Mets halt Rockies' momentum with sweep
The Colorado Rockies came into their second meeting against the New York Mets with a new liveliness, fresh off sweeping the Miami Marlins. It was their first series win in six calendar months and their first sweep in over a year, but the Mets quickly stalled any motion the Rox were building to turn their season around with a sweep.
Before game one, Colorado announced that they released catcher Jacob Stallings and placed Ezequiel Tovar on the 10-day injured list with an oblique strain. Cutting Stallings opened up a spot on the 40-man roster, filled by 24-year-old Ryan Ritter. Ritter, the club’s No. 11 overall prospect was drafted by the Rockies in 2022 and has been one of the best hitters in the minor leagues.
He was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Month on Thursday, with 12 home runs in the 24 games of May. He led the PCL in slugging percentage (.635) and OPS (1.048), and has been on the radar all year long.
Game One
For the first time in 2025, the Rockies elected to go with an opening pitcher role in game one, giving reliever Ryan Rolison the first start of his career. The job of an opener is to get through the first inning, so the true starter gets to face the opponents top of the order one less time. Rolison got through the frame quickly, and gave the ball to Antonio Senzatela, who threw four shutout innings. It was the first time since April 3 that Senzatela didn’t give up a run, bringing his ERA down to 6.68.
Colorado got on the board in the third with Mickey Moniak’s sixth home run of the season. It’s his third bomb in his last seven games and gave the Rox a 1-0 lead. Two innings later, Ritter connected for the first hit of his career, becoming the first Rockie ever to hit a triple in their MLB debut.
“I’m just happy for him,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer said about Ritter. “In his first game to get his first big knock … I’m so proud of him.”
New York’s Pete Alonso gave the Mets the lead in the top of the seventh, but Moniak tied it up 2-2 later that inning, having his fifth multi-RBI game this year. With an even score in the ninth inning, New York slotted in Francisco Lindor to pinch-hit for Tyrone Taylor. In his one and only at-bat of the game, Lindor punched a two-run RBI double to put the Rockies away 4-2.
Game Two
There were some bright spots in the Rockies sloppy game two effort, with the top five hitters in the lineup combining for eight hits. That was put in the backseat, however, since the team had two errors en route to an 8-1 loss. It’s the tenth time this year they’ve had multiple in a game, with 37 total errors in their 30 games played a Coors Field this year.
Germán Márquez got his second start of June and gave up three home runs, coming out to four earned runs across five innings.
Ryan McMahon surpassed team history in the fourth-inning, becoming the 11th player in Rockies history with the most home runs. He overtook Matt Holliday’s 130 franchise bombs, and snapped his 22 game streak of not leaving the yard.
The Mets ran away with this game in the middle frames, plating six total runs across innings five, six and seven. Rolison and Jimmy Herget gave up two earned runs each while allowing four hits.
Game Three
The Rockies were unable to snap their five game skid against the Mets on Sunday, getting wiped 13-5. It finalized the 11th time the Rockies have gotten swept this year and plummeted their record to 12-53, which ties the 1932 Boston Red Sox for worst start through 65 games.
Chase Dollander got the tenth start of his career, only going three innings for the second straight time. The Mets continued hitting the ball out of the park, jumping five runs and eight hits off the rookie.
With starting pitcher Tylor Megill’s no-hitter through the fourth inning, New York was able to skip to an 8-0 lead. Sam Hilliard broke the bid in the fifth with a double, who’s tallied a .358 batting average with a 1.154 OPS since getting promoted on May 30.
Tyler Freeman extended his career-long hitting streak to eight games on Sunday. Freeman has doubled his production at the plate since returning from injury in mid-May.
“The way he puts the ball in play,” Schaeffer said about Freeman. “The way he battles, the way he comes to the yard ready every day to go. It’s easy to give at-bats away down 10, he didn’t give away any at-bats tonight and I think that’s who he is.”
The Rockies begin their three game series against the division-rival San Francisco Giants (38-28) on Tuesday, June 10. First pitch of game one is at 6:40 p.m. MT.
