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 rookie closer Zach Agnos in the ninth Mets fans who made up a good portion of the released 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 trainers did a fantastic job getting me prepared Lindor declared In the fifth and sixth innings they sought if I was ready and I declared Yeah I just required to play Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer tipped his cap to Lindor Francisco Lindor is one of the great players in the event Scheffer reported He s a guy you never count out He s just one of the best You never want to see him in the batter s box After four saves since being installed as the closer Agnos blew the first save of his career I was just thinking about executing that s all I m focused on whoever is the batter whoever I m facing declared Agnos who threw a - cutter to Lindor When I throw my pitch I should be able to get anybody out but he put a good swing on a good pitch It was off the plate and a little bit in 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 The Rockies losses through their first games are tied with the Boston Red Sox for the greater part since 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 and Kinley had Alonso in an - hole before Alonso blasted his double to left-center Related Articles Rockies call up Ryan Ritter for MLB debut place Ezequiel Tovar on IL amid flurry of moves Rockies Hunter Goodman thriving behind the plate and emerging as All-Star Challenge candidate Rockies sweep Marlins behind masterful Kyle Freeland red-hot Hunter Goodman Hunter Goodman homer lifts Rockies over Marlins snaps -series losing streak Keeler Former Rockies wish Dick Monfort would clean house You want to be proud of where you played 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 competition 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 Rockies finished the tournament for with runners in scoring position Petitioned about Gonzalez s decision not to send Beck Schaeffer backed up his third-base coach Third base coach is a very very formidable job and I will never ever second-guess my third base coach announced Schaeffer who served as Colorado s third base coach before he took over as manager last month when Bud Black was fired You are on an island Gonzalez saw what he saw I trust him The sixth inning was especially titillating Rockies right-hander Antonio Senzatela opened the inning by walking Alonso and Jeff McNeil 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 matter 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 I don t know about you guys but I know when I was just watching and not pitching it felt a little bit like a playoff match tonight Bird explained That s a good unit and we competed with them really well to the point where you could see how fired up they were getting 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 He s the first Rockies member in franchise history to hit a triple in his first career encounter But Ritter was then erased at home plate attempting to outcome from third on Moniak s grounder to Alonso at first Ritter was initially called safe after his headfirst slide but a video review exhibited that Mets 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 Want more Rockies news Sign up for the Rockies Insider to get all our MLB analysis