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May 6, 2026 · NL West

New York Mets vs Colorado Rockies

May 6, 2026Coors FieldClear 41°F · 8 mph, Out To LF
AWAY
New York Mets
14-22
10
vs
HOME
Colorado Rockies
14-23
5

Starting pitchers

AWAY · NYM
Freddy Peralta
Freddy Peralta
IP 5
HOME · COL
Michael Lorenzen
Michael Lorenzen
IP 5

Lineups

AWAY · NYM
  1. 1 Juan Soto LF
  2. 2 Bo Bichette SS
  3. 3 MJ Melendez RF
  4. 4 Mark Vientos 1B
  5. 5 Brett Baty 3B
  6. 6 Marcus Semien 2B
  7. 7 Carson Benge CF
  8. 8 Francisco Alvarez DH
  9. 9 Luis Torrens C
HOME · COL
  1. 1 Edouard Julien 2B
  2. 2 Mickey Moniak DH
  3. 3 Hunter Goodman C
  4. 4 TJ Rumfield 1B
  5. 5 Tyler Freeman RF
  6. 6 Troy Johnston LF
  7. 7 Kyle Karros 3B
  8. 8 Ezequiel Tovar SS
  9. 9 Jake McCarthy CF

Box score

  123456789 R
NYM 100304002 10
COL 000004001 5

Manager comparison

Both managers grade D+ / C entering this matchup.

AWAY · NYM
Carlos Mendoza
D+ Lineup 2.9 R Bunts 1.4 R IBBs 0.9 R
HOME · COL
Warren Schaeffer
C Lineup 1.5 R Bunts 0.9 R IBBs 1.9 R

Recent form

AWAY · NYM
5-4 L1 +2 run diff
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HOME · COL
3-6 W2 -7 run diff
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Season series: 2-4 with NYM listed first across 8 prior meetings.

Tactical analysis

RunsLeft separates manager decisions from player execution from game variance. Each card below is the same three-number framework that drives the share cards on the SPA replay page.

AWAY · New York Mets
  • Manager lineup cost −0.03 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 4.88 vs actual lineup 4.91
  • Player execution +5.09 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 4.91 projection by 5.09 (scored 10)
  • Game variance +5.12 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

Vientos 0-for-4 batting 4th

HOME · Colorado Rockies
  • Manager lineup cost +0.06 R/G Optimal arrangement projects 3.46 vs actual lineup 3.40
  • Player execution +1.60 R/G Players exceeded the lineup's 3.40 projection by 1.60 (scored 5)
  • Game variance +1.54 R/G Total game outcome vs optimal expectation

McCarthy HR from the 9-hole

COUNTERFACTUAL

Optimal lineups projected 4.9 – 3.5 — actual was 10 – 5.

GAME INSIGHTS
  • Mickey Moniak reaches base in 18 consecutive games
    Mickey Moniak (COL) has reached base safely in 18 straight games — past the 15-game watermark.
  • Mickey Moniak extends hit streak to 18 games
    Mickey Moniak (COL) has a hit in 18 consecutive games — past the 15-game watermark.
  • Carlos Mendoza (NYM) has run 27 distinct starting lineups across 29 games this season — that's 93% turnover game-to-game. Most managers stay below 13 for the same span.

Keep reading

How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. Tactical analysis comes from a per-game Monte Carlo: 10,000 simulated games against the opposing starter's ERA, both for the actual lineup the manager wrote and for the optimal arrangement of those nine players. The three numbers — manager cost, player execution, game variance — separate which part of the result was the lineup, the players, or the dice.

Read the full methodology.