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He is 4 of 9 with a home run and four RBIs in his last three games.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets are 4-1 to start their nine-game road trip after losing 17 of 20.<\/p>\n<p>TJ Rumfield and Jake McCarthy homered for Colorado, and Mickey Moniak extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a single in the ninth inning. The Rockies have lost six straight and seven of their last eight following a three-game sweep of the Mets at Citi Field from April 24-26.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>A storm that dropped 5.8 inches of snow in Denver postponed Tuesday\u2019s game to Thursday and pushed Wednesday\u2019s start to 7:20 p.m. local time. It was 41 degrees at first pitch and fell to the mid-30s in the ninth.<\/p>\n<p>Soto homered on Michael Lorenzen\u2019s third pitch of the night and the Mets added three more in the fourth. They chased Lorenzen (2-4) in a four-run sixth.<\/p>\n<p>The Rockies managed just four singles in five innings against Freddy Peralta (2-3) but jumped on Tobias Myers in the sixth.<\/p>\n<p>Rumfield led off with a homer, Tyler Freeman and Troy Johnston doubled and McCarthy hit a two-run blast to make it 8-4.<\/p>\n<p>Semien hit a two-run homer in the ninth. 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