Three stars go yard as Mets deal Rockies another defeat

Field Level Media|published: Sun 1st June, 16:12 2025

Jun 1, 2025; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) reacts to hitting a three-run homer against the Colorado Rockies during the fourth inning at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images

Pete Alonso, Juan Soto and Francisco Lindor homered while Clay Holmes fired seven solid innings as the New York Mets earned a 5-3 victory over the visiting Colorado Rockies on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

Lindor rifled his 13th homer of the year and third of the series with one out in the fifth to snap a 3-3 tie. New York finished its nine-game homestand at 7-2 -- winning seven of the last eight games - to carry momentum into a big three-game series that starts Monday night at the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Soto added insurance in the eighth, lining a 388-foot shot just over the wall in right-center for his 10th of the year and third of the series. The Mets finished the series with nine homers, jacking three in each game.

Holmes (6-3) enjoyed the longest start of his MLB career, which was mostly as a reliever until this year. The former New York Yankee allowed just three hits and three runs, walking none and fanning three in an 85-pitch outing.

Reid Garrett worked the eighth and Edwin Diaz pitched the ninth for his 13th save in as many chances, working around a leadoff single by Sam Hilliard.

Rookie left-hander Carson Palmquist (0-4) permitted four hits and four runs in 4 2/3 innings for Colorado, walking two and whiffing a career-high eight. Orlando Arcia and Tyler Freeman homered, but it wasn't enough to prevent the Rockies from dropping their eighth straight and falling to 9-50.

Arcia, picked up earlier in the week after being released by Atlanta, gave Colorado a 1-0 lead in the third with his first homer. It represented the Rockies' first lead in a game since the previous Sunday, when they lost 5-4 to the New York Yankees.

Palmquist struck out six of the first 10 batters he faced, but ran into command problems in the fourth. He walked Starling Marte and plunked Soto before Alonso belted a three-run homer to right, his 12th of the year.

Freeman tied it 3-3 in the fifth with his first homer of the season, a two-run shot to right-center.

--Field Level Media

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