Rockies win streak ends; Mets’ ninth-inning rally drops them to 12-51

DENVER — Rockies Report, Game 63:

ROCKIES BOTTOM LINE: With Colorado’s game against the New York Mets deadlocked in the ninth inning and rookie closer Zach Agnos on the hill in a ninth-inning situation, he faced the kind of matchup the Rockies want to see so they can evaluate and test their young reliever.

Two outs. A 2-2 game. Two runners on. And five-time All-Star Francisco Lindor hobbling to the plate in a pinch-hitting role, nursing a broken toe along the way.

Agnos got ahead 0-1. But his subsequent cutter caught too much of the zone. And Lindor made him pay, lining it to the right-field corner, scoring both runners and summarily grinding Colorado’s three-game win streak to a halt, dealing the Rox a 4-2 loss on Friday night.

Agnos entered the night with four saves, including one Monday night before missing the last two games while on the bereavement list. In his 16 previous appearances, he’d never allowed more than a single earned run.

It was a frustrating moment, no doubt, but also a learning experience for the 2022 10th-round pick whose arc remains promising.

“Every experience is good one for these guys,” interim manager Warren Schaeffer said.

All of New York’s runs came at the expense of Colorado’s bullpen. New York scored twice in the seventh inning off Tyler Kinley, with both of those runs coming home on a Pete Alonso double to the left-center field wall.

Mickey Moniak was responsible for both of Colorado’s runs. In the third inning, he ambushed a Kodai Senga sweeper 390 feet into the right-field stands to give the Rockies a 1-0 lead. Four innings later, he delivered an RBI single to right, scoring Sam Hillard to tie the game at 2-apiece.

Making his major-league debut, Ryan Ritter electrified the Rockies rooters among the 34,890 on hand by blasting a triple to the left-center field wall to lead off the fifth inning, punctuating it with a slide into third base.

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But two batters later, Ritter was thrown out at home, as Moniak hit a sharp grounder to Mets first baseman Pete Alonso, who gunned a throw to Francisco Alvarez. Home-plate umpire Chris Conroy initially called Ritter safe, but a Mets challenge was successful.

Colorado fell to 12-51.

ROCKIES PITCHING REPORT

With abysmal first-inning numbers — specifically a 12.00 ERA in the opening frame — Schaeffer decided to try something different with Senzatela, using Ryan Rolison as an opener before bringing the beleaguered starter out for the second inning.

And it worked.

Typical of most of Senzatela’s outings, he dealt with plenty of traffic after entering in the second inning following Ryan Rolison’s scoreless first frame. He yielded a pair of singles in the second, a walk and a single in the third, and a walk in the fourth inning.

But he kept the game scoreless.

Trouble brewed in the sixth inning when he walked Alonso and Jeff McNeil, leading Schaeffer to relieve him after 84 pitches. But reliever Jake Bird continued to make his case for an All-Star Game spot, striking out three consecutive Mets after plunking Tyrone Taylor.

This was Senzatela’s first scoreless outing in his last 11 starts — and his no-decision snapped a streak of seven consecutive losses.

BITS AND PIECES

IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE ROCKIES WHEN: Mets closer Edwin Diaz retired them in order in the ninth.

ROCKIES NUMBER TO NOTE: 45 — Strikeouts for Bird this season in 36 1/3 innings, including three Friday night. “You can’t lose how hard that is to do. He’s the right guy for that job — and he did a great job tonight,” Schaeffer said.

WHAT’S NEXT: Carson Palmquist looks for his first major-league win after four losses when he starts Saturday night. Clay Holmes will start for the Mets. First pitch at Coors Field will be at an unusual time: 7:40 p.m. MDT.

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