Benge and Vientos lead the Mets to a victory over the skidding Rockies
DENVER (AP) — Carson Benge homered leading off the sixth inning for New York’s first hit against Tomoyuki Sugano, and the Mets beat the skidding Colorado Rockies 4-2 on Monday in a game moved up three hours to avoid potential wet weather. Mark Vientos added a two-run single for the Mets, who are 3-1 on a nine-game trip after losing 17 of 20 overall. Benge also saved a run with a diving catch in center field.
New York got four hits in a four-run sixth after Sugano (3-2) was untouchable through five innings. He threw just 48 pitches and had faced the minimum entering the sixth before things unraveled for him. Benge homered to right-center and Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens followed with consecutive doubles to make it 2-0.
Sugano walked Juan Soto and was removed following Bo Bichette’s groundout that put runners on second and third. Vientos drove in two more with a two-out single off Jaden Hill. Vientos hit a pair of two-run homers Sunday in a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Denver native David Peterson (1-4), the third New York pitcher, went four innings for the win. He gave up two runs and three hits with six strikeouts and no walks. Craig Kimbrel worked a scoreless eighth and Devin Williams pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
Mickey Moniak had two hits for Colorado to extend his hitting streak to 17 games. RED SOX 5, TIGERS 4 DETROIT (AP) — Payton Tolle pitched seven innings of two-run ball, Jarren Duran hit a three-run home run and Boston used a five-run seventh inning to beat Detroit. Tolle (1-1) struck out eight, giving up two runs, one hit and a walk to help the Red Sox take the opener of the series and earn his first win of the season.
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