Tonight at 8:40 p.m. ET, the New York Mets (15-11) and Colorado Rockies (16-13) go head-to-head live from Coors Field in Colorado for Game 1 of a four-game set. The game can be live streamed here. New York fans can hear all of the action on 710 WOR while Colorado fans can do the same on KOA 850.
New York continues its nine-game road trip after a quick two-game stop in Philadelphia where it won one game and the other contest was postponed due to rain while Colorado opens up a six-game homestand after going 4-2 on a six-game road trip through Los Angeles and Arizona.
Bartolo Colon (2-3, 4.50 ERA) takes the ball for the Mets after his start was washed out on Wednesday while Juan Nicasio (2-1, 5.27 ERA) will man the hill for the Rockies.
Despite a 4-2 road trip, the Rockies will be glad to come home as they're 8-4 at Coors Field and 8-8 on the road thus far this season and had way more success at Coors Field last year than they did away from it.
"It's been an issue. There is no way around that," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said per MLB.com. "But I feel like this group is performing like they don't really care where they are playing. We know we have a home-field advantage when we go home, and I think we've really tried to embrace that and make that part of who we are."
The Mets are 7-3 on the road this season and are four games above .500 for the first time since July 2012.Juan Lagares, who was hitting .314 before injuring his hamstring on April 15, is expected to return to the lineup giving Mets manager Terry Collins four viable outfielders.
"I think all of them deserve to be out there at some time," Collins told MLB.com "They all have a key part on our club, and I don't know how I'm going to rotate it just yet, but I think they all deserve an opportunity. I don't think there's one guy you can point your finger at and say, 'Hey, you're not playing.'"
Both teams have some streaks at stake tonight as Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado is on a 20-game hitting streak while Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy has 28 consecutive steals without being caught.
Rockies outfielder Charlie Blackmon (.374) and shortstop Troy Tulowitzki (.364) have the top two batting averages in the majors while Mets outfielder Eric Young Jr. -- whose father Eric Young Sr. is the first base coach for Colorado -- is second in the league with 10 stolen bases.
The Mets and Rockies take the field for the first contest in a four-game set tonight at Coors Field in Colorado.
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