Thursday was scheduled to be an off day for the New York Mets and Colorado Rockies, but the weather had a different plan.
Rain postponed the teams’ Tuesday game, and a snowstorm that dropped 5.8 inches pushed back the first pitch several hours on Wednesday. The Mets and Rockies will conclude the series with a makeup game Thursday afternoon.
New York will send right-hander Christian Scott (0-0. 4.26 ERA) to the mound to face Colorado lefty Jose Quintana (1-2, 4.07).
The Mets, who prevailed 10-5 on Wednesday night, have won the first two games of the series and are 4-1 to start their nine-game road trip.
Scott will start against the Rockies for the second time in his career. The other outing came on July 13, 2024, when he allowed three runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings during a no-decision. He hasn’t completed five innings in either of his past two starts overall.
New York can complete its first series sweep of the season on Thursday afternoon. The Mets won seven of their first 11 games, then lost 12 in a row and 17 of 20 before hitting the road to start May.
They took a series against the Los Angeles Angels last weekend before coming into Denver, where they have prevailed through wintry weather.
Mark Vientos, the Mets’ breakout star of the 2024 postseason when he batted .327 with five home runs in 13 games, has been one of the catalysts for New York’s recent success. He slumped during the 12-game losing streak but has bounced back to start producing again.
Vientos is hitting .250 with two home runs and six RBIs through four games in May.
“We’ve seen it,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “We haven’t seen that in a while, but when he gets hot, man, he can carry a team.”
The Rockies also have a player who is trending upward. Mickey Moniak, the No. 1 overall draft pick by the Philadelphia Phillies in 2016, signed a free-agent deal with Colorado before Opening Day last year. He hit a career-best 24 home runs in 2025 and is on pace to break that mark this season.
Moniak has 11 homers and 21 RBIs in 30 games — both of which lead the Rockies — and has four multi-homer games already this year. He had a single Wednesday night to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, which ties the longest of his career.
“I see a complete baseball player,” teammate TJ Rumfield said. “I see a cerebral baseball player. I see a guy who knows what he’s doing when he gets in the box. And he looks calm all the time.
“That’s something to take in as younger players, how calm he is in the box and how he deals with pitches, because that’s one of the best hitters in the league. I try to pick up on a little bit of what he’s doing.”
Quintana is coming off his longest start of the season, when he threw six innings of one-run ball in a no-decision against the Atlanta Braves on Friday. He is 3-3 with a 3.86 ERA in six career outings, all starts, against the Mets.
–Field Level Media
