Mets Drop Doubleheader Opener, Senga Takes the Mound

0:00It's April 26th. This is New York Metz News Today, AI-powered stories from Inside Your Team. The Metz dropped the first game of their Sunday double header to the Colorado Rockies, three to one at City Field. Nolan McLean started strong, fanning six over the first three innings and keeping hits to a minimum. But things heated up in the fourth when the bass is loaded and he gave up a run before escaping. McLean ran into more heat in the sixth with a double, walk in a field error at second that loaded the basses again. He left after five innings with two earned runs on five hits, seven strikeouts, and his season ERA at 2.80. Reliever Huascar Brazovan cleaned up one inherited run, but let another slip in the seventh on a single. The Metz offense couldn't get it going, managing just four hits total and going one for five with runners in scoring position. They stranded six on bass, including a basses loaded shot in the first against former Met Jose Quintana, who settled after a tough start.

1:00Tyrone Taylor's solo homer in the fifth, tied it at one, but that was their only spark. Lay drama hit in the eighth with the basses loaded again on a pinch hit single, single and walk. But the Metz came up empty on pop-up and strikeout. Quintana earned game MVP honors, going five and a third with one run allowed against his old squad. Now the Metz turned to Cody Senga for game two, looking to even the double header and get the bats alive before it's too late.