Mets Sweep Day-Night Doubleheader Against Rockies

DENVER – David Wright hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Mets completed a doubleheader sweep with a 4-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on last night.The Mets won the opener 10-3 behind Kris Benson’s pitching and Mike Cameron’s four RBIs.The Mets tied the second game in the eighth inning against Tim Harikkala, when Eric Valent led off with his seventh homer.Richard Hidalgo opened the ninth inning with a popup behind the mound and reached first when Steve Reed (3-3) was charged with an error after colliding with shortstop Royce Clayton. Wright followed with his fifth homer, sending a drive over the wall in left-center.After the teams labored through the first game in 3 hours, 26 minutes, Jeff Fassero and Al Leiter had things going at a brisk pace in the nightcap – until the lights went out. The game was delayed 13 minutes in the fourth inning after most of the lights around Coors Field went dark.Fassero worked quickly and effectively before and after the break, allowing two hits in the first three innings before giving up a run on Hidalgo’s sacrifice fly in the fourth. Fassero didn’t yield much after that, leaving after allowing a run and four hits in six innings.The Rockies went up 2-1 in the sixth inning when J.D. Closser took out Joe McEwing. Shortstop Wilson Delgado made a nice play in the hole on Jorge Piedro’s chopper, but his throw was low and McEwing couldn’t get out of the way in time. McEwing had to be helped from the field by trainers, not a good sign for the injury-plagued Mets.New York placed right-hander Victor Zambrano on the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day and lost reliever Mike DeJean in the eighth inning of the first game when he was hit on the shin by Aaron Miles’s liner. This for a team that’s already missing slugger Mike Piazza (knee), second baseman Jose Reyes (leg) and shortstop Kaz Matsui (back).Reliever Braden Looper hit Closser on the leg with a pitch in his next at-bat in the eighth inning and was ejected by plate umpire Lance Barksdale.Mike Stanton (1-5) worked the final 1 1/3 innings for the win. Leiter allowed two runs and five hits in six innings. He also walked five.The Mets won the opener by roughing up Rockies starter Shawn Estes (13-5).The Mets batted around against the left-hander in the first inning, capped by Cameron’s career-high 26th homer, a three-run shot to center.Estes had difficulty keeping the ball down after that, allowing six runs and 10 hits in five innings.Benson (10-9) did a better job of working out of trouble, allowing three runs and seven hits in six solid innings.

Mets Sweep Day-Night Doubleheader Against Rockies

Mets Sweep Day-Night Doubleheader Against Rockies

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