Mets blank Rockies in rubber game win

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty ImagesPitching at Coors Field isn’t easy, but you wouldn’t have known that if you watched the Mets’ series finale there on Sunday afternoon. Four of the team’s pitchers combined to shut the Rockies out, something that hadn’t happened to that team in its home ballpark in 86 games.

Taijuan Walker did the bulk of the work in accomplishing that feat, spinning seven scoreless innings at altitude, but he was backed up by sharp defense and a couple of innings of good work by the bullpen. Adam Ottavino was one of the three relievers who appeared in those innings, and though he issued two walks, he managed to escape without allowing a run in part because of his very…