hip discomfort, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, and has been removed from his minor league rehab assignment.

The lefty reliever was completing a rehab at Triple-A Syracuse from lat surgery and was days away from potentially rejoining the club. 

“We’re not too concerned, but we’ll probably give him a couple or few days and then he will continue to throw,” Mendoza said before the Mets’ 10-5 win over the Rockies on Wednesday. 

Minter was scheduled to pitch back-to-back games for the first time in his rehab beginning Wednesday, the last hurdle before rejoining the Mets. 

“He’s not too concerned, but the fact he reported it we’re doing that,” Mendoza said. 

Minter, who arrived before last season on a two-year contract worth $22 million, hasn’t pitched for the Mets since April 2025. 

The Mets can reset Minter’s rehab clock, giving him another 30 days in the minor leagues if needed once he’s cleared to resume pitching. 

Luis Torrens started at catcher for a second straight game with Francisco Alvarez at DH. Mendoza said the fact Juan Soto has returned to playing left field provides the flexibility to use Torrens (the superior defensive catcher) and Alvarez (the better hitter of the two) in the same lineup.

But Soto will still receive occasional DH starts — one is planned for Thursday’s series finale — after spending time last month on the injured list with a right calf strain.

Mendoza may often use Torrens and Alvarez in the same lineup until the Mets begin getting injured players back. 

“It depends on matchups,” Mendoza said. “Do you want the lefties? Day games after night games, how many in a row, Juan’s ability to continue to play [left field] on a daily basis. There’s a lot that goes into it.” 

Kodai Senga has begun playing catch in his rehab from lumbar spine inflammation, according to Mendoza. The right-hander received an epidural on the last homestand. 

Though Jorge Polanco continues to participate in baseball activities pregame, he isn’t close to beginning a minor league rehab assignment, according to Mendoza. Polanco is rehabbing a right wrist contusion. 

Mendoza said he spent Tuesday’s off-day created by inclement weather watching video of his players. 

“A lot of baseball,” he said. “There’s not much to do.”

Almost a year after his release from the Yankees, DJ LeMahieu is back in baseball.

But, at least for now, he’s not on the field —  he’ll be calling the shots from the dugout.

The former All-Star second baseman was hired as the manager of the Royal Oak Leprechauns, a Northwoods summer collegiate baseball team in Michigan. LeMahieu moved to the state as a middle schooler and then became a prolific player at Brother Rice High School.

LeMahieu previously helped fund the summer team’s home ballpark renovations earlier this decade.

The team said LeMahieu will be “continuing to pursue opportunities in professional baseball,” though it did not specify whether that meant playing or coaching.

“DJ has been hands-on throughout the entire offseason, and that’s meant everything to our staff,” general manager Danny Weiss said in a statement about the hiring. “As he steps into the field manager role, that same commitment carries over to the players he leads. He cares deeply about building a culture players want to be part of — and that’s going to set the standard for everything we do in 2026 and beyond.”

LeMahieu was designated for assignment by the Yankees last July and officially released one day later after hititng .266 with a .674 OPS in 45 games in 2025. Over his last three seasons in pinstripes, he hit just .237.

It was a fall-off from his first two seasons with the Yankees when he finished fourth and third in the American League MVP voting in 2019 and 2020, respectively. In the COVID-shortened 2020, he led MLB with a .364 average and the AL with a .421 on-base percentage and 1.011 OPS.

Last Monday, LeMahieu posted on his Instagram feed for the first time in six years to wish the Yankees well.

“I know it’s been a minute but just want to make sure I say thank you to the @yankees organization, all of the fans and my teammates for my time in New York,” he wrote in the caption of his post. “I may have been three years shy of being a true ‘New Yorker,’ but New York will forever feel like home. I’m thankful to have been a part of some incredible moments on the field. Hoping for continued success for the boys!”

The Leprechauns start their season May 25.

DENVER — The colder it got Wednesday night, the louder the Mets bats crackled. 

By the middle innings, the temperature had dropped to 37 degrees at Coors Field and the Mets were rolling. All that remained was for the bullpen to secure the final outs. 

The Mets survived for a 10-5 victory over the Rockies, giving them three straight wins and four in their past five games. They will try for their first series sweep of the season today. 

“It’s been tough times definitely,” Juan Soto said, referring to the Mets’ NL-worst record entering play. “But we come with the same mentality every day.” 

After a postponement from Tuesday’s wintry mix that included snow that coated the field, the Mets broke out offensively, racing to an eight-run lead in the sixth inning.

The Rockies rallied later — most notably against Tobias Myers and Sean Manaea — but manager Carlos Mendoza’s high-leverage relievers preserved the victory. 

It wasn’t the altitude ball as much as solid contact that carried the Mets, who had 15 hits. 

Marcus Semien led the rampage with a 4-for-5 performance that included hits in two big rallies before smashing a two-run homer in the ninth. Mark Vientos and Luis Torrens were the only starters without a hit. 

“You want to have good games in this ballpark, it’s a good place to hit,” Semien said. “It’s a big outfield and the ball carries.” 

Freddy Peralta grinded through five shutout innings, allowing four hits and two walks with one strikeout. It was Peralta’s first start this season in which he didn’t surrender a run. Peralta ran deep into counts and was removed after 91 pitches. 

“Crazy weather,” Peralta said when asked about the difficulty of pitching in such cold conditions. “Hard to breathe, and 35 degrees is crazy.” 

Soto, batting leadoff for the second straight game — and the second time in his Mets tenure — hit the night’s third pitch for a homer. The blast was his fourth this season and the first leadoff homer of his career. 

Carson Benge’s two-run single against Michael Lorenzen in the fourth was the big hit in an inning when the Mets scored three runs to take a 4-0 lead.

Brett Baty walked leading off and Semien doubled before Benge delivered, continuing his recent surge. He entered the day 10-for-23 (.323) over his previous nine starts. Francisco Alvarez extended the rally with a single before Torrens’ groundout brought in the Mets’ fourth run. 

The Rockies produced plenty of early traffic against Peralta, but the right-hander wouldn’t break. 

In the second, he allowed consecutive singles to TJ Rumfield and Tyler Freeman leading off the inning before recording three straight outs. In the third he allowed a single and a walk — with a wild pitch mixed in — before retiring Rumfield for the final out. In the fourth, Troy Johnston singled and Kyle Karros walked before Peralta recorded two straight outs to escape. 

Benge’s sixth-inning double helped fuel another rally. Alvarez followed with an RBI single and Torrens got plunked to load the bases.

Soto’s sacrifice fly extended the lead to 6-0 before Bo Bichette delivered an RBI single. Tyrone Taylor’s RBI fielder’s choice widened the gulf to eight runs. 

Myers entered for the sixth and surrendered a leadoff homer to Rumfield. Freeman and Johnston followed with consecutive doubles for another run before Jake McCarthy launched a two-run homer that sliced the Mets lead to 8-4. 

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Myers never completed the inning. He surrendered a single to Edouard Julien before Brooks Raley was summoned to get the final out. 

Raley got the Mets through the seventh before Luke Weaver pitched a scoreless eighth and Manaea stumbled in the ninth. Devin Williams had warmed up in the bullpen earlier, but once the Mets tacked on with Semien’s homer in the ninth the lefty Manaea was deployed. Manaea, relegated to mop-up duty because of his struggles, recorded only one out and was removed after allowing three hits and plunking a batter.

Williams entered with the bases loaded and struck out Jordan Beck and Karros in succession to end the game. 

“It’s been a tough stretch for Sean,” Mendoza said. “He’s too good of a pitcher. He’s very important for us. We have to continue to support him, work with him, especially in moments like this.” 

Despite a good number of quality at-bats and a surplus of hits to generate traffic, the Colorado Rockies (14-23) left too many men on base as the New York Mets (14-22) continued to heat up with a 10-5 victory.

A cold night for Lorenzen

After delivering an incredible start his last time out against the Mets, Michael Lorenzen labored in his outing this time around against New York. The tone of his start was set when Juan Soto blasted a 435-foot home run on the third pitch of the game, the first leadoff home run of his impressive career, to give the Mets a 1-0 lead.

That score would remain until Lorenzen surrendered three runs in the fourth inning. Brett Baty drew a lead-off walk and moved up to third on a Marcus Semien double. Both runners then scored on a single by Carson Benge, who later scored on a groundout by Luis Torrens, making it 4-0.

Things then quickly got out of hand for Lorenzen in the sixth inning when he allowed three straight hits to start the inning, leaving the game after allowing an RBI single to Francisco Alvarez. Zach Agnos relieved Lorenzen but couldn’t prevent the other two runs from scoring on a Soto sacrifice fly and a Bo Bichette single. Agnos would allow a fourth run of the inning on a botched double-play ball to give the Mets an 8-0 lead.

On the night, Lorenzen struggled to miss bats, leaving too many pitches over the plate, and the Mets took advantage of his errors in the cold air.

He tossed five complete innings, giving up seven runs on 11 hits with three walks and two strikeouts. Lorenzen threw 87 pitches, 53 for strikes, while inducing six ground outs. He now sports a 6.92 ERA on the season.

Innings eater

After escaping the sixth inning, Agnos settled in to save the bullpen by finishing the rest of the game on the mound. He went four innings, allowing three runs on four hits while throwing 59 pitches. The Mets managed to tack on a pair of runs after Baty singled, and Semien hit a home run.

Peralta’s Coors Field Comfort

Freddy Peralta continued his excellence at Coors Field, limiting the Rockies to just four hits through five innings. They had threatened to score multiple times but failed to bring home any runs. However, he also struggled to miss bats, as he struck out just one batter and the Rockies hitters made him work.

Peralta issued just two walks but threw 91 pitches, 56 strikes, while inducing seven groundouts. He did well to induce weak contact and get Colorado to hit the ball directly at the defense. However, once he was out of the game, the Rockies started to get rolling.

Rally in the Sixth

After being held scoreless through five, that finally changed with a sixth-inning rally against Tobias Myers.

TJ Rumfield led off the inning with his fifth home run of the season to get the Rockies on the board. Tyler Freeman and Troy Johnston laced back-to-back doubles to make it an 8-2 game.

Kyle Karros and Ezequiel Tovar then recorded the first two outs of the inning, and it looked like the Rockies’ rally would stall out with two runs. However, Jake McCarthy stepped up to the plate to make sure that wasn’t the case. Myers delivered an 80.4 mph splitter in an 1-2 count that hung over the middle of the plate, and McCarthy promptly deposited it 401 feet into the Rockies’ bullpen.

The two-run home run was his first of the season, making it an 8-4 ball game.

Edouard Julien kept things moving with a single, bringing Mickey Moniak to the plate. Unfortunately, Moniak struck out swinging against Brooks Raley to end the inning.

For the Rockies, the four extra-base hits were the most in an inning this season.

Left in the Cold

After Semien’s home run in the top half of the inning, the Rockies found a little bit more life in the bottom of the ninth. Facing the struggling lefty Sean Manaea, Mickey Moniak laced a one-out single to extend his hit streak to 18 games to tie a career-high. Hunter Goodman followed with a single and TJ Rumfield collected his third hit of the night to load the bases.

Freeman was then hit by a pitch to drive in a run and make it 10-5 with one out. The Rockies sent out Jordan Beck as a pinch-hitter, but the Mets countered with their closer, Devin Williams, who then struck out Beck. The rally ended as Karros struck out looking to end the game.

Leaving runners on base became the story of the game for Colorado. Despite notching 13 hits, the team went 3-for-13 with runners in scoring position and left 11 runners on base as a team.

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The Mets broke out the bats at Coors Field, beating the Colorado Rockies, 10-5, thanks to 15 hits by the offense.

Here are the takeaways...

-- For a stadium that most pitchers loathe to pitch in, Freddy Peralta loves it. The right-hander entered the game 2-0 with a 1.59 ERA in four games (three starts) at Coors Field and he improved those numbers with five scoreless innings on Wednesday night.

Peralta did it despite traffic on the bases for most of the night, escaping jam after jam and relying on his defense to make plays behind him as he only struck out one batter, which is highly unusual for the pitcher who began the night with a career 11.1 K/9 rate.

With the Mets up 8-0, Peralta was pulled after 91 pitches (56 strikes) and lowered his season ERA to 3.12.

-- Offensively, Juan Soto, leading off for the second straight game, got New York going in the first with a leadoff home run off Michael Lorenzen, who shut out the Mets over seven innings at Citi Field a couple of starts ago. It was Soto’s first career leadoff homer as he’s only batted first four times in his career. 

-- After the home run, Lorenzen kept New York at bay until the fourth inning, when the Mets teed off against the right-hander. Carson Benge had the biggest hit of the frame with a two-run single that extended New York’s lead to 3-0. 

Benge, who homered on Monday, has had a terrific road trip and has been much better at the plate after a rough start to his career. The rookie finished 2-for-5 with two RBI and two runs scored and raised his batting average above the Mendoza line (.202) for the first time since March.

-- But Benge wasn’t the only Met to swing a good stick against Colorado. Marcus Semien (4-for-5), Francisco Alvarez (2-for-4), Bo Bichette (2-for-5), Brett Baty (2-for-4) and MJ Melendez (2-for-2) all had multi-hit games to help knock Lorenzen out after 5.0+ innings.

In fact, New York doubled its lead in the sixth by putting up a four-spot with three of those runs charged to Lorenzen. Alvarez and Bichette each had run-scoring singles during the frame with Soto adding another with a sacrifice fly and Tyrone Taylor reaching on an error that brought home a run.

-- Tobias Myers, who hadn’t allowed an earned run in his last nine innings, began the bottom of the sixth inning and just didn’t have it. The right-hander was greeted immediately with a solo shot by TJ Rumfield before back-to-back, hard-hit doubles drove in another. 

After a mound visit by pitching coach Justin Willard, Myers retired the next two hitters, but Jake McCarthy launched a two-run homer that got the Rockies closer at 8-4. Another hard-hit single by Edouard Julien extended the inning and knocked Myers out of the game. Myers surrendered four earned runs on five hits (all with exit velocities above 95 mph) and saw his ERA rise to 3.57.

-- Brooks Raley would come in and finally put the inning to bed with a strikeout. The lefty also pitched a scoreless seventh inning and has been amazing to start the year with his 1.29 ERA. Luke Weaver looked good in the eighth inning and Sean Manaea was tasked with finishing things off in the ninth, but the left-hander could only get one out before he was yanked with the bases loaded and a run already in after he hit a batter with the bases full following three-straight singles. Devin Williams came in and got the final two outs via strikeout to pick up the save.

-- Semien capped off his incredible night offensively with a two-run blast in the top of the ninth inning and was a triple shy of the cycle and was the first Mets player to tally four hits in a game on the year. He also made a nice play in the field on a ball with a tough hop to get a force out.

-- With the win, the Mets no longer have the worst record in MLB as they are now percentage points better than the Rockies.

Game MVP: Mets lineup

It's hard to pick one player when the Mets racked up 10 runs on 15 hits, although it's nice to see Semien have a good game at the plate after such a rough beginning to his tenure in New York.

Highlights

Juan Soto's first career leadoff home run! pic.twitter.com/KJfHqgetUq

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A triple for MJ Melendez! pic.twitter.com/K7wGJ0WHD9

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A 2-run single from Carson Benge! pic.twitter.com/IDegfaBE4e

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Francisco Alvarez makes it 5-0! pic.twitter.com/jrgXY5AcNM

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Bo Bichette drives another one home!

It's 7-0 Mets! pic.twitter.com/FWA5c9yIul

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Marcus Semien caps off a four-hit night with a homer! pic.twitter.com/1owsW707VE

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What's next

The Mets and Rockies conclude their three-game series on Thursday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 3:10 p.m. on SNY.

RHP Christian Scott (0-0, 4.26 ERA) goes up against LHP Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.07 ERA).

Well the Braves finally lost a series, losing a 3-game series to the Mariners in Seattle, with a one-run loss and a two-run loss. It is pretty impressive that this far in the season, it took a lot to go wrong for them to lose a series by two small-margin losses like this. On Monday, of course, the pitching depth was essentially non-existant, resulting in JR Ritchie being left in the game too long and today the Braves might have had a better shot at coming back if it weren’t for some really egregious baserunning from Jorge Mateo. This is a good team folks and let’s hope for a good showing against that scary Dodgers team this weekend.

Braves News

Former Braves owner and media mogul Ted Turner passed away Wednesday, after making a huge impact on the Braves’ franchise and American media.

The Braves called up Jim Jarvis, DFAing Jose Azocar, as our own Matt Powers did a breakdown on what to expect from Jarvis.

The Braves finally lost a series, as they lost a tight 3-1 game in Seattle with a quiet offensive performance.

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MLB News

Gleyber Torres hit the 10-day IL with an oblique strain for the Tigers.

Framber Valdez will serve a 5-day suspension for plunking Trevor Story vs the Red Sox.

Carlos Correa’s season is over for the Astros, as he received surgery on a torn left ankle tendon.