Mets Finally Won a Road Series and Now They're Chasing the Rockies in Denver

The New York Mets needed a win badly, and they just got one. After limping through a brutal start at 10-21, the team finally grabbed a rare road series victory against the Los Angeles Angels, taking two of three games. Now they're headed to Denver to face the reeling Colorado Rockies on Monday, hoping to turn that spark into something real.

This matters because the Mets have been starved for momentum. Since their last road series win against the San Francisco Giants in early April, they've been searching for answers. On Sunday, Mark Vientos provided them with a pair of two-run home runs in a 5-1 victory, giving the lineup something to build on. The offensive numbers have been alarming: New York has scored only 118 runs so far, second fewest in the majors behind only the Giants' 106.

The Bats Are Starting to Wake Up

Vientos didn't sugarcoat what needs to happen next. "I think that's the name of the game, putting yesterday in the past," he said. "We have to focus on the right now." That mindset matters when you're scratching and clawing your way out of a hole like this. Manager Carlos Mendoza echoed the same philosophy: "That's our goal, to start winning series. That's what it's going to take for us to get to where we want to be. One series at a time, one game at a time."

David Peterson Takes the Mound Against His Hometown

The Mets are planning to use an opener on Monday before David Peterson takes over. Peterson is a 30-year-old Denver native with a troubling stat line: 0-4 with a 6.53 ERA. The left-hander has failed to get out of the fourth inning in each of his last three starts. On Wednesday, he gave up seven runs on five hits in just 3 2/3 innings during a 14-2 loss to the Washington Nationals. The silver lining? Peterson has faced the Rockies four times before and owns a 3-1 record with a 1.99 ERA against them.

Colorado comes in desperate after dropping five of its last six games. The Rockies got swept by the Atlanta Braves over the weekend, allowing a staggering 28 runs across three games. They're turning to Tomoyuki Sugano (3-1, 2.84 ERA), an offseason addition who threw 5 1/3 scoreless innings against Cincinnati on Wednesday with two strikeouts in a 13-2 win. Sugano, 36, was a rookie for Baltimore last year and faced the Mets once, giving up three runs over six frames in a 7-3 Orioles victory on July 10. The series opener has been moved up three hours due to weather concerns.

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