Rockies at Mets
The Colorado Rockies look to win their fifth straight contest to finish a solid road trip when they wrap up a three-game series at the struggling New York Mets on Sunday. The Rockies have taken the first two games of the set by a total of three runs, handing the Mets their third shutout loss in the last four outings with a 2-0 triumph Saturday night.
Nolan Arenado provided Colorado with all the offense it would need with a solo homer in the top of the first inning and the star third baseman is 9-for-27 with four homers during a six-game hitting streak. The Mets have lost five straight and eight of their last 10 while struggling to score runs. They've managed three runs or fewer seven times during the 2-8 slide and produced just six hits - five singles and a double - in Saturday's loss. Colorado is 14-8 away from home and will try to maintain their solid road play behind southpaw Kyle Freeland, who opposes Noah Syndergaard in the finale.
TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Colorado), SNY (New York)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Rockies LH Kyle Freeland (1-4, 4.24 ERA) vs. Mets RH Noah Syndergaard (2-1, 3.10)
Freeland lasted seven innings in each of his last two starts while allowing three combined runs and striking out 13. He is 0-3 with a 5.57 ERA in four starts on the road while giving up 21 hits and eight walks in 21 innings. The 24-year-old faced the Mets just once in his career, tossing three scoreless innings of relief.
Syndergaard allowed a season-high 10 hits and fanned a season-low three in six innings against Atlanta last time out while suffering his first loss. The hard-throwing Texan has allowed one home run over his last six starts and one walk in his past three. Arenado has a homer in three career at-bats against Syndergaard, who is 1-0 with a 3.46 ERA in two prior starts versus Colorado.
WALK-OFFS
1. Mets 2B Asdrubal Cabrera is 4-for-9 with a home run and a triple in the series.
2. The Rockies are 6-3 in one-run games.
3. Colorado 1B/LF Ian Desmond was 0-for-4 on Saturday as his average fell to .177.