Yoenis Cespedes erupted for five hits, three home runs, and seven RBI as the Mets tied their season-high for runs scored while racking up sixteen hits in the opener of a three-game series in Colorado.Cespedes also scored 5 runs and stole a base while piling up 15 total bases—just one shy of the Mets single game record set by Edgardo Alfonzo back in 1999.Travis d’Arnaud and Michael Conforto added back-to-back homers to give the Mets five long balls on the night, all at least 400 feet in distance.
A grand slam from Cespedes helped New York build a 7-1 lead in the second inning, but starter Bartolo Colon couldn’t hold the fort.