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NEW YORK (AP) — The skidding New York Mets fell under .500 for the first time since early April as Brenton Doyle’s first big league home run capped a seven-run fifth inning in the Colorado Rockies’ 13-6 win on Sunday.
The Mets are 3-11 since opening 14-7. New York didn’t spend a day under .500 last season on its way to winning 101 games, second-most in franchise history, and their only time with a losing record this year had been at 3-4.
The six runs were as many as the Mets scored in their previous four games combined, but the 13 runs allowed were a season high.
New York entered with six first-inning runs this season and scored three times in the first against Ryan Feltnerr. The Mets missed a chance at a bigger inning when Daniel Vogelbach overran second and was tagged for the final out by shortstop Ezequiel Tovar just before Brett Baty crossed home plate.
Jurickson Profar and Kris Bryant had RBI hits in the third, and Bryant’s two-run homer sparked the big fifth inning against Jimmy Yacabonis (1-2), who allowed five run...
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