Stroman leads Mets over Rockies 1-0 in doubleheader opener

NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Stroman ended a six-start winless streak, allowing three hits over six innings to lead the New York Mets over the Colorado Rockies 1-0 Thursday in a doubleheader opener.

José Peraza homered leading off the third inning, and the Mets won their second straight over Colorado. The Rockies dropped to 3-19 with eight shutout losses on the road, a sharp contrast from their 16-12 record and at mile-high Coors Field, where they have scored in every game.

Stroman (4-4) had been 0-4 since winning in Denver on April 18. He struck out three and walked two, lowering his ERA to 2.47. Stroman pitched at least six innings for the fourth straight start and the seventh time this season.

A 2017 AL Gold Glove winner, he helped himself out in the fifth inning, when he raced to field a bunt up the third-base line and threw out Garrett Hampson by a step.

Edwin Diaz got three straight outs to remain perfect in nine save chances. Under pandemic rules, each game was shortened to seven innings.

New York pitched its fourth shutout this season.

Joey Lucchesi (1-3) started the second game for the Mets and Antonio Senzatela (1-4) for the Rockies.

Before the doubleheader, Mets manager Luis Rojas announced right-hander Noah Syndergaard's return from Tommy John surgery will be delayed beyond June. Sundergaard, rehabilitating from the operation on March 26 last year, had an MRI that revealed right elbow inflammation and was told not to throw for six weeks.

New York also is missing right-hander right-hander Carlos Carrasco, sidelined until late June or early July by a strained right hamstring that has kept him out since spring training,

Peraza's home run, on a first-pitch slider, was one of only three hits for the Mets off Germán Márquez (3-5), who struck out eight, walked one and...

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