Mets beat up on rockies as they keep hot streak going

The Mets will have to go back to reality Monday when they visit the reigning champion Dodgers in Los Angeles. For now, they are basking in the glow of the Washington Generals portion of

their schedule, making easy work of the hopeless Rockies on Saturday with an 8-2 win at Citi Field. The victory got the Mets to a season-high 14 games over .500 (36-22), with their sixth win

in seven games — a stretch that began with two wins over the Dodgers in Queens, but has been bolstered by facing the Rockies (9-49) after the also dreadful White Sox. Colorado, losers of

seven in a row, is off to the worst start through 58 games in MLB’s modern era. This one was over quickly, as the Mets got a three-run triple from Brett Baty in a four-run first inning and

Kodai Senga was brilliant for much of his outing. EXPLORE MORE Coupled with the Phillies loss to Milwaukee, the Mets enter June in a tie atop the NL East. And Brandon Nimmo, who hit one of

three Mets homers Saturday, noted, “The weather’s starting to heat up. We flipped the script to June, when the field starts to be more fair.” That should be good news for Nimmo and others —

including Juan Soto, who also hit his ninth home run of the season Saturday. “We’ve been hitting the ball hard and now we’re getting results,’’ Carlos Mendoza said. The top three hitters in

the Mets lineup — Francisco Lindor, Nimmo and Soto — were on base all day against the Rockies, as the offense made Senga’s afternoon mostly pressure-free. -------------------------

------------------------- Senga retired 18 of the first 19 batters he faced, with Ezequiel Tovar’s one-out homer in the first the only base runner. Senga set down the next 17 in a row until

Tovar walked in the seventh. After Senga allowed the home run, Baty got things started with a three-run triple in a four-run bottom of the first. In the fourth, the back-to-back homers by

Nimmo and Soto helped put the game away against overmatched right-hander Antonio Senzatela, who allowed seven runs in four innings to see his ERA jump — but just slightly — to 7.14. Senga,

on the other hand, made easy work of the Rockies, barely breaking a sweat in the middle innings before he faltered in the seventh. Senga walked Ryan McMahon two batters after the walk to

Tovar. DELIVERING INSIGHTS ON ALL THINGS AMAZIN’S Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ THANK YOU Thairo Estrada’s RBI base hit through the left side of the

infield ended Senga’s afternoon, as he ended up allowing a pair of runs on just two hits in 6 ¹/₃ innings. He’s given up two or fewer earned runs in all but one of his 11 starts this season,

with an ERA of 1.60. José Buttó replaced Senga and walked Sam Hilliard, but got out of the jam with a strikeout of Kyle Farmer. As for the offense, the Mets loaded the bases with no one out

in the bottom of the first, as Lindor and Nimmo opened with singles and Soto walked. Pete Alonso fanned for the first out, but Baty followed with a booming triple off the wall in center to

clear the bases and with two out, Tyrone Taylor delivered a run-scoring base hit to make it 4-1. The pair of hits with runners in scoring position were a welcome change for an offense that

has struggled in those situations. “That’s been a thing for us,’’ Mendoza said. “It was good to get those hits.” They’ve got one more game to feast on the Rockies before four games at Dodger

Stadium and then another three at Colorado as the Mets look to start the summer in style.