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Rockies rally vs. scuffling Familia, top Mets
- Updated: July 28, 2016
NEW YORK — A Mets team that has not won consecutive games in three weeks is reeling. A Rockies club looking to establish itself as a postseason contender was more than happy on Thursday to take advantage.
The Rockies scored the game-tying run on a fielding error and the go-ahead run on a wild pitch in the ninth inning at Citi Field, tagging Jeurys Familia for his second blown save in as many days in a 2-1 win over the Mets.
Prior to Wednesday’s loss to the Cardinals, Familia had converted 52 consecutive save opportunities, the third-longest streak in Major League history. Mets manager Terry Collins said after that game that Familia would be unavailable Thursday, but the closer began warming up in the bottom of the eighth. By the time Familia exited with one out in the ninth, the Rockies were well on their way to improving to 1-45 when trailing after seven innings, and 1-41 when trailing after eight. Colorado is 10-3 since the All-Star break, and has won seven of eight.
“That’s one of the best wins of the year, if not the best,” said manager Walt Weiss, whose team played a night game in Baltimore on Wednesday, got to bed in New York at 3:30 a.m., and didn’t prepare properly for Thursday’s game because the team bus was late after being stuck in traffic for 70 minutes.
“We’ve got to win games and stay in this thing. Tough circumstances with the turnaround. But typically we handle that stuff pretty well.”
Starting pitchers Jacob deGrom and Tyler Anderson both thrived in the early innings for the Mets and Rockies, respectively. But Anderson made one more damaging mistake than deGrom, allowing an RBI double to Rene Rivera in the second inning. That put him on the hook for a loss until the Rockies rallied off Familia in the ninth, plating the game-tying run on a James Loney error. Moments later, David Dahl came racing home on a wild pitch.
“Every time I come into the game, I just want to do my job and do the best I can,” Familia said. “I couldn’t get my job done.”
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDRookie pluck, plus veteran luck: Rookies Trevor Story and Dahl — called up from Triple-A Monday — started the ninth-inning rally with a single and a walk. Then it seemed fortune was on the Rockies’ side when veteran Daniel Descalso’s two-strike, one-out bunt against …
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