Rockies lose heartbreaker to Mets in the ninth inning on Francisco’s Lindor’s clutch double

For the Mets and their rabid fans who made themselves heard at Coors Field Friday night it was another chapter of a dream season For the Rockies it was another hard-fought loss in a season full of defeats The Mets prevailed - on Francisco Lindor s unlikely pinch-hit two-out double off Colorado closer Zach Agnos in the ninth Mets fans who made up a good portion of the broadcasted crowd of chanted MVP MVP as Lindor stood on second base Lindor who hammered the Rockies during the Mets sweep in Queens last weekend suffered a broken pinky toe on his right foot on Wednesday when he was hit by an mph slider by the Dodgers Tony Gonsolin The Mets debated putting Lindor on the injured list but he convinced them not to The Mets - beat the Rockies for the sixth straight time Colorado saw its three-game winning streak end and they slid to - continuing their run at baseball s worst record of the modern era New York took a - lead in the seventh on Pete Alonso s two-run double off Tyler Kinley Starling Marte and Juan Soto reached on back-to-back singles but Kinley had Alonso in an - hole before Alonso blasted his double to left-center The Rockies counter-punched in the bottom of the frame Pinch-hitter Sam Hilliard tripled off the right-field wall and scored on Mickey Moniak s single to right Moniak s solo homer off Mets starter Kodai Senga in the third had put Colorado ahead - The match between the division-leading Mets and the cellar-dwelling Rockies was packed with drama In the Rockies eighth Jordan Beck led off with a single up the middle off reliever Ryne Stanek and Thairo Estrada followed with a double off the right-field wall Third-base coach Andy Gonzalez started to wave Beck around third but held Beck up at the last moment It didn t seem to matter when Hunter Goodman walked to load the bases But then the baseball gods smiled on the Mets Colorado s Ryan McMahon hit a line drive right at third baseman Brett Baty who doubled up Beck for the double play Stanek struck out the slumping Brenton Doyle to end the threat The sixth inning was especially titillating Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela opened the inning by walking Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil Manager Warren Schaeffer pulled Senzatela and called for right-hander Jake Bird who s been one of baseball s best relievers this season But Bird put himself in a no-outs baseloaded jam when he hit Tyrone Taylor No predicament for Bird who struck out Brett Baty Francisco Alvarez and Ronny Mauricio in succession and then strutted off the mound pumping his fist Bird lowered his ERA to In the fifth Colorado shortstop Ryan Ritter making his big-league debut ripped a standup leadoff triple off Senga into the gap in left-center But Ritter was then erased at home plate attempting to tally from third on Mickey Moniak s grounder to first baseman Pete Alonso Ritter was initially called safe after his headfirst slide but a video review revealed that Mets catcher Francisco Alverez slapped a tag on Ritter just before Ritter touched the plate Lefty Ryan Rolison worked as the opener for the Rockies supplanting Senzatela for the first inning There were good reasons why Schaeffer relieved Senzatela of his first-inning duties In his first starts this season the right-hander had a first-inning ERA of with a for batting average against Included in the onslaught were two home runs three doubles and a triple But Senzatela delivered a quality start pitching four scoreless innings giving up three hits walking four and striking out two Rolison was spot on in his spot duty He gave up a two-out single to the dangerous Juan Soto but got the equally dangerous Pete Alonso to ground out to short to end the inning