Yoenis Cespedes aced the feats of strength.
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The Colorado Rockies just can’t figure out the New York Mets, evidenced by the Rockies being on the losing end in each of the last eight times the clubs have met. New York hit five homers in a game for the first time since September 5, 2014, at Cincinnati.Cespedes tied a franchise record with his three homers and set career-highs in homers, hits, RBIs and runs. Mets 3B David Wright (spinal stenosis) is scheduled to play rehab games Friday and Saturday for Class A St. Lucie and rejoin the Mets on Monday at Philadelphia and be activated…. Carlos Beltran had a three-homer game for the Mets at Coors Field in 2011.
Cespedes is batting. 316 with five home runs and 15 RBI since joining the Mets at the trade deadline. They used six pitchers, all of whom allowed runs. He belted two-run homer in the sixth to give the Mets a 10-8 lead after the Rockies fought back from a 7-1 deficit in the second to tie the score at 8 in the fifth. He gave up seven runs and eight hits in 1 2-3 innings. It was the second slam of his career. The Rockies challenged the call, but after a review of 2 minutes, 49 seconds, Hundley was still out. 297 with 23 home runs and 76 RBI. Carlos Gonzalez walked with two outs to keep the inning alive before Arenado unloaded for his 30th homer of the season.
Fans stand and cheer as New York Mets’ Yoenis Cespedes, front, circles the bases after hitting a solo home run off Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Christian Bergman to lead off the top of the fourth inning of a baseball game Friday, August 21, 2015, in Denver. Granderson and Daniel Murphy each had an RBI single in the inning. The 42-year-old Dominican has won only one of his last 10 outings, even though he yielded fewer than three earned runs five times in that span. Colon, who has issued only 16 walks in 141 1/3 frames this season, is 2-1 with a gaudy 7.71 ERA in three career starts versus Colorado.
Cespedes finished with five hits on the night.
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Cespedes delivered a two-out double in the first inning and scored the game’s first run on Lucas Duda’s single through the shortstop hole against the shift.
