DENVER — Outfielder Brandon Nimmo will seek an encore performance after a memorable return to the region where he grew up and will try to continue his
startling power surge Tuesday when the New York Mets look to win their fourth
straight game and again beat the Colorado Rockies.
The Mets blasted the Rockies 12-2 on Monday with their biggest outburst since they scored 12 runs on May 15 against Toronto.
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two home runs and a career-high four RBI. The four hits tied his career-high and
occurred after he hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning Sunday at
Arizona.
Nimmo has hit a career-high 12 home runs this season and 10 since May 23, a 25-game stretch that also includes 19 extra-base hits and 17 RBI. Getting closer
to the plate and eliminating his stride are among the suggestions Nimmo got from
Mets coaches that have helped him improve his swing.
“I’ve been able to be more consistent when they make mistakes,” Nimmo said. “That’s really been the biggest things, those swing changes allowing me to be a
little more consistent. I was always in my approach looking for a good pitch to
hit, to try and drive. Now I’m just doing it a little more often. That’s
encouraging. That’s really nice. That’s actually a pretty dangerous player. I’m
proud of that.”
Left-hander Jason Vargas (2-5, 7.39 ERA) will start for the Mets on Tuesday against German Marquez (4-7, 5.13).
The Rockies will look to end an eight-game losing streak at Coors Field, during which they have been outscored 81-39. Their longest losing streak at home
was nine consecutive games at Mile High Stadium from July 25 to Aug.
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The Rockies (34-38) have lost nine of their past 11 games and 13 of their past 17, a slide that has dropped them a season-most four games below .500
Starter Tyler Anderson gave up three runs in 5 1/3 innings before relievers Harrison Musgrave, Jake McGee, Jeff Hoffman and Brooks Pounders combined to
allow nine runs in 3 2/3 innings, raising the ERA for the Rockies relievers to a
National League-worst 5.60.
“Is there a higher ceiling for this group? For sure,” Rockies manager Bud Black said. “But it’s going to take the combination of the good hitting and the
good pitching, and right now we got to get the pitching turned around. And we
got to get it turned around quickly.”
Vargas is 2-2, 9.00 in five starts against the Rockies, the last in 2014. He’s 1-2, 11.40 in three starts at Coors Field, allowing three runs in seven
innings in the most recent one in 2012 while pitching for Seattle.
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Cincinnati. He’s 1-4, 7.71 in seven starts at home this season.
Marquez is 1-0, 3.75 in two starts against the Mets. He beat them this season on May 4 at Citi Field, allowing two runs in six innings in Colorado’s 8-7
victory and got a no-decision Aug. 3, 2017, at Coors Field when he allowed three
runs in six innings in the Rockies’ 5-4 triumph.
The Mets (31-38) will be trying to win four straight games for the first time since May 18-21. They have since gone 7-19, and Monday’s victory was just the
sixth for the Mets in their past 19 games. Monday also marked Nimmo’s second
game at Coors Field. He pinc hit and grounded into a fielder’s choice last
season on Aug. 2.
“I remember I broke my bat,” Nimmo said. “I did a little bit better today.”
Nimmo’s two-homer, four-hit game raised his average to .287 in 60 games with 22 RBI and a 1.013 OPS.
“It’s a much different feel (than last year),” Nimmo said. “It’s a different experience, but I’m glad to be here.
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and wonder what it’s like to play on that field and then get to experience that
some day in the big leagues. So really, really blessed.”
It was just like old times Wednesday at the Denver Broncos' training complex. DeMarcus Ware took
Bradley Chubb aside and gave him some pointers in between drives at the team's
mandatory minicamp.
"I've been doing it my whole career," said Ware, who returned to Denver as a pass-rushing consultant a year after retiring from the Broncos.
Ware will work with the linebackers and defensive linemen. Whereas most coaches "have like 90-hour weeks," Ware will only have to make occasional trips
to Denver, where he only has to focus on technique, not scheme.
The reason most superstars don't go into coaching so fast is they haven't gotten their playing days out of their system.
"Oh, it's out," Ware insisted. "It's way out of my system. I'm Dad now and being able to spend some time with my kids. But now getting a couple of days
here and there where I can go to the games and help the guys out, come to
practice and maybe a little bit of training camp and throughout the season."
Ware still looks yoked and he joked he's still good for 25 snaps and a couple of sacks per game.
"But those days are done," he said. "I can still put the cleats on and help the guys out in other ways."
Ware played three seasons in Denver after a nine-year run in Dallas
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added 21? to that total with the Broncos, whom he helped win Super Bowl 50.
Ware also helped out the Cowboys pass rushers this summer but said he had to choose between the two teams for a more substantial role "and this right here
was my choice."
In Denver, he'll get to work with rookie Bradley Chubb, whom he called a "great phenomenal athlete," adding he's "one of those as they come in, they
don't know the scheme yet but they have all the athleticism and the
'measureables' to be a great player."
He's also getting reacquainted with superstar Von Miller, whom Ware said continues to impress him.
Since Ware's retirement, Miller has "become a lot bigger leader on the team" and is a more vocal, Ware
said.
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