Mets beat Rockies in opener

Mets 5 Rockies 1

Denver — Starling Marte homered in his return to the lineup, and the New York Mets beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 in the first game of a split doubleheader on Saturday.

Friday's game was postponed when wintry weather blew into Colorado after temperatures were in the high 80s on Thursday. Snow continued to fall Saturday morning but by first pitch the skies were clearing and the temperature was 45 degrees.

Carlos Carrasco (4-1) allowed a run on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings and Luis Guillorme had three hits for New York.

Marte was away from the team following the death of his grandmother and was reinstated from the bereavement list before the game.

His first swing of the day went deep into the left field bleachers to give the Mets a 2-0 lead two batters into the game.

"We all just kind of looked at each other and went, 'Really?' You can't make that stuff up," manager Buck Showalter said of the home run. "It was emotional. I'm glad I had glasses on."

When Marte crossed home plate he looked up and pointed to the sky.

"It's a hard situation because it's one of those things that's going to be in my mind for a very long time," Marte said of his grandmother's death before the game. "Being around the team is a distraction, but...you have to go through it."

Patrick Mazeika had a two-run double in the second inning to stretch New York's lead and Francisco Lindor's RBI single in the sixth made it 5-0.

C.J. Cron had three hits and Germán Márquez (1-4) allowed five runs — four earned — in six innings for the Rockies. Colorado has lost nine of its last 11 games.

Carrasco left after Brendan Rodgers singled in the sixth inning. José Iglesias hit a grounder in front of the plate and beat the throw to first, allowing Cron to score from third.

"This is my first time pitching here," Carrasco said. "Normally when I throw my changeup it's completely different. Here it looked like more like to two-seamer."