The Day

Rockies rally past Mets

- By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press

Denver — Ryan McMahon homered for the third straight game and drove in five runs, Charlie Blackmon also went deep and the Colorado Rockies outslugged the New York Mets 11-10 on Sunday.

McMahon had a three-run double in a four-run fourth inning against Tylor Megill and hit a 437-foot, tworun homer to center field off Stephen Nogosek (0-1) an inning later when the Rockies scored five more times. Colorado erased a 6-2 deficit to take two of three in the series and complete a 5-2 homestand.

"Our guys are rallying around each other," said manager Bud Black, who improved to 441-483 and passed the late Don Baylor for the second-most wins in Rockies history. "It's really a good group of guys who understand their role."

Francisco Alvarez hit a three-run homer in the Mets' six-run fourth and Francisco Lindor had a solo shot. Tommy Pham added a two-run double and then had a two-run triple in a three-run ninth. The Mets ended the season series 2-4 against the lastplace Rockies and slipped back to .500.

"We're a better team than what our record is right now," said Brandon Nimmo, who went 2 for 3 with two walks. "It's going to take putting the pitching and the hitting together and we'll have better results. This team, we feel good going up against anybody."

Randal Grichuk had three hits and drove in two, while Peter Lambert (11) allowed one run and three hits in 2 2/3 innings for Colorado in a game where both starting pitchers gave up six runs in four innings.

Mets manager Buck Showalter shuffled his lineup, including moving the hot-hitting rookie Alvarez from ninth to second in the order.

That move worked, with the 21-year-old catcher going deep against Austin Gomber for his second homer in as many days and eighth of the season.

It was Alvarez's first homer against a left-hander.

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