Mets Bats Heat Up On a Frigid Night at Coors Field. The Mets are officially on a winning streak

Mets 10, Rockies 5 (Coors Field, Denver, CO)

Mets record: 14-22

Mets streak: Won 3

WP - Freddy Peralta (2-3)

LP - Michael Lorenzen (2-4)

SV- Devin Williams (5)

Seat on the Korner: Freddy Peralta

We select a Star of the Game and virtually invite him to take his Seat on the Korner — just as Ralph Kiner did on WOR-TV Channel 9 during the early days of the New York Mets.

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Peralta pitched 5 scoreless innings, despite pitching in the coldest game of his career (41 degrees at first pitch). Peralta worked his way out of trouble throughout the first four innings, stranding 2 runners for three straight innings. He cruised through the 5th inning, retiring the side in order. He came into the game with a 3.27 ERA and left the game with a 3.12 ERA. Peralta pitched to contact tonight: 5.0 IP, 4H, 0 ER, 1 K, and 2 BB.

Need to Know

• The Mets have now won three in a row and 4 out of their last 5 games (4-1 on the current road trip).

• Game time temperature was a balmy 41 degrees; it was in the mid-30s by the time the game ended.

• Moving Soto to the leadoff spot so he can see some pitches worked for this game. He led off with a HR to left-center field.

• Soto came into this game with an above-1.000 OPS at Coors Field.

• Mickey Moniak extended his hitting streak to 18 games in the bottom of the 9th inning, with a single up the middle past a diving Marcus Semien.

• Lorenzen had previously shut down the Mets earlier in the season, allowing only one run.

• Lorenzen had appeared in 17 games against the Mets leading up to this game, with a 2.42 ERA.

• Peralta has never pitched in a colder game.

• The Rockies have the highest swing rate, the highest first pitch swing rate, and the most strikeouts in the majors.

• Luis Torrens started at catcher for his second game in a row, while Francisco Alvarez started at DH for the second game in a row.

• Alvarez grounded into his 10th double play of the season, putting him on pace for 40+ GIDPs. The team record is held by Mike Piazza, with 27 in 1999.

• May 6 is the 39th anniversary of when the Mets named their first team captain, Keith Hernandez. He told the story in the booth about how it shocked him when he was named captain by the late Davey Johnson. Hernandez said he had no heads up that he was going to be named captain.

Turning Point

The bottom of the 6th inning got a little dicey for the Mets, going into the half-inning with an 8-0 lead and seemingly running away with the game. Enter, Tobias Meyers. Meyers gave up two home runs, two doubles, and a single. And POOF, 2/3 of an inning later, the lead was cut in half to 8-4. Brooks Raley came in to pitch to the lefty, Mickey Moniak. Raley struck him out on three pitches, including a sweeper about 3 feet out of the zone that Moniak foolishly chased to stop the bleeding for the Mets.

Raley then pitched a scoreless bottom of the seventh, with a smooth 4-3 double play by Semien on a grounder to second base.

Three Keys

Carson Benge continues to rake, with a 2 RBI single in the 4th inning, increasing the lead to 3-0 at a pivotal point in the game. He's showing he can hit in high-stakes situations. He added a double in the fifth inning, taking a Lorenzen pitch the other way into the gap. Benge is on a major heater in his past 12 games, with his bat and his glove.

Marcus Semien had three hits in the first four pitches he saw. He raised his average to .225. He ended the game 4-5 with two singles, a double, and a two-run home run. It was the first 4-hit game for a Met this season. He also flashed some leather, making a run-saving play in the bottom of the fourth inning on a grounder up the middle, and a cheeky toss to Bo Bichette for the force out. Bichette tried to turn the double play, but the runner beat the throw at 1st.

On a check-swing in the top of the 8th inning, Juan Soto chased a pitch out of the zone and snapped back his bat. After the swing, Soto seemingly was in discomfort, flexing his hand and rotating his wrist. He stepped out of the box and called time, grabbing his wrist and grimacing. After grounding out to the second baseman, Soto jogged back to the dugout and walked directly down the tunnel. You could almost hear Mets Nation collectively holding its breath between innings. Then, miraculously, Soto came out to play right field in the bottom of the inning. Tragedy averted.