NY Mets vs Rockies live updates, score and analysis for today's game
Follow our live updates as the New York Mets open a three-game series with the Rockies on Monday at Coors Field.
DENVER — Carlos Mendoza is shaking things up again to try and keep the offense flowing. One day after the Mets used two home runs from Mark Vientos to shoot past the Angels, Mendoza has plugged in Juan Soto in the leadoff spot for the first time this season as the club takes on the Rockies in their series opener at 3:40 p. m.
on Monday afternoon at Coors Field. It is the first time that Soto has batted in the top spot in the lineup since May 30, 2021, when he was a member of the Nationals. The Mets opened their nine-game road trip by taking two out of three games from the Angels over the weekend in Anaheim.
Sunday's 5-1 victory helped the Mets improve to 12-22 on the season. The Rockies, who swept the Mets in three games between April 24-26, have lost five of their last six games entering Monday. Huascar Brazoban will open Monday's game on the mound for the Mets before giving way to David Peterson, who enters with an 0-4 record and a 6.
53 ERA. Tomoyuki Sugano is the Rockies' starter for Monday. He enters with a 3-1 record and 2.