Mets' bats get skunked in 3-0 loss to Rockies in second game of doubleheader
Kodai Senga failed to get out of the third inning, and the Mets once again failed to produce any offense, dropping the second game of Sunday's doubleheader, 3-0, to the Colorado Rockies who completed a three-game sweep at Citi Field.
The Mets once again failed to produce any offense, dropping the second game of Sunday's doubleheader, 3-0, to the Colorado Rockies at Citi Field. Kodai Senga failed to get out of the third inning, surrendering three runs on three hits and three walks with one strikeout while getting eight outs on 50 pitches (30 strikes). But the story of Game 2 was the same as Game 1 : The bats failed to produce.
The Mets left seven runners on base and went 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and have now scored one run or fewer in 10 of 28 games this season. Rockies starter Chase Dollander was the beneficiary, allowing just five hits and two walks as he struck out seven batters in seven shutout innings. New York, which scored just one run in 18 innings on 10 hits Sunday , fell to 9-19 on the season.
Colorado improved to 13-16 with the three-game sweep in Queens. Here are the key takeaways... - Senga collected his first strikeout of the day on a good forkball in an eight-pitch, 1-2-3 first.
The second was less successful with a hit batter and a walk to start the frame. After a fielder’s choice, a Senga 0-2 forkball hung over the plate and was ripped into right for an RBI single. But a pair of flyouts to left field stranded two runners.
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