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

The New York Mets desperately needed something to click, and they finally got it. After a brutal 10-21 start to the season, New York took two of three from the Los Angeles Angels this week, marking their first road series victory since early April when they beat the San Francisco Giants in a four-game set. Now they're heading to Denver Monday to start a three-game series against the Colorado Rockies, hoping to ride that momentum.

Mark Vientos Is Waking Up at Exactly the Right Time

In Sunday's 5-1 win, Mark Vientos launched a pair of two-run home runs to give the Mets exactly what they've been missing: power. New York has scored just 118 runs so far, second fewest in all of baseball ahead of only the Giants' 106. That's not a typo. That's a problem.

"I think that's the name of the game, putting yesterday in the past," Vientos said. "We have to focus on the right now."

Manager Carlos Mendoza agrees. "That's our goal, to start winning series," he said. "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."

Peterson Heads Home, But His Numbers Are Brutal

The Mets will use an opener Monday before left-hander David Peterson takes over. Here's the problem: Peterson is 0-4 with a 6.53 ERA and has failed to go four innings in each of his last three starts. Last Wednesday against the Washington Nationals, the 30-year-old Denver native gave up seven runs on five hits in just 3 2/3 frames in a 14-2 loss.

The silver lining? Peterson is facing his hometown Rockies for the fifth time, and he's been solid in those matchups. He's 3-1 with a 1.99 ERA against Colorado in his first four starts against them.

Colorado Is Reeling Hard Right Now

The Rockies have dropped five of their last six games since sweeping the Mets from April 24-26. This past weekend was a disaster: they allowed 28 runs across a three-game sweep by the Atlanta Braves. Their pitching staff is in shambles.

Colorado will counter with offseason addition Tomoyuki Sugano (3-1, 2.84 ERA), who threw 5 and one-third scoreless innings last Wednesday in a 13-2 win over Cincinnati, striking out two. "He set the tone, kept them off-balanced, relied on his offspeed pitches," Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said. "He was really good, efficient, just like he's been all year."

The 36-year-old signed with Colorado in February after going 10-10 with a 4.64 ERA in 30 starts for the Baltimore Orioles last year. He faced the Mets once in 2025, giving up three runs in six innings in a 7-3 win on July 10. The series opener Monday has been moved up three hours due to predicted bad weather.

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